Komo Tv

Business Editors

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2003

Corbis Motion(TM) (www.corbismotion.com), a leading provider of rights managed and royalty free stock footage, today announced an exclusive partnership with KOMO 4 Television in Seattle to produce and distribute HD content.

KOMO 4 Television, the ABC affiliate station in Seattle, became the first commercial station on the West coast to transmit HDTV in 1997. KOMO 4 has one of the premiere HD broadcasting facilities in the country, and has produced programming and promotional content ranging from business and technology to lifestyles and sceneries in high definition.

With demand for HD original content growing in the production community, this partnership gives Corbis Motion a leading position as an HD source.

"KOMO 4 has been at the forefront of HD production since the earliest days of it's adoption in the United States, and is leading the market in both creating and broadcasting in High Definition," said Rick Wysocki, Vice President of Corbis Motion Brands. "Iconic HD original footage remains a rare commodity, and our partnership with KOMO has given us solid foundation to meet customer demands with high quality content."

"This partnership with Corbis Motion is an exciting new way for KOMO TV to capitalize on our growing library of HD content," said Sandy Montgomery, Vice President and Station Manager of KOMO TV. "Together with Corbis Motion, we have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the use of high definition video, and see the stock footage marketplace as a strategic opportunity for us."

Corbis Motion will begin fulfilling requests for footage from the KOMO 4 collection immediately, with production elements available to meet client demands for quick response times for both preview material and broadcast quality final elements.

About Corbis Motion

Corbis Motion is a division of Corbis(R) (www.corbis.com), one of the world's leading providers of digital photography, fine art, illustrations and other media. Corbis Motion offers a rich and diverse selection of moving images for use in advertising, corporate and media & entertainment projects. The Corbis Motion market-leading collections Hot Shots, Action Sports Adventure, and Film Bank feature lifestyle, business, history, sports, time lapse, CGI and more from some of the world's leading media and entertainment companies, including Paramount Pictures, ESPN(R), Hearst Entertainment(TM) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc(R)., among others, as well as footage from premium independent producers. Corbis Motion is accessible via the main Corbis website or directly at www.corbismotion.com.

About KOMO Television

KOMO 4 Television, an affiliate of the ABC Television Network in Seattle, WA., is managed by Fisher Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of Fisher Communications, Inc. Fisher Communications, Inc. owns twelve network affiliate television stations and 29 radio stations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

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