Dubai-based agency offers wholly owned rights-managed content.
Agency cites increasing demand for custom image content.
Contrary to prevailing doom-and-gloom predictions for the advertising industry, a recent survey by the Association of National Advertisers says 68% of advertisers will either increase spending or retain current levels during the next 12 months. The survey results also highlight the trend toward social networks and other Web-based marketing activities, adding weight to predictions of continuous growth in uses of images online.
Fotosearch, a longtime stock distributor based in Wioming, has acquired micro-payment business Can Stock Photo for an undisclosed sum. The microstock Web site was founded in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 2004 by then-college student Duncan Enman, who will remain with the company.
U.K.-based Alamy has partnered with the Copyright Clearance Center, a 30-year-old American company that specializes in rights licensing and clearance, to offer large companies images for internal use on a subscription basis.
Image suppliers are encouraged to do the same.
BrightQube has updated its Web site with new tools and a redesigned home page, which no longer includes the mosaic interface.
Diablo Management expects that Digital Railroad's main creditor will take possession of the physical servers that house photographer archives and software, wipe them clean and put them up for auction.
U.K.-based Photoshot continues growth through acquisition, apparently undeterred by the fate of the last celestial body to travel that road.
Cherry, Veer's new illustration collection, augments the company's offering with hand-crafted style.