If you can't see this message, please visit: http://www.agefotostock.com/emailer/prre/ingles/prreibl/prreibl_eng.htm Barcelona, July 2007 age fotostock (www.agefotostock.com) is pleased to announce the signing of an image distribution agreement for age fotostock (rights managed) and Pixtal (royalty free) with IBL Bildbyrå in Sweden, a well established company in business for over 40 years representing stock, editorial and news content through the site www.ibl.se. In addition, age fotostock is also proud to welcome IBL Bildbyrå into the growing family of distributor websites running on age fotostock´s proprietary THP (Technological Hosting Platform), thereby enabling www.ibl.se to integrate a powerful search engine into their site and to single-handedly offer over 1,5 million images (with lots more coming) in both rights managed and royalty free to its potential clients. About this newly formed cooperation, Lars Modie, CEO of IBL said "This is a very good opportunity for us to combine a modern platform (THP) with an excellent offer to our clients with age fotostock and Pixtal. We can now even harder concentrate in marketing and sales and less in technology investments." Sylvie Cherian, Director of International Operations at age fotostock, further added: "Sweden has always been a very good market for us from a very early date. We are extremely pleased to have a reputable agency like IBL join our international network, as part of our non-exclusive distribution strategy for rights managed images, and have no doubt that they will exploit all advantages and opportunities offered by the THP to its fullest". Sylvie Cherian Director of International Operations age fotostock www.agefotostock.com THP Photo Services www.thpphotoservices.com IBL Bildbyrå is located in Ljungbyhed and Stockholm, Sweden and has been in business for over 40 years. IBL is representing stock and RF distributors as well as news and editorial agencies and photographers. Their archives include historical collections, politics, showbiz, royalties, fashion, science, art, illustrations and much more. IBL is very strong in the editorial market and their focus is to maintain this strength, while also trying to grow in the commercial market. age fotostock is a general photo agency with offices in Barcelona, Madrid, and New York, dedicated to the constant uploading of images from an impressive range of subjects (rights managed and royalty free) on a daily basis. age fotostock distributes its images in more than 90 countries through an extensive and solid network of agents for which the age fotostock name not only as a synonym for a well known brand, but for its prestige of distributing one of the best and most varied collections in the world. age fotostock is a technologically advanced photographic agency, with an extremely efficient IT department that constantly innovates and develops the applications necessary to guarantee an impeccable internet service twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. age fotostock is still today, after over 30 years in business, an independent, privately-owned Spanish company very much committed to growth through its own generation of capital, and based on its long industry experience, technological savvy, and marketing expertise. The term THP (Technological Hosting Platform), is defined as the sum of working and marketing efforts of a group of people: image providers, distributors and clients, interacting within the global market place, at their own will and not submissive to a major organization. Management of the THP is overseen single-handedly by age fotostock. The THP was introduced six years ago and has now evolved into a community of 54 distributors, 239 RF and RM image collections and over 1.300 photographers, combining to form an impressive database of 4,7 million high resolution files residing on age fotostock servers located in Barcelona, Spain, and New York. Furthermore, another group of 63 age fotostock distributors receive different levels of support as the result of the technology emanating from the THP developments, which allows age fotostock to, among other things, massively process and keyword thousands of images in seven languages within a fraction of time required for other companies to do the same. New York 594 Broadway, Suite707 Nueva York, NY 10012-3257 Telf. 212-625-9000 Toll free: 1-877-884-9800 agenyc@agefotostock.com Barcelona Buenaventura Muñoz, 16 08018 – Barcelona Teléfono: 93 300 25 52 Fax: 93 309 39 77 age@agefotostock.com Madrid Bretón de los Herreros, 59 Bajos b 28003 Madrid Telf. 91 451 86 00 Fax: 91 451 86 01 agemadrid@agefotostock.com © 2007 age fotostock. All rights reserved.