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A24Media is a Pan-African online media agency based in Nairobi, Kenya.
AFP ForumThe Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) is a subsidiary of the Agencia de Información Nacional (AIN) and was established in 1974. It provides news stories, reports, interviews and commentary on Cuba.
The ACN’s main objective is to disseminate news on major events taking place in Cuba. Agreements are in place with other national and international press agencies to cover overseas stories related to Cuba.
AFP ForumBrazil’s leading news agency has a worldwide reputation for its responsiveness and the richness of its photographic coverage.
It provides AFP with daily coverage of political, sporting, economic, cultural and environmental news stories from Brazil.
The agency also has an archive of over 25 million documents covering Brazil’s major news events.
AFP ForumAGIF is the leading photo agency for sports coverage in Brazil. It is distinguished by its editorial quality and quick response time in its delivery. Based in Rio de Janeiro, AGIF relies on its network of specialized photographers who provide the most comprehensive, and indeed the best coverage of Brazilian football. No matter the competition, no matter the event, AGIF is always on the field.
AFP ForumFounded in 1920 by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk during the Turkish War of Independence, Anadolu Agency is the official press agency of the country. Anadolu Agency offers quality coverage of Turkish and international political, financial and sports news.
AFP ForumThailand’s leading English language daily has a local and overseas readership of 450,000. It is an independent newspaper targeted at the upmarket business and expatriate communities.
The paper has a reputation for impartial news and analysis and provides comprehensive generalist photo coverage of Thailand.
AFP ForumSince 1987, Biosphoto has been the European leader in nature, environment and garden photography. They represent over 450 photographers and distribute their collections, some of the most beautiful in the world. Biosphoto is also a team of passionate scientists who have spent the last 25 years researching, documenting, selecting and distributing the most striking images of our dear planet!
AFP ForumBibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF) collects, preserves and makes known the national documentary heritage of France. Through its RetroNews offer, BnF has made available to AFP a collection of breaking news archives from the daily press, in black/white and color. These approx. 30 archives are now accessible on AFP Forum, and cover the most striking moments from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as enriching AFP’s archive catalogue.
AFP ForumLaunched in 2007, Brazil Photo Press quickly became one of the most important independent photojournalist agencies in Brazil. The agency offers 24/7 coverage of the arts, leisure, the economy, international news, politics, fashion and sport, among others. Its photographers are located in all the major cities of Brazil, as well as capital cities around the world. Additionally, Brazil Photo Press relies on its local and international partners in order to cover breaking news.
AFP ForumBSIP was launched in 1986, specializing in science and medicine images taken by professional photographers and illustrators. BSIP broadened its focus a couple of years ago to now offer collections of images on all the domains of science: reports, health, nature, animals, plants, the environment…
AFP ForumBUSINESS WIRE helps companies to disseminate their full text press releases, regulatory information and multimedia documents effectively and securely to news agencies, journalists, analysts and investors the world over.
http://www.businesswire.frWith more than 125,000 people in 44 countries, Capgemini is one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. Together with its clients, Capgemini creates and delivers business and technology solutions that fit their needs and drive the results they want.
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http://www.capgemini.comChristopheL is one of the most important databases of archived images from the movie industry. For over 30 years they have been meticulously storing posters, stills, articles and press clippings. This collection is a unique record of French cinematography.
AFP ForumControluce agency, founded in 1991 by Valeria Tondi and Mario Laporta, has soon affirmed itself as a reference point for magazines and newspapers on the Italian and International market. Controluce has nine photographers who work in Southern Italy, other than six free-lance contributors. It covers the most important events in the southern Italy such as news, show business, sports, geographic sites, folklore, traditional festivals, politics, portraits and features.
AFP ForumCrowdSpark is a social network of over 70,000 amateur and pro photographers, freelance journalists and citizen reporters in more than 150 countries. Images contributed to CrowdSpark are licensed to the worldwide media via Agence France-Presse’s AFP Forum. CrowdSpark’s aim is to provide members with an online community where they can both share and sell their news-related images. Furthermore, CrowdSpark addresses the rapidly growing number of amateur-captured eyewitness images by bringing supply to demand (media outlets around the world).
