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INDEX STOCK IMAGERY WITH CVL AND CASADAIMAGEM.COM Alliance in Portugal New York, NY - March 23, 2004 - Index Stock Imagery, the independent choice for imaginative images , is proud to announce that CVL-Comunicação Visual, Lda became our new representative image distribution agent in Portugal. CVL will offer Index's broad collection of stock images in digital format to all of its clients, directly and through their www.casadaimagem.com , the Portuguese Image Portal. CVL represents Rights Managed and Royalty Free imagery for use by editorial and advertising/commercial end-users. It has been in business since 1998, when “we introduced the stock photography business into Portugal,” says Alexandre Cordeiro, President of CVL. “Our unique selling proposition relies on proposing only high-end quality imagery solutions to our clients. We also pay weekly visits to the most important editorial clients, and from time to time, all the others.” This year the company launched the first Portuguese Image Portal with four other companies under the same ownership. It offers more than a million high quality Rights Managed and Royalty Free images and some footage through a searchable site located at www.casadaimagem.com . Their motto: “YES, we (always) have it!” According to Alexandre Cordeiro: “We have long been aware of the quality of Index's extensive collection. All the staff at CVL and at www.casadaimagem.com are very enthusiastic about the new opportunity that will emerge from working with Index Stock as one of our major RM arms.” Adds Peter McClusky, VP of International Business Development at Index: “We like to work with agents that have an advanced Web site including sophisticated search tools. CVL is well run and well established, and we look forward to a profitable future licensing stock photography with them in Portugal.” Alexandre Cordeiro states: “Our ongoing close daily collaboration will be matched by service, creativity and innovation!” Index Stock, www.indexstock.com , with the breadth and depth of its library, continues to be a major international player in the stock photo industry with agents in fifty countries. In addition to CVL, in the past year it has replaced agents in Italy, England, Germany, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Mexico and Chile. It represents dozens of domestic collections and has 650,000 images available online, of which 75,000 are Royalty Free images. Its Web site, www.indexstock.com, supports emailable lightboxes, e-commerce shopping, and customized price grids and high-res comps, for qualified customers. Mac users can enjoy a Mac interface and all of Index's loyal customers receive gifts through the Image Points Program that is featured on the Index site. Index Stock Imagery, Inc. is a registered trademark. Contact: Pat Hunt path@indexstock.com 800-729-7466 212-929-4644
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