IDS PictureDesk

A one-stop shop for picture researchers across the industry, IDS PictureDesk gives fast moving media outlets unrivalled access to content from over 100 photo agencies and syndication libraries. Responding to our clients’ needs and suggestions over the years we have developed a host of innovative features and tools designed to increase efficiencies and simplify content acquisition.

Over the past 20 years IDS PictureDesk has become a mainstay of the picture researchers desktop. A feed of live content streaming in from events all over the world, often just moments after they have been captured by the photographers lens, means busy newsrooms can respond to consumers demand for up to the minute content in a world of rolling 24 hour news. Combined with a rich archive of content from a diverse community of photo agencies, IDS PictureDesk provides a production content store to researchers the industry over.

IDS PictureDesk provides photo agencies of all sizes with a route to market. Many publishers have done away with accepting ftp feeds from suppliers, due mainly to the large overheads involved in maintaining the resources required to receive and store the content themselves. Picture researchers time too is being pinched by reduced budgets, meaning visiting multiple websites to find the best image for a brief is becoming more and more of a luxury.

By solving these challenges for publishers, IDS PictureDesk has become an essential route to market for image suppliers, putting their content in front of thousands of picture buyers every day.

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