Media Licensing
When you work with us, you get access to an extensive network of stock footage and archival libraries — with the relationships, the rights knowledge, and the negotiating power to get you what you need, cleared and ready to go. No chasing. No surprises. Cape Town-based, with South African rates and worldwide broadcast rights.
"We have had the pleasure of working with Blue Room for over six years now. Their attention to detail has ensured that they cover all bases and provide their clients with peace of mind and top-quality content to meet each brief. Bringing campaigns to life is their artform."
Audrey Belcher — Gallo Images, South African partner of Getty
One relationship with us opens an extensive network of stock footage and archival libraries — from global players like Getty to niche specialists you'd never find searching alone. We know what's in each library, who to call, and how to get the right material for your brief — fully licensed, with worldwide broadcast rights.
Our long-standing relationships with the world's major stock libraries give us access to pricing that agencies can't get direct. We negotiate on batches, not individual clips — so the savings are real, and they go straight back into your creative budget.
We keep your licensing records live, legal, and accessible — not buried in a project folder nobody can find. Same team on every job. If a rights issue comes up, we contact you before it reaches your client. You brief us once and we handle the rest.
Tell us what you're looking for — mood, subject, era, format. The more context the better, but we're good at reading between the lines too.
We go across our full library network to find the right options. You get curated selects, not a dumped folder of thousands of clips.
Once you've chosen, we handle the rights clearance, territory agreements, and usage licensing. Everything documented and watertight.
High-res files delivered to your spec. Records kept on file. If anything ever needs revisiting, we're still here.
Typically 25–40% less than direct rates for the same content, same territory, same rights. The saving comes from our partnership with Gallo Images — Getty's South African representative — which means we invoice at South African pricing regardless of where the content is used.
Yes. Licenses cover any territory, any media, and any duration — including UK broadcast, international broadcast, digital and social. There's no geographic restriction on the rights just because the license originates in South Africa.
Getty Images, Gallo Images, FilmSupply, Reuters, AFP, Dissolve, Pond5, Shutterstock, Footagebank, Tandemstock, Global Image Works, RAW Film, Imago, BSIP and Stockfood among others — over 20 libraries in total.
For standard royalty-free content, we can turn around research and cleared licenses within 24–48 hours. Rights-managed and archival content varies depending on the source — we'll always give you a realistic timeline upfront.
Typically 25–40%
less than going direct.
Same content. Same rights. Same territory. The difference is where the invoice originates — and that's where we come in.