AFP ForumCultura Creative was created in 2006 by a group of photographers with a shared passion for the art of photography. The agency is specialized in illustration. Cultura Creative offers thematic collections covering science and technology, tourism and traveling, daily life and lifestyles, cooking and decoration…
AFP ForumFocused on current news, the Debates on Current Affairs in the Arab World will provide the opportunity to analyze, discuss, and reflect on the latest events in the Arab world.
http://u.afp.com/en_imaGetty is a global digital media provider. It produces and distributes royalty-free images, rights managed images, celebrity photos, online music and video, enabling communication professionals the world over to tell their stories.
Getty provides AFP with a comprehensive range of royalty-free images, rights managed images, news, sport and celebrity pictures along with picture archive collections.
AFP ForumGlobeNewswire, a NASDAQ OMX company, is one of the world's largest newswire distribution networks, specializing in the delivery of corporate press releases financial disclosures and multimedia content to the media, investment community, individual investors and the general public.
AFP ForumHans Lucas is a production studio dedicated to photography and digital literacy. Since 2006 the studio has been involved in photo, video and multimedia content production, as well as training producers at all levels. Hans Lucas also distributes its contributors' content via a collaborative platform. In an effort to create synergies above the traditional disciplines, the studio supports and invites artists, authors, photographers, directors and sound engineers to work together as a collective.
AFP ForumA French photo agency specialised in travel pictures from all over the world. The agency’s travel and adventure pictures have made it a leader in publishing and stock photos.
Every month, the agency provides ready to publish features and unique stories on original or exotic themes covering tourism news worldwide.
AFP ForumAn independent agency specialised in stock photos and is a world leader in contemporary royalty-free photography.
Image Source’s collection is constantly updated with photos from shoots around the world. The agency specialises in images of daily life, lifestyle, fashion and beauty, travel and tourism, health and nutrition, science and medicine, along with business, sports and much more.
AFP ForumA leading Chinese photo agency, it produces numerous ‘reportage’ subjects as well as extensive photo coverage of local and international news.
Based in Shanghai, it also has offices in New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong. Its extensive network of photographers and correspondents covers all of China’s regions and provinces.
The agency specialises in business, economics, culture and travel in China, providing pictures for advertising, publishing, corporate publications and editorial stock images.
AFP ForumFor more than 20 years, IMPIRE AG has been Germany ́s biggest supplier of football statistics and editorial services for the media and clubs. Today IMPIRE AG is turning into a leading supplier of cutting edge technologies for football analysis around the globe. With the start of the 2013/14 season, IMPIRE markets the official game data of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga of the German Football League (DFL) and refines this data in their own products and services. AFP Gmbh and SID partner with Impire in the Bundesliga coverage.
IMPIRE AGINA, the world's first audiovisual center for digital archiving and database value-creation, has conferred on AFP part of the distribution of its photographic and audiovisual archives. Photos taken during the filming of television shows in the 60s and 70s that showcase celebrities from the world of the arts, of show business, of sports and politics; videos of the first TV appearances for major personalities, moments in history, historical places, illustrative images of major economic and technological events, scenes from daily life, celebrity interviews, are all examples of relevant images that will help AFP's international clients bring further perspectives on their topics.
AFP ForumIndia Today is an Indian English-language weekly magazine established in 1975 by Vidya Vilas Purie.
It offers a selection of images on India-related politics, sports, business and cinema.
AFP ForumInfostrada Sports is the world leader in collecting, analysing and managing sports data for every professional sport. This data is published on any platform, in any desired format and at any time. The Infostrada Sports database contains information on results & rankings, athletes & teams and much more. We keep track of more than 300 sports and deliver both live and historical data. No other company in the world has these amounts of historical data available. Three types of services follow from this world class database: Content Services, Media Services and Analytics Services. The sports information from the database also forms the foundation of the Infostrada Sports’ Event Services. AFP uses Infostrada data, for a deep coverage of all sport results.
