New Vice President To Head BBC Motion Galley

BBC Worldwide has appointed Clara Fon-Sing as Vice President America East Coast and Latin America to its Motion Gallery business, as announced by Simon Gibbs, Managing Director, BBC Motion Gallery.
Fon-Sing joins from INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel), the French public television archive and will be responsible for leading the New York based team to take advantage of exciting new opportunities in the US and Latin American markets and contribute to positioning BBC Motion Gallery as the leading supplier of motion imagery clips globally.
Gibbs commented: “Clara will be bringing her extensive experience in the footage industry both in Europe and the US to help achieve BBC Motion Gallery's ambitious growth plans for these important territories. Her track record of determining strategic business development to drive sales and revenues is going to be a real asset for us.”
"With a powerful global brand and exclusive content from highly respected sources including BBC, CBS News, NHK and ABC, we are in a strong position to be the video content provider of choice for digital media professionals worldwide," said Fon-Sing. "The rapidly developing digital environment and the emergence of new users of motion images makes this an exciting time to distribute world-renowned content in the US and Latin America and expand our position in these markets."
Prior to her position as Head of International Development with INA in France, Fon-Sing was and Sales and Marketing Manager with ABC News VideoSource in New York. Fon-Sing has a Bachelor's degree in Information and Communication from the Sorbonne University and a Master's degree in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
BBC Motion Gallery, a division of BBC Worldwide Limited, offers media professionals in advertising, commercials, television, film, interactive and corporate video production access to the world’s most comprehensive collection of high-quality motion imagery for licensing worldwide.
BBC Worldwide Limited is the main commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The company exists to maximise the value of the BBC's assets for the benefit of the licence payer and invest in public service programming in return for rights.
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