ArcSoft Launches Media Website to Market and Distribute Breaking News Photos From Around The World.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2000 ArcSoft's New Professional News Photo Service Offers High-Quality Photos and Photo Archiving to Media Outlets and Publishing Houses Worldwide; Service is Available Free of Charge to Photojournalists The is a list of notable photojournalists from throughout history:
ArcSoft, Inc., in conjuction with Photo Systems Inc. (PSI), today announced the formation of NewsMediaExchange.Com (NewsMX) (www.NewsMediaExchange.com) -- an Internet-based professional news photo service. Using ArcSoft's PhotoIsland Network and PSI's sales and marketing services, NewsMX will provide newspapers, publishing houses, Web sites and other media outlets access to breaking national and international news photos via the Internet. With NMX NMX Normas Mexicanas (non-mandatory Mexican standard) NMX Network Modular Extension , media outlets will be able to download photos from "hotspots" around the world within minutes of the events taking place via NewsMX's network of professional and freelance photographers stationed around the globe. With its official launch later this quarter, NewsMX will enable publishing houses to choose from a wide variety of images categorized cat·e·go·rize tr.v. cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing, cat·e·go·riz·es To put into a category or categories; classify. cat by topic or event via NewsMX's image search engine. Media outlets can download these images on an as-needed basis and payments are made per transaction. NewsMX's competitive pricing allows print and online publications to avoid high membership and subscription fees billed by traditional news photo services. NewsMX will allow photojournalists to post up to 100MB of their news photos free of charge with nominal archiving fees thereafter. Photographers and media outlets are free to set their own price according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. market conditions and exclusivity of their images. "Many compelling photos by known photographers never get published due to limited channels to media markets," said Bradley Wilson, executive director of the National Press Photographers Noun 1. press photographer - a photographer who works for a newspaper lensman, photographer - someone who takes photographs professionally Association (NPPA NPPA National Press Photographers Association NPPA National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (India) NPPA Natriuretic Peptide Precursor A NPPA Native Plant Protection Act (California) ). "NewsMediaExchange.Com creates an online market for media outlets and press photographers to buy and sell countless images that until now have had no avenue to the news photo pipeline. The increased access to press photos will enable media outlets to exercise greater latitude to choose the best news photo to complement the corresponding story." When logging onto the NewsMX site, customers can view low-resolution thumbnail images at any time and purchase the rights to use the high-resolution images on an as-needed basis. To assure quality and authenticity, NewsMX's photo editors will review all photos. "NewMediaExchange.Com profoundly impacts the dissemination of news by providing a low-cost alternative to the handful of news photo services that control the market and the flow of images," said Joseph Bollentini, executive vice president and COO of ArcSoft, which operates NewsMediaExchange.Com. "When national or international events occur anywhere in the world, editors will be able to find the most relevant and timely image using NewsMediaExchange.Com with just a few clicks on our website." NewsMX also provides publications with a subscription service for archiving, managing and backing up their photos. NewsMX archive is a low-risk, scalable, multi-platform alternative to purchasing expensive, complex and support-intensive servers and high-capacity storage systems for archiving photos, which can cost upward of more than; above. See also: Upward $100,000 excluding maintenance. Free software, compliant with IPTC IPTC International Press Telecommunications Council IPTC International Petroleum Technology Conference IPTC In-Prison Therapeutic Community IPTC Innovation and Productivity Tax Credit (Canada) editing and file uploading Transmitting a file from your computer to another computer. "File upload" is essentially the same term as "upload," because most of the time data are transmitted as a structural unit known as a "file." standards, will be available for Macintosh and Windows. A publication simply uploads images to a password-protected site for archiving and can choose to make selected images available for sale on the NewsMX site. NewsMX will also create additional revenue streams for both photographers and publications through the aftermarket Aftermarket See: Secondary market. aftermarket See secondary market. sales of photos. For example, an Ohio-based newspaper can sell reprints of photos shot by a staff photographer of an Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. awards ceremony to the award recipient's family, who are located in Lake Worth, Fla. A freelancer covering the war in Chechnya can sell reprints to an author in Portland, Ore., who is writing a book on Boris Yeltsin “Yeltsin” redirects here. For other uses, see Yeltsin (disambiguation). Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (IPA: [bʌˈrʲis nʲikoˈlajevɨtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn] . About NewsMediaExchange.com NewsMediaExchange.Com utilizes the PhotoIsland Network System, technology first deployed and proven on PhotoIsland.com, ArcSoft's consumer photo-sharing and archiving web site. NewsMediaExchange.Com's server farm supports a scalable, secure and redundant network architecture built to integrate e-commerce and digital image hosting. About ArcSoft Founded in 1994 and based in Fremont, ArcSoft develops and markets digital imaging and video software products and Internet technology designed for the creation of business graphics, consumer photo editing See photo editor. , multimedia, and Internet publishing. ArcSoft's OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers are leading digital camera, printer, scanner and computer manufacturers. Besides hosting ArcSoft's own PhotoIsland.com, a consumer photo-sharing and photo-archiving site, the PhotoIsland Network System is powering some of the most intriguing image sharing, management and photo-centric Web sites on the Internet. About PSI PSI is one of the country's leading distributors of film, chemistry, and other photographic equipment and supplies, as well as digital imaging equipment, to media outlet and publishing houses. Note to Editors: Press References: Tony Henning, senior analyst, The Future Image Report, 510/526-8456; Chuck Davenport, consultant, Lyra Research, 617/454-2600; Bradley Wilson, executive director, National Press Photographers Association, 919/383-7246. PhotoIsland, NewsMediaExchange and NewsMX are trademarks of ArcSoft, Inc. ArcSoft and the ArcSoft logo are all trademarks of ArcSoft, Inc. All other product names are trademarked or registered by their respective companies. |
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