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NEW YORK, August 24, 2011 – The National Hockey League (NHL) and Getty Images today announced an agreement that renews Getty Images as the “Exclusive Worldwide Commercial Photography Licensing Partner of the NHL®.” As a result, Getty Images will continue to provide commercial partners and the global media with immediate access to a vast collection of unique imagery that defines one of the most celebrated sport histories of our time.

 

“Our partnership with Getty Images has played a major role in better servicing our media and fans by providing the richest image content available,” said Jody Shapiro, NHL senior vice president.  “We are proud to continue to offer the most comprehensive archive of iconic NHL images available through our partner Getty Images.” 

 

“Getty Images is delighted to announce our renewed partnership with the NHL, which enables us to provide an unparalleled product and service to our customers around the world,” said Peter Orlowsky, vice president of business development for Getty Images.  “As the demand for compelling imagery of the sport from our customers continues to grow, Getty Images remains committed to photographing the game of hockey.”

 

With visuals dating to the early 1900s, Getty Images has an extensive collection of the most riveting moments from thousands of regular-season games including, all Stanley Cup® Playoffs games, Olympic Games, and more recent signature NHL events such as the NHL Winter Classic®, NHL All-Star celebrations, NHL Awards™ and the NHL Entry Draft™, available for commercial and consumer use.

 

Getty Images also remains the sole provider of images for the NHL PhotoStore™, the official destination for NHL fans to purchase high quality prints of some of the sport’s most celebrated moments and athletes, including the number one selling item from the 2010-11 season, the Boston Bruins® team photo after winning the Stanley Cup®. The NHL continues to build a direct-to-consumer product portfolio to ensure that our fans have access to the content and products that enable them to stay emotionally connected to their favorite moments, teams and players.

 

Getty Images’ complete NHL collection can be viewed at www.gettyimages.com

 

 

About the NHL®
The National Hockey League, founded in 1917, is the second-oldest of the four major professional team sports leagues in North America.  Today, the NHL® consists of 30 Member Clubs, each reflecting the League’s international makeup, with players from more than 20 countries represented on team rosters. According to a Simmons Market Research study, NHL fans are younger, more educated, more affluent, and access content through digital means more than any other sport. The NHL entertains more than 250 million fans each season in-arena and through its partners in national television (VERSUS, NBC, TSN, CBC, RDS, RIS, NASN, ASN and NHL Network™) and radio (NHL Radio™, Sirius XM Radio and XM Canada).  Through the NHL Foundation, the League’s charitable arm, the NHL raises money and awareness for Hockey Fights Cancer™ and NHL Youth Development, and supports the charitable efforts of NHL players. For more information on the NHL, log on to NHL.com.

 

About Getty Images
Getty Images is one of the world’s leading creators and distributors of still imagery, video and multimedia products, as well as a recognized provider of other forms of premium digital content, including music. Getty Images serves business customers in more than 100 countries and is the first place creative and media professionals turn to discover purchase and manage images and other digital content. Its award-winning photographers and imagery help customers produce inspiring work which appears every day in the world’s most influential newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, films, television programs, books and websites. Visit Getty Images at www.gettyimages.com to learn more about how the company is advancing the unique role of digital media in communications and business, and enabling creative ideas to come to life.