Corbis Motion Becomes Exclusive Provider Of WLIW-21 High-Definition Content; Partnership Highlights Corbis Motion's Commitment to Providing Industry-Leading Content.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 2003 Corbis Motion, a leading provider of rights-managed and royalty-free stock footage, has entered into an exclusive partnership to represent the High-Definition (HD) aerial footage collection from WLIW New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Public Television. In 2002, WLIW produced the most programming hours for PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, fundraising of any producer, and has developed a specialized HD image collection. Corbis Motion will represent WLIW's "VISIONS" series, which contains flyovers of such remarkable locations as Northern and Southern Italy, Sicily and Greece, with commissions for numerous other countries. This series showcases the unique and dramatic beauty of these places. "WLIW's 'VISIONS' collection contains many striking images in broadcast resolution with brilliant artistic and technical quality," said Rick Wysocki, vice president, Corbis Motion, "More importantly, WLIW's expertise in high-definition aerial production is unparalleled. This relationship is a great opportunity for us to provide our customers with the best possible HD content." "WLIW shoots hundreds of hours of aerial footage for documentary, educational and entertainment programming," said WLIW President and General Manager Terrel Cass. "We look forward to the increased potential for this amazing content that Corbis Motion's representation and distribution will provide." With demand for HD original content continuing to grow in the production community, this latest partnership continues to position Corbis Motion as the industry leading HD source. Corbis Motion will begin fulfilling requests for footage from the WLIW "VISIONS" collection immediately, with production elements available to meet client demands for quick response times with both preview material and broadcast-quality final elements. About Corbis Motion Corbis Motion is a division of Corbis(R) (www.corbis.com), one of the world's leading providers of digital photography, fine art, illustrations and other media. Corbis Motion offers a rich and diverse selection of moving images for use in advertising, corporate and media & entertainment projects. The Corbis Motion market-leading collections Hot Shots, Action Sports Adventure, and Film Bank feature lifestyle, business, history, sports, time lapse, CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. and more from some of the world's leading media and entertainment companies, including Paramount Pictures, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (R) and Hearst Entertainment(TM), among others, as well as footage from premium independent producers. Corbis Motion is accessible via the main Corbis website or directly at www.corbismotion.com. About WLIW WLIW New York has built a strong identity locally and nationally as an entrepreneurial innovator. WLIW is the fourth most-watched public television station in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , with an average weekly cumulative audience of nearly two million households in the New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. . WLIW's acclaimed productions for PBS include the VISIONS aerial series, cultural documentaries celebrating the cultural diversity of America, and music specials featuring Sarah Brightman Sarah Brightman (born August 14, 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano, actress and dancer. Brightman debuted as a dancer in troupes such as Hot Gossip and later released a string of disco singles. , The Irish Tenors The Irish Tenors is a musical group comprised of three tenors: Anthony Kearns, Finbar Wright, and Karl Scully. Karl Scully replaced Ronan Tynan to become the group's newest member. They have seven recordings, and have reached the tops of the Billboard world music charts. and Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto on August 3 1926) is an American singer of popular music, standards and jazz who is widely considered to be one of . As a resource for public television stations, WLIW also distributes live daily broadcasts of BBC World News, the financial weekly LOUIS RUKEYSER'S WALL STREET, and the 3D CGI-animated children's series JAKERS! THE ADVENTURES OF PIGGLEY WINKS Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks is a children's television series, animated using Computer-generated imagery and broadcast in the United States on PBS Kids, in Ireland on RTÉ Two, as part of The Den . Visit WLIW on-line at www.wliw.org. |
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