Adrian Johnson was very at ease in Cannes at the MIP TV…but I assure you that he had back to back meetings. In 2003, he co-founded MrFootage, with his old friend from the Berlin days, Swedish former media executive and Strix Television CEO, Johan Sundberg. MrFootage ambitions to create one of the largest independent online digitised catalogues of searchable stock footage. They will be competing with market leaders Getty and Corbis.
Last year Johan and Adrian spun off Qinova Media to build on their technical know-how and industry contacts to distribute complete films, television series and other audio visual content over the Internet. Qinova Media has developed a comprehensive online video platform, covering VOD, Web TV, User-Generated Content and the original Online Stock Footage Library system.
With content owners and community specialists Qinova is also creating a collection of “special interest” Internet VOD sites, namely a Gay and Lesbian channel, Music Film Channel and Latin American Telenovela Channels. They are planning a first launch in September 2007.
Interviewed at MIP TV Cannes on April 17, 2007