THP Photo Services, the software platform developed and run by the well known photography agency age fotostock that offers IT infrastructure and services to photography agencies worldwide, will hold a new THP Agent’s Meeting, for the members of this strong global image distribution network. The gathering will take place on June 4^th at the Corinthia San Gorg Hotel on the Island of Malta coinciding with the CEPIC 2008 conference.

The THP members meeting will allow once again to present a solid number of new and improved software developments that includes a state of the art back-end, linguistic tools integration, easy access to Low Budget Royalty Free imagery and more to cope with market changes to different models and pricing while at the same time allowing for a vivid exchange of ideas, future plans and market positioning.

Meetings such as this one to be held in Malta have helped the THP members to truly appreciate the dedication and support that age fotostock has given to the THP Photo Services while the members input has boosted the introduction of changes and the addition of innovative ideas and new developments to the THP platform.

THP Photo Services software created seven years ago has evolved into a community of close to 60 companies worldwide that can enjoy nearly 300 RF and RM image collections from the same number of different stock agencies from around the world and the professionally edited images of more than 1,500 photographers part to conform an impressive database of slightly over 7 million high-resolution files residing on THP Photo Services servers located in Barcelona, Spain, and New York, US.

Furthermore, another group of nearly 70 age fotostock agents receive different levels of support as a result of the Cross Search technology emanating from the THP developments which allows age fotostock to, among other things, massively process and keyword thousands of images in seven languages and upload them to the members websites within a fraction of the time required for other companies to do the same tasks.

The invitation to this meeting has been extended this year exclusively to members that are part of the international distribution network of the THP. After what is expected to be a very intense day, the group will have lunch at the Fra Martino Restaurant at the Corinthia San Gorg where they should be able to continue with the debate among members.

The term THP (Technological Hosting Platform), is defined as the sum of the working and marketing efforts of a group of people: image providers, distributors, and clients, interacting independently within the global marketplace. Management of the THP is overseen single-handedly by age fotostock.