Infostrada SportsLeemage specializes in historical illustrations, and offers various collections from multiple international photography banks. Archives include access to masterpieces from the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome and Greece (archaeology), the Medieval Ages (miniatures, sculptures), the Renaissance (frescoes, paintings, sculptures), the Modern Era (engravings, early print works, news press, satirical art) and the 20th Century (photographies).
AFP ForumAFP strives to protect the interests, intellectual property, and livelihoods of the contributors with whom we work, and for this purpose has mandated License Compliance Services to manage copyright compliance on our behalf.
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Founded in 1929 in Berlin, mauritius images is Germany’s oldest and largest privately owned and independent photo agency.
Their photo library holds archive images from 1930-1940 Germany, and a large collection of stock shots illustrating travel, nature, lifestyle, people, history, food, beauty, red carpet, medical & science, and fine arts.
AFP ForumMexSport Digital, launched in 2000, is the leading photo agency covering sports news in Mexico. Today it is the official agency for Mexico's Olympic Committee (COM), the Mexico Open (tennis) and the CONCACAF. MexSport tailors its content for the media, websites and communication agencies.
AFP ForumMintImages is specialized in illustrative photography and offers numerous collections on themes such as the environment, landscapes, health and well-being. This award-winning photo agency aims to portray the evolution of the planet through their socially-conscious images.
http://www.afpforum.com/AFPForum/Provider/Mint-Images.aspxNEWS Press fulfils the role of ‘central bank of public information’ at French, World and regional levels. The organisation disseminates full text news from over 3,000 organisations based in France and in some fifty other countries across Europe, Africa, North America and Asia.
http://www.newspress.frThe photojournalist agency NurPhoto is focused on social awareness. It offers a large production of socially conscious and investigative images, covering all the news with an international perspective. Nurphoto presents photo reports on social issues, putting the emphasis on multicultural aspects.
AFP ForumOnlyFrance is a stock photo agency dedicated to pictures from France. OnlyWorld offers a collection of creative and travel pictures from around the globe.
Using an extensive network of photographers, OnlyFrance and OnlyWorld collections cover culture, economics, architecture and cities, science and nature, religion and traditions, etc., as well as ready to use magazine subjects.
AFP ForumPhoto Alto is an independent European stock photo agency, set up in 1994 by a group of photographers and graphic designers.
Dedicated collections for creative purposes are specially tailored to meet the needs of press and editorial clients. It provides an extremely wide range of pictures covering lifestyle, family, education, medicine, business, society, couples, beauty, food, environment, etc.
AFP ForumA French stock photo agency offering an impressive collection of cinema, arts and historical document images, bringing together public and private picture collections to provide high-resolution images with detailed captions and precise keywords.
The agency’s cinema collection includes photos from some 15,000 internationally renowned films, from the Lumière brothers right up to the present day.
AFP ForumThe result of a merger of two prestigious photo agencies, DIAF and Photothèque SDP, PhotoNonStop provides industry clients with a rich selection of images to meet the needs of advertising agencies, press and publishers.
The agency’s highly diverse collections are organised by categories such as everyday life, lifestyle, travel and tourism, cookery and interiors, fashion and beauty, etc. PhotoNonStop is France’s leading independent photo agency and the leading European portal for rights-managed and royalty-free stock photography.
AFP ForumChile’s premier news agency specialised in sporting events, providing daily coverage of key sports events in Chile, including motor sports, horse racing, rugby, tennis and sailing. It also provides comprehensive coverage of Chilean football, from local fixtures to coverage of all the national team’s matches, training, trips, social events, etc.
AFP ForumPR Newswire, a Cision company, is the premier global provider of multimedia platforms and distribution that marketers, corporate communicators, sustainability officers, public affairs and investor relations officers leverage to engage key audiences. Having pioneered the commercial news distribution industry over 60 years ago, PR Newswire today provides end-to-end solutions to produce, optimise and target content and then distribute and measure results. Combining the world's largest multi-channel, multi-cultural content distribution and optimisation network with comprehensive workflow tools and platforms, PR Newswire powers the stories of organisations around the world. PR Newswire serves tens of thousands of clients from offices in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions. Cision is a leading global media intelligence company, serving the complete workflow of today’s communication professionals.
AFP ForumPresse Sports, l’Equipe’s photo agency, is dedicated to covering national and international sports events.
