ITN strikes al-Jazeera deal

The Queen's Coronation, from the British Pathé collection

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ITN Source, the archive footage service, has signed a six-figure deal with al-Jazeera to give the network access to over 800,000 hours of video content for use in its programming.

Under the terms of the deal al-Jazeera and independent production companies making programmes for the network will gain access to all footage libraries represented by ITN Source including the Granada, ITN, Reuters, Channel 4 and British Pathé collections as well as a catalogue of HD stock footage.

The licence agreement covers unlimited global transmissions on the al-Jazeera Network, their associated carriers and online outlets including Al Jazeera's YouTube pages for a period of five years.