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The News 12 Advantage
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From sailing on the Atlantic to shopping at the
mall, the News 12 Long Island video library features a treasure trove of
sought-after material that FILM Archives Inc. licenses for use in corporate videos, commercials, video press
releases, television shows, documentaries, music videos, and home video
presentations. Recent News 12 video users include EXTRA, INSIDE EDITION, THE WEATHER CHANNEL, THE DAILY SHOW, MTV, LATE SHOW WITH DAVID
LETTERMAN, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, and many others.
News 12 Long Island is a joint venture between NBC
and Rainbow Programming Services. The award winning service beams 24-hour
news and consumer information to nearly 500,000 households in New York's suburban
Nassau and Suffolk counties. The venture utilizes 10 mobile news gathering
units as well as SNG and ENG trucks to capture the region's major news events
and lifestyle stories.
As News 12's representative for stock footage sales,
FILM Archives has licensed the library's footage to a wide array of
clients, from ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
(News 12's exclusive footage of Winter Olympics gold medalist Sarah Hughes) to BBC's PANORAMA series (after-crash footage of
TWA's ill fated Flight 800).
‘Highly Versatile and Accessible News Source’
"In News 12 clients find a highly versatile and
accessible source for daily news and lifestyle video," said FILM Archives president Mark Trost.
And unlike news libraries "whose staff has never viewed much of the
material, our researchers have personally screened the footage and can give
clients precise descriptions." Requested shots can be delivered to the
customer's office or editing suite within hours, he added.
News 12 currently has over 5,000
hours of contemporary video. Airing since December 15,
1986, the archive includes more than 20,000 stories. As many as 120 new
stories (six hours) are added each week. Besides documenting every major news
story, the library captures the gamut of contemporary life often missing from
national collections.
"News 12 is a unique resource for lifestyle
footage and local events that simply can't be obtained from other
collections," Trost said. "You've got people shopping at the mall,
kids playing soccer in the park, people doing their last-minute taxes at the
Post Office, and of course, those perennially popular July 4th backyard
barbecues and parades down Main Street."
News 12's most requested material reflects stories the news service broke first: The Amy Fisher/Joey Buttafuoco saga; The LIRR gunman attack and trial; the crash of TWA Flight 800, and the story of Walter Hudson (world's fattest man). More recently, our clients have relied on the News 12 Library for exclusive footage of 9/11 inspired events, including the moving memorials to the Heroes of September 11; rescue operations at Ground Zero; tightening of security at local airports, and the actions of our nation's leaders in the War On Terror.
FILM Archives maintains screening cassettes of
all News 12 Long Island footage at its Manhattan offices. The company
meticulously computer indexes each shot, topic and story covered by the cable
channel, enabling researchers to quickly determine availability of desired
material. If the requested topic is available, clients can receive a same-day
screening copy. Visit Cablevision
for more information about News 12 Long Island, or find News 12 clips from our library using the search box on this page.
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