It offers a vast collection of images portraying all disciplines as well as special reports on sports.
AFP ForumQMI Agency is the Canada’s leading news source producing and distributing a comprehensive range of news, sports and entertainment images from across Canada.
Part of the Quebecor Media Inc, it is powered by an extensive network of news outlets throughout Canada and offers a coverage from all corners of the country. Quebecor is one of Canada's largest media companies.
AFP ForumRMN is the agency of the French national and regional museums including The Louvre, Orsay and the Centre Georges Pompidou with a strong collection of art pictures.
A selection of 25 000 pictures is available.
AFP ForumRobert Harding World Imagery is a specialist high quality stock photo and footage library founded in 1974. It covers a diverse range of subjects such as destinations, travel & tourism, people, cultures, wildlife, nature, landscapes, archaeology, architecture and the environment.
AFP ForumRoger-Viollet’s historical archives are tailored to the needs of press, publishing, television and advertising. The organisation’s numerous collections cover politics, society, daily life, the arts, science, travel and portraits between the 1880s and the 1970s.
AFP ForumA British stock photo agency specialised in the sciences. It works directly with renowned scientists and medical experts all over the world.
Its image collections cover natural sciences and technology (computer-generated images, satellite photographs), health (models and generic images), space and the environment, animal and plant life.
AFP ForumOne of Singapore’s leading media groups, it provides wide-ranging coverage of news stories from Singapore and Asia. Its 14 daily newspapers are published in 4 languages with a circulation of over 1 million.
The photo service has been awarded numerous international prizes, including the Society for News Design (SND) award, the Asia Media Awards (organised by WAN-IFRA Asia) and the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) awards.
AFP ForumSputnik has replaced Ria Novosti on the international stage since 2014. Its photo service was launched in 1946 by the Soviet Information Office, and captured all the major events of the USSR period: the conquest of outer space, the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline Railway, the Chernobyl disaster and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Today the agency offers extensive daily coverage of Russian politics, sports, culture and economy.
AFP ForumSTARNEWS, founded in 2004, focuses on the Korean entertainment industry (K-Pop) and is a member of Korea’s Money Today group with interests in print, TV and the new media. STARNEWS Entertainment is considered one of Korea’s premier sources for all K-Pop news and photos and meets the ever growing demand for pictures of Korean musicians and entertainers.
AFP ForumCosette Harcourt, the Lacroix brothers and Robert Ricci, the son of Nina Ricci, established studio Harcourt Paris in 1934. Since then it has immortalised some of the biggest names of the 20thand 21st centuries.
The studio’s source of inspiration and its trademark is the glamorous world of black and white cinema. Studio Harcourt Paris’ unique lighting brings out the natural side of its subjects.
Still photographing the celebrities of today, it remains true to its traditions.
AFP ForumTEMIS helps organizations structure, manage and leverage their unstructured information assets. Its flagship platform, Luxid®, identifies and extracts targeted information to semantically enrich content with domain-specific metadata. Luxid® enables professional publishers to efficiently package and deliver relevant information to their audience, and helps enterprises to intelligently archive, manage, analyze, discover and share increasing volumes of information.
http://www.expertsystem.com/The Times of India is an English language daily newspaper, founded in 1838 in Mumbai (then Bombay). The newspaper is the world’s largest English language daily by circulation, with more than 3 million copies. The Times of India provides daily coverage of key politics and business news from India and worldwide, as well as cricket, sport and Bollywood news, etc.
AFP ForumThe Yomiuri Shimbun is Japan’s largest newspaper with a daily circulation of 10 million copies.
Its photo service provides a daily selection of Japanese news items in the fields of politics, economics, sports and news topics.
AFP ForumXinhua News Agency is the largest official news agency in the People’s Republic of China. The agency boasts a network of 10,000 journalists, based in its 144 bureaux worldwide. Thirty-three of these bureaux are in China, providing coverage from each of the country’s provinces.
Xinhua supplies daily coverage of politics, economics, sport and cultural news in China, along with numerous ‘magazine’ features on various subjects such as trades & professions, lifestyle, etc.
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