BBC Motion Gallery signs distribution deals with NHK and ABC

BBC Motion Gallery, the footage sales arm of BBC Worldwide, today announced
global distribution deals with NHK, Japan¹s public service broadcaster, and
ABC, Australia¹s public service broadcaster. Collections of clips from both
the NHK and ABC archives can now be viewed on BBC Motion Gallery¹s online
catalogue,www.bbcmotiongallery.com.

These new partnerships confirm BBC Motion Gallery's position as a leading
global force in archive content distribution, representing blue chip
national broadcasters as well as specialist archives. Already the exclusive
global representative for the CBS News archive, BBC Motion Gallery now
offers more than a million hours of film. Its archive covers more than 110
years of footage including history, events, music, social scenes, wildlife
and sport.

NHK International, Inc., an affiliate of NHK, which distributes NHK archive
footage outside Japan, has appointed BBC Motion Gallery to represent, market
and licence footage from the NHK archive throughout the world, outside
Japan. An exclusive collection of clips has now been placed on BBC Motion
Gallery¹s website, which offers an amazing insight into both traditional and
contemporary Japan. The NHK archive covers lifestyle, natural history,
groundbreaking news, science, cutting-edge graphics and locations such as
Mount Fuji and Hiroshima, much of which is available in high-definition
format.

ABC has appointed BBC Motion Gallery to represent, market and licence a core
collection of clips throughout the world, exclusively from the BBC Motion
Gallery online site. The clips have been specially selected from ABC¹s
superb archive, which is Australia¹s largest media collection. The hand
picked footage focuses on contemporary Australia, the Asia Pacific region,
locations and personalities.

BBC Motion Gallery¹s Managing Director, Simon Gibbs, said, ³We are thrilled
to represent footage from two of the world¹s most prestigious public service
broadcasters. Today¹s announcement extends and diversifies our online
catalogue and offers our customers access to an unrivalled global library.
Adding NHK and ABC¹s footage collection to BBC Motion Gallery is great news
for our clients because it means they can now source, from a single online
outlet, the best in Japanese, Australian, American and British footage ².

Yoshinori Sekimoto, Director General of NHK's Multimedia Development
Department in Tokyo, added, ³We at NHK see our high-definition archive as a
valuable resource not just for people in Japan but for the whole
international community, so we are delighted that we can expose it to a
wider audience through BBC Motion Gallery.²

³This deal with BBC Motion Gallery reflects our sales strategy to ensure
that we maximise all opportunities to distribute our content globally on all
available platforms,² said Augustus Dulgaro, Manager, ABC Product and
Content Sales for ABC Enterprises.

As well as being available through the online service,
www.bbcmotiongallery.com, all the new
content will be available via BBC Motion Gallery's UK and international
offices.