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NBCUNIVERSAL LAUNCHES INNOVATIVE ARCHIVE SALES WEBSITE
NBC News Wins CIO 100 Award For The New High-Quality Archive Sales Website
NEW YORK, NY-- July 18, 2011-- NBC News announced today that the extensive NBCUniversal archival content collection is now available on one platform on the recently launched NBCUniversalArchives.com. Designed and executed by NBC News, the website is a company-wide business to business enterprise that includes content collections from across the NBCUniversal portfolio— including NBC News, NBC Sports, NBC Entertainment, Universal Studios, Universal Pictures, Telemundo, NBC Photobank, The Weather Channel, NBC Radio, NBC Artworks, and more. From the latest breaking news reports on "NBC Nightly News," to 25 years' worth of NBC Sports coverage of the French Open, and classic late-night comedy clips on "Saturday Night Live," the NBCUniversal Archives makes accessible a lifetime of radio recordings and moving images, capturing over 70 years of the people, places and events that define our society and our world.
The new customer-centric, fully e-commerce-enabled website has a digital delivery system that allows clients to screen footage, search the rich text database, download previews and immediately clip and make credit card purchases online. The website is continually refreshed with new content as well as footage from the past as it is systematically being digitized. Special sections such as “Clip of the Week,†“Spotlight on News†and “Anniversaries†highlight rare and iconic clips from the collections as well as timely topics. Under the leadership of Clara Fon-Sing, vice president of archive sales and strategy, a dedicated research and sales team now offers unprecedented access to NBCUniversal’s rich archives both online and offline. Improved client services include in-depth research offline, customized screening sessions on site at NBC’s headquarters at Rockefeller Center in New York, and a new hotline, 1-855-NBC-VIDEO. Flexible pricing options and new business models serve various customer needs and promote innovative uses of archival footage.
"We're thrilled to be able to offer NBCUniversal's high-quality archives to the marketplace," said Cheryl Gould, SVP at NBC News. "We realized that by pulling together the rich assets of various NBCU collections onto one platform, we could make it easier than ever before for the creative community to access and purchase our content. We’re very proud of NBCUniversalArchives.com and believe it demonstrates our ability to think creatively and strategically about the depth and value of our rich historical archives."
NBC News was recently recognized for its new archive sales website by CIO magazine. As a recipient of a "CIO 100 Award," NBC News was named one of the top 100 businesses that have the distinction of creating business value through the effective and innovative use of information technology. This is the first time that NBC News has made CIO's annual list, showing how a news broadcast organization can develop unique value from its assets. More information about this award is available at www.cio.com and in the August 1st, 2011 issue of CIO magazine.
About NBC News
NBC News has been a leading source of global news and information for more than 75 years. Every week, NBC News provides more than 30 hours of television news programming, including the top-rated NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Today and Meet the Press programs. Dateline NBC is the signature broadcast for NBC News in primetime. NBC is the only broadcast news division with an affiliated cable channel, MSNBC, which provides 24-hour-a-day coverage of news events around the globe. Online, MSNBC.com is the number one video news site on the Internet. NBC News has also built an engaged following on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks.
In addition to its leading news programs, the network's portfolio includes cutting-edge platforms such as NBC News Mobile and NBC News Radio, and innovative ventures such as Peacock Productions, an award-winning in house production company; NBC Learn, the network's educational arm; NBC News Archives, a sales website leveraging over 70 years' worth of NBC News content; and TheGrio.com, a video-centric news community devoted to the African-American audience. NBCNewschannel is the network’s liaison to over 200 affiliate stations across the Posted July 18th, 2011