Footage with bite
SILVER SPRINGS, MD — Shark Week is celebrating its 25th anniversary this summer, and Discovery Access's senior account manager, Van Johnson, combed through Discovery's massive archive for the best and worst shark bites for this year's Shark Week' s 25 Best Bites (currently a working title). Produced by Gurney Pro- ductions, the project includes footage from past Shark Week programming, including Air Jaws, Ultimate Air Jaws and Prehistoric Sharks. Discovery Access (www.discoveryaccess.com) houses all 25 years of Discovery Communications commis-
sioned production materials. In March 2011, Discovery Access launched as a platform for external production companies to license footage from the Discovery family of networks for the first time. Discovery Access offers the production community pieces of this annual, week-long event that has become one of Discovery's most popular programming blocks. They have been shooting high definition since 1999 and are able to transcode it into any flavor requested.
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