World's Largest Beijing HD Footage Collection Now Available as Olympics Stock Footage

World's Largest Beijing HD Footage Collection Now Available as Olympics Stock Footage

MediaRecall and MICO Offer Massive HD Collection of HD Beijing Clips

CHICAGO, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- MediaRecall today agreed to represent MICO (Media International Corporation) HD footage of Beijing for online stock footage licensing. The HD footage, shot by NHK, Japan is a collection of more than 1,100 high quality HD clips for licensing in advance of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

"The subject matter of these clips is wide-ranging, from Beijing lifestyle of the venues. The MICO cameramen have created something very special. Beijing footage is very rare to begin with, let alone HD. We expect these clips to be widely licensed for commercial use by broadcast news outlets and for editorial programs" says Taneoka Hiroaki, President of Contents Gate, a Japanese content aggregator and MediaRecall partner for Japan.

"The Beijing footage will be available immediately on STOCKMediaRecall.com, our stock footage portal. The Beijing Olympics is surrounded with controversy, air quality, human rights issues," says Robin Rutledge, CEO of MediaRecall Holdings, "now we have HD footage available to support these important stories."

MediaRecall is the first and only US company to represent this unique Beijing footage from NHK in the USA. "Creating trusted relationships with Japanese partners such as Contents Gate and MICO, the International Programming Distributor for Japanese Broadcast, is the only way to be successful in acquiring quality Japanese content," says Rutledge, CEO of MediaRecall. "We have a very close relationship with Contents Gate, who now represents MediaRecall in Asia. We expect to open a full digital facility in Tokyo by the end of 2008. Hiro Taneoka, is our key representative and is aggregating unique Asian content for online and mobile monetization, both in the USA and in Asia. We expect explosive growth in online content sales throughout Asia over the next few years,

Media International Corporation

MICO is the international distributor for NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and is active in marketing Japanese programs to broadcasters worldwide. MICO is constantly adding award-winning documentaries, drama series' and animations adding to their library. Over 90% of the programs are produced in HD format. In addition, MICO supports "TV Japan," a broadcasting enterprise that supplies programs produced by NHK and others to homes and hotels around the world via satellite and cable. To receive the Japanese TV service subscription in the United States and Canada visit JNG, and for Europe and the Middle East, visit JSTV.

http://sales.micojapan.com/

MediaRecall Holdings

MediaRecall Holdings is a major provider of video archiving digital services and online delivery to TV stations, large video archives and collections and other video content holders. MediaRecall has developed a revolutionary new workflow for selecting clips and logging video that leverages the Internet to tap into a global workforce. Powered by proprietary software known as DONE!(TM) or the Digital Online Network Environment, MediaRecall can digitize hundreds of hours of video, select thousands of clips, create metadata for each and perform a full quality review in a single day, a task that would normally take weeks at best. MediaRecall's clients include leading public TV stations, such as WGBH/Boston, WTTW/Chicago, KAET/Phoenix and Oregon Public Broadcasting, among others. Contact: sales@mediarecall.com

http://www.STOCKMediaRecall.com is MediaRecall's stock footage portal, which represents high quality broadcast clips from PBS stations, archives, large content holders and independent producers from around the world. Now, http://www.STOCKMediaRecall.com will represent MICO and key broadcast stations across Japan.

Contents Gate Company, Ltd.

Contents Gate brings Japanese content such as anime, Manga, stock footage and film to the global marketplace. They also aggregate superb content from around the world and bring it into Japan. Contents Gate has the ability to bring any type of content to the Japanese market. Contents Gate deals with popular, high quality intellectual property. Contents Gate's focus is on channeling more profits to content owners through a more direct distribution. In addition to administrating video contents on a global scale, Contents Gate feels that unique video content from Japan can find broad distribution and contribute to profits as a part of the global market. http://www.contentsgate.com

If you want to learn more, check out: http://www.mediarecall.com and http://www.stockmediarecall.com or send an email to sales@mediarecall.com or call 847-513-6810.

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CONTACT: MediaRecall Holdings, +1-847-513-6810, sales@mediarecall.com

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http://www.mediarecall.com/
http://www.stockmediarecall.com/
http://sales.micojapan.com/

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