8 January 2010
Exclusive Stories to the News Exchanges of the EBU
When it comes to being first to break exclusive stories for the world's broadcasters, one international video news agency has dominated television screens worldwide for the eleventh year running.
AP Television News, the international video division of The Associated Press, outpaced its agency competition by providing over 883 more exclusive news stories to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in 2009.
The EBU draws agency content from AP Television News and Reuters, as well as from many European and associate broadcasters. The EBU's definition of an 'exclusive' is a story which scoops the competition either on content or speed. AP Television News was 883 exclusives in front in 2009, scoring 4462 versus Reuters' 3579.
In 2008 the margin of victory was 786, in 2007 it was 939, and between 2006 and 1999 it was 602, 678, 595, 750, 634, 716, 507 and 323 respectively.
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AP Television News
Delivering breaking global news, sport, entertainment, technology and human interest video content to broadcasters, online and mobile platforms. Video captured by AP Television News can be seen by over half of the world’s population on any given day.
Providing broadcast facilities and technical expertise via our global network of strategically-positioned bureaux.
AP Television News is the international video division of The Associated Press.
For further information, please contact:
Niall Campbell
Marketing
AP Television News
Email: Niall Campbell
Tel: +44 (0)20 7482 7433
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