SEATTLE (June 3, 2009) - Corbis (www.corbis.com), a leading visual media provider for the creative community, and FotoS.A. (www.fotosa.ru), announced today a new agreement whereby FotoS.A. will be Corbis' exclusive representative for rights managed (RM) images, royalty free RF images and footage.
Under the new partnership FotoS.A. will manage the licensing of Corbis' vast historical and award-winning commercial imagery in Russia to leading advertising agencies and publishing houses. The partnership takes effect on June 1, 2009.
Established in 2004, FotoS.A. came out of Sports Photo Agency (SPA) which launched in 2002 and served the largest group of daily, weekly and monthly sports publications in Russia. Today FotoS.A. represents prominent Russian photographs and their collections and provides images and content to the advertising and media industries in Russia.
"We are honoured to partner with Corbis as their new representative in Russia. This is a very important step for our agency and great opportunity for both of our companies," said Anna Sakharova, Managing Director, FotoS.A. "We are excited to promote the world-recognized Corbis brand and its unique and outstanding collections in Russia. Despite difficult market conditions, we are prepared to invest all our experience, capital and human resources to gain Corbis a leading position in the images market in Russia."
The new Corbis partnership will enable FotoS.A. to provide its clients with high quality images through the recently refreshed Corbis website. The enhancements will make finding and licensing images from the Corbis web site easy and convenient for FotoS.A. customers.
"FotoS.A. has a proven track record with a strong focus on meeting customer needs so they are an ideal partner for us," said Paul Harraghy, Director Global Channel Sales, Corbis. "We are very pleased to partner with FotoS.A. to grow our presence in the Russian market."
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About Corbis
Corbis is a leading visual media provider for advertising, marketing and media professionals, providing a comprehensive selection of photography and illustration. Corbis' award-winning creative, documentary, archival, fine art, current events and entertainment imagery helps the creative community make distinctive advertising and publishing for the Internet, magazines, newspapers, books, television and films. Corbis is based in Seattle, with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia that serve more than 50 countries. For more information, visit www.corbis.com.
About FotoS.A.
FotoS.A. is privately owned and operated Moscow based photo agency. The company represents stock & news agencies as well as independent photographers in Russia and abroad. Our clients are major Advertising Agencies and Publishing Houses in Russia. The mission of the company is to provide its clients with quality images on time and on demand. We highly respect our partners' making business with us. Qualified and experienced personnel exercise individual approach towards independent photographs and companies working with us.
FotoS.A. came out of Sports Photo Agency (SPA-launched in 2002), corporate agency for the largest group of daily, weekly and monthly sports publications in Russia, in 2004. FotoS.A. stock carries thousands of unique images of the country and people from different angles. The agency represents prominent Russian photographs and their archives. Large varieties of pictures come in on a daily basis. Politics, celebrities, culture, sports, ecology, religion, lifestyles... The agency runs REFLEXO, FotoS.A. owned RM stock collection.
FotoS.A. is a registered trademark of JSC "FSA"
For more information or images from Corbis, press only:
Dan Perlet
Director, Communications, Corbis
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7644 7418
dan.perlet@corbis.com
For more information or images from FotoS.A., please contact:
Anna Sakharova, Managing Director FotoS.A.
+ 1.403.313.4916
+7 495 781 6376 or sakharova@fotosa.ru
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