One Media iP Group Plc Agreement with Getty Images

 
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One Media iP Group Plc 
                  ("One Media", the "Group" or the "Company") 
 
 One Media signs an exclusive exploitation deal with Getty Images for 'clips' 
                 from the Groups moving image library rights. 
 
One Media iP Group Plc (AIM: OMIP), a digital and technical media content 
provider, which consolidates, exploits and monetises intellectual property 
rights around music and video, is pleased to announce that it has signed a new 
deal with Getty Images. The deal will involve One Media supplying 'clips' from 
its growing video content library to Getty Images for representation and 
exploitation to Getty's worldwide client base for multiple use in 
documentaries, advertising and all moving image usages. 
 
Getty Images is one of the most esteemed sources of visual content throughout 
the world, with over 200 million assets available through its industry-leading 
sites www.gettyimages.com and www.istock.com. The distribution deal will see 
One Media create thousands of clips from its archive to be made available to 
Getty Image's clients on the their web based platforms. 
 
Michael Infante Chairman & CEO of One Media commented, "Our video archive has 
grown by acquisition over that last few years and we are pleased to further 
exploit the content via a  'clipping' service and to supply the world leader in 
image hire. Our Creative Technicians are already trained and equipped to 
perform this function in-house and have been successful in building billions of 
views with the Company's content for sites like You Tube.  Content from Men & 
Motors, Alien Autopsy and the HiBrow film catalogue together with our cleared 
music video content will spearhead the service" 
 
Lee Shoulders, Director of Video Content Development for Getty Images commented 
"Getty Images is thrilled to be representing this unique and extensive library 
from One Media" 
 
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of 
EU Regulation 596/2014. 
 
One Media iP Group Plc (http://www.omip.co.uk/) 
Chairman and Chief Executive 
Michael Infante                                Tel: [phone] 
 
One Media iP Group Plc (http://www.omip.co.uk/) 
Corporate Communications 
Alice Dyson-Jones                           Tel [phone] 
 
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP 
Nominated Adviser 
Liam Murray / Jo Turner                Tel: [phone] 
 
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited 
Broker 
Karri Vuori                                           Tel: [phone] 
 
Notes to Editors 
 
Based at Pinewood Studios, One Media is an 'intellectual property' (IP) owner 
and controller of rights within the digital arena concerning music, video and 
digital distribution. The consumer led but B2B (Business-to-business) operation 
looks to exploit its catalogue of over 250,000+ music tracks and over 10,000 
hours of video by recompiling the content for sale through over 600 digital 
music and video stores groups worldwide. 
 
The Company has a team of Creative Technicians, all of whom are YouTube 
certified, who digitise the content, create the metadata, re-compile and 
prepare the digital music & video releases using bespoke in-house developed 
software. Additionally, One Media makes its library of content available for TV 
shows, movies, adverts and websites requiring synchronised music. One Media 
focuses on music performed by well-known artists from every genre, including; 
pop, rock, reggae, R&B, children's music, karaoke, jazz, soul, blues, rap, 
hip-hop, gospel, world-music, plus stand-up comedy, spoken-word. In July 2014 
the Group acquired for a consideration of USD$1.6m the Point Classics classical 
music library bringing the number to over 10,000 classical tracks now available 
to the Group for exploitation. The Group owns all the rights to the Men & 
Motors (originally Granada/ITV) TV shows originally aired on British TV between 
1996 and 2010. Comprising of over 3500 shows is available for viewing on the 
Groups YouTube Channel. 
 
Recently the Group has developed a content discovery and policing software 
service 'Technical Copyright Analysis Tool' (TCAT) as a new service to record 
companies, publishers and law firms searching information of artist and tracks 
on legitimate digital stores.  One Media is eligible for Enterprise Investment 
Schemes ("EIS") and Venture Capital Trusts ("VCT"). 
 
 
 
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires

May 11, 2017 02:00 ET (06:00 GMT)