Pond5's Video Library Passes 3 Million Clips

NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Pond5, the world's leading online marketplace for video footage and stock media, announced today that artists have contributed over three million video clips to the company's collection. Pond5's roster of 33,000 artists uploaded more than one million clips over the past year, creating the largest, fastest-growing collection of royalty-free video content on the Web.

"We've proven that the best way to create a thriving marketplace is to give artists freedom, control, and a fair price," said Pond5 cofounder and CEO Tom Bennett. "In exchange, tens of thousands of artists from around the world have entrusted us with their content, ranging from 4K footage shot by aerial drones to stunning cinematic sequences filmed on RED Digital Cinema Cameras."

As the first marketplace to support Redcode RAW (R3D), Pond5's library now includes 106,000 4K clips, the largest royalty-free collection of 4K footage on the Web.

In addition to video clips, artists upload music, photos, illustrations, special effects and 3D models to the Pond5 website. Those creating media projects, like films, mobile applications and video games, then purchase the royalty-free content for their own use. Pond5 offers over 17 million media clips in total.

The company runs the most artist-friendly marketplace on the Web. Contributing artists set their own prices and earn a flat 50% on each sale, far above the industry standard.

Pond5 footage has found its way into blockbuster films like Iron Man, Thor and Dallas Buyers Club, and hit television series like AMC's The Walking Dead and NBC's Saturday Night Live. Media clients include BBC, NBC, and CBS, advertising agencies like Leo Burnett and Wieden & Kennedy and a growing roster of emerging video artists on websites like YouTube and Vimeo.

Based in New York, with offices in Geneva, Switzerland and Prague, Czech Republic, Pond5 recently raised $61 million from Accel Partners and Stripes Group. It currently employs a global team of 81 people.

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Pond5 is the world's most vibrant marketplace for media makers, offering the web's largest collection of royalty-free stock video footage, as well as millions of photos, illustrations, music tracks, sound effects, Adobe After Effects project templates, and 3D models. Disrupting the traditional stock agency model with an open, dynamic marketplace, Pond5 invites media makers from all over the world to submit their own content and set their own prices. Contributing artists earn 50% on each sale – significantly higher than traditional players. Submissions are curated by the Pond5 team, and made available for immediate preview, purchase and download. All content is licensed under a simple royalty-free license that provides customers lifetime, worldwide usage rights across all media.

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