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Pond5 launches micro-payment stock footage site with more than 50,000 clips
New York based Pond5.com, a micro-payment stock footage community site, has announced that it has emerged from beta testing with the launch of version 1.0 of its website. The new site, located at pond5.com, offers more than 50,000 broadcast-quality SD and HD clips available for instant download, starting at $5 per clip. Prices on Pond5 are controlled by the contributors and start at just $5, with an average price of around $40 for HD footage, and $20 for SD footage.
In a recent press release marking the launch, the company touts itself as “an open marketplace for stock footage, where any video creator with professional-quality video footage can make it available for use in productions ranging from feature films, television programming and corporate videos to wedding and web videos”. And cites a few noteworthy customers including Dreamworks, The History Channel, NBC, PBS, and HDNet.
“This is a new model for stock footage,” says co-founder Tom Bennett. “We’ve brought an efficient, open marketplace to an industry that’s been dominated by closed collections, low royalties, high prices and outdated technology. Because Pond5 offers artists the highest royalties in the industry and lets them set their prices, we attract the highest quality, freshest footage, and make it available at the lowest prices. Combine that with the fastest, easiest interface on the web, and we think it’s a game-changer.”
Web: http://www.pond5.com - Click here to view pond clip featured above.
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