Newsplayer
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| Private | |
| Industry | Video |
| Founded | October 1999 |
| Headquarters | London, England, UK |
Key people | Niall Donnelly, Brendan Morrissey |
| Website | Newsplayer website |
Newsplayer is a streaming video website of historical news footage. The service provides online access to newsreel video clips and television news reports spanning the last 100 years.[1] The online digital archive features over 14,000[2] video clips of licensed material from the libraries of ITN, Reuters, Pathe News and EMI[3]
Background
Newsplayer allows users to browse and retrieve video clips by keyword, topic or year. The Newsplayer library includes news footage of key moments in history from the 20th Century from 1896 to the present day.[4] Videos are streamed on demand via Adobe Flash progressive download.
Company history
First launched in October 1999.[5] Newsplayer broadcast Paramount News, Pathe News, ITN and Reuters video archive to users on a subscription based model. Original board members of the Newsplayer group included co-founder Paul Duffen[6] (the ex chairman of Hull City association football club) and Steven Smith. Original directors also included David Frost who granted Newsplayer access to his onscreen interview archive spanning four decades[7]
In 2008 Newsplayer was acquired by Niall Donnelly and Brendan Morrissey.
Development
On December 8, 2008, Newsplayer beta was re-launched as a free to view video streaming website. The company announced on their website that a fully featured version of Newsplayer is planned for January 2009. The company is currently expanding its video archive by forming alliances with media and technology partners, alongside its current license with ITN and Reuters which allows Newsplayer ongoing access to new material.
References
- ↑ Schofield, Jack (2000-03-09). "Web Watch". The Guardian.
- ↑ Macalister, Terry (2000-05-31). "Newsplayer starts a healthy clip". The Guardian.
- ↑ Milmo, Dan (2001-11-27). "MTV Meets the Rock ‘n’ Roll Years". The Guardian.
- ↑ George, Jemma (2001-07-06). "Have we got Newsplayer for you". Citywire.
- ↑ "Launch of Newsplayer". Business Week.
- ↑ "Catalyst denies change". The Guardian. 2004-06-10.
- ↑ Beard, Matthew (2000-12-15). "Frost’s old interviews go online for £1m". The Independent.