Press Association and Getty Images Enter Global Sales Partnership

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LONDON, Sept. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

     The Press Association (PA), home to one of the most prestigious picture

libraries in the UK, has entered into a strategic partnership with Getty

Images, a world-leading visual communications company.  

    The distribution deal will see over a century's worth of definitive moments

from British politics, sports entertainment, and more, reach an even larger

international customer base though Getty Images' global distribution network,

which spans almost one million customers in close to 200 countries.

    Under the terms of the deal, over four million wholly-owned photographs

from PA Images [https://www.paimages.co.uk/ ] - PA's editorial photography

business - will be distributed via http://www.gettyimages.com in selected

markets across Asia, Australia & New Zealand, EMEA, Latin America and the US.

Customers will have the option to search in multiple languages and make

payments in a range of currencies.  

    Both up-to-the minute and archive collections from the PA Images' portfolio

will be available on the Getty Images website, including royal photography from

Queen Victoria to Princess Charlotte, definitive moments from British politics,

comprehensive coverage of major sporting events, and some of the most

recognisable faces from the world of entertainment.

    Stephen Munday, Managing Director of PA Images, said:

    "PA photographers have been documenting the biggest moments in British

history at home and abroad for almost 150 years, and this new partnership with

Getty Images will expand the reach of our extensive picture library.  I have no

doubt that Getty Images' international platform and licensing expertise will

help our content to reach new audiences around the world."

    Lee Martin, Senior Vice President Sales EMEA & Asia, Getty Images said:

    "Customers globally come to Getty Images for an unmatched depth, breadth

and quality of visual coverage from the red carpet, football stadium, conflict

zones and beyond, produced by our own award-winning photographers and

videographers and those of our trusted image partners. Getty Images is proud to

partner with PA, whose rich history of journalistic excellence in imagery will

be a valuable addition to our existing market-leading editorial offering. We

look forward to expanding the reach of this content and to a long and

successful collaboration with PA."

    PA Images' collection will launch on the Getty Images website later this

year.  

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    About PA Images  

    PA Images is the UK's leading news, sport and entertainment image provider.

With more than 20 million images online, and supported by a network of over 65

international picture agencies, it supplies up-to-the minute photography on

major stories across the UK and around the world.

    PA Images is part of the PA Group. Headquartered in London, PA Group

[https://www.pressassociation.com/Aboutus/CorporateInformation/PAGroup/]incorpor

ates news, information and communications businesses. It is the home of PA -

the UK's leading multimedia news agency - along with three other specialist

media companies. These are Globelynx, which provides TV-ready remotely

monitored camera systems for corporate clients to connect with TV news

broadcasters worldwide; Sticky Content, the UK's leading digital copywriting

and content strategy agency; and TNR, a specialist communications consultancy.

It also owns a stake in Baize Group, a leading provider of automotive content,

events and PR services.

    PA Group has 26 shareholders, made up mainly of UK national and regional

newspaper publishers. The biggest shareholders are dmg media Limited, News UK

plc, Trinity Mirror plc and UBM.

    About Getty Images

    Getty Images [http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/ ] is the most trusted and

esteemed source of visual content in the world, with over 200 million assets

available through its industry-leading sites http://www.gettyimages.com and

http://www.istock.com. The Getty Images website serves creative, business and

media customers in almost 200 countries and is the first place people turn to

discover, purchase and share powerful content from the world's best

photographers and videographers. Getty Images works with over 200,000

contributors and hundreds of image partners to provide comprehensive coverage

of more than 130,000 news, sport and entertainment events, impactful creative

imagery to communicate any commercial concept and the world's deepest digital

archive of historic photography.

    Visit Getty Images at http://www.gettyimages.com to learn more about how

the company is advancing the unique role of still and moving imagery in

communication and business, and enabling creative ideas to come to life.  For

company news and announcements, visit our Press Room

[http://press.gettyimages.com/ ], and for the stories and inspiration behind

our content, visit Stories & Trends [http://stories.gettyimages.com/ ]. Find

Getty Images on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/gettyimages ], Twitter

[https://twitter.com/GettyImages ], Instagram

[https://www.instagram.com/gettyimages/ ], LinkedIn

[https://www.linkedin.com/company/getty-images ], and Pinterest

[https://uk.pinterest.com/gettyimages/ ].

   SOURCE: The Press Association