T3Media, Inc. and Discovery Communications Announce Expanded
Short-Form Footage Licensing Deal
Discovery Communications
Iconic 25-Year Archive of High Quality HD Stock Footage Will Now Reach Larger
Production Community via T3Media Global Library
T3Media (formerly Thought Equity
Motion), a leading provider of cloud-based video management and licensing
services and generous sponsor of the International Documentary Association, announced an expanded agreement with Discovery Communications,
the world’s number one nonfiction media company, to operate DiscoveryAccess.com, which houses more than 25 years
of stock footage from Discovery’s 28 entertainment networks and multiplatform
media brands, and distribute the footage via T3Media’s expansive library.
Starting
in November 2013, more than 100,000 clips from Discovery’s high quality, raw
video archive will be available for the production community to license via www.t3licensing.com. Additionally, T3Media will
handle all sales, operations and fulfillment for Discovery Communication’s
online footage e-commerce site, DiscoveryAccess.com. With sales offices in New
York, Denver, Los Angeles, Toronto, London, Tokyo and Sydney, and a global
network of sub distributors, T3Media is ideally positioned to provide access
and value for the Discovery networks stock footage archive.
"Discovery
owns an unparalleled 25-year library of some of the world's most iconic digital
content," said Jocelyn Shearer, Vice President Footage Sales, Discovery
Communications. "We're looking forward to leveraging T3Media’s
position as the industry’s leading provider of footage libraries and licensing
services, to ensure these assets are even more valuable to our production
clients.”
“We
are thrilled to expand Discovery’s stock footage business and bring content
from the world's leading non-fiction media brand into our library,” said Kevin
Schaff, CEO & Founder of T3Media. “The Discovery collection will be an
asset for TV and film producers, documentarians and agency creatives looking
for unique HD footage from Discovery’s renowned entertainment networks and
multi-platform media brands.”
Launched
in 2011, DiscoveryAccess.com allowed the production community to utilize production
footage for the first time ever via an easy to use, self-service site including
high quality, stock footage from various productions on Discovery Channel, TLC,
Animal Planet and more. T3Media has served as the technology vendor for
the site during the past two years, providing clip processing, website
development, digital file fulfillment and storage services. The
transition of DiscoveryAccess.com to T3Media’s portfolio is
the next step in making Discovery Communication’s licensed footage business
more efficient and accessible to a wider client base.
For press inquiries, contact: ahagstrom@t3media.com or 720.382.2890 or jennifer_marburg@discovery.com or 240.662.3225.