How to license video footage from Discovery Access.

If you are an employee of Discovery Communications or are a production partner working on a commissioned project for Discovery, please contact us for alternate pricing information prior to ordering video footage online. Likewise, if you have a huge project, are interested in bulk pricing, or think your footage needs can't be met online, please contact us.

The first step in licensing stock footage through DiscoveryAccess.com is to find what you're looking for.

• Enter any key terms in the large search field at the top of the page and hit search.
• After viewing your displayed results of footage clips, you can further refine your query using the filter tools displayed on the left hand side of the page.
• Please note that you can hover your cursor over the thumbnails for video previews or simply click on them to see the video clip in a larger view.

If you want to save the footage clips you've selected or share your clips, you will have to create a video clip bin to store your clip selections in.

• Click “My Clip Bins” in the top right of the page, beneath the search bar.
• Select "Create a new clip bin" from the drop down menu, then name your clip bin and include any notes you'd like associated with the clip bin.
• When creating a footage clip bin, you can set the focus to that clip bin. This will default all clips you select from here on out to go into that clip bin, until you direct the focus elsewhere.
• Footage clips can be added to your focused clip bin by clicking on the “+” icon on the clip thumbnail. Alternatively, you can check the box on the thumbnail to the left of the clip number, then use the “Clip Bin Tools” drop down menu to specify which clip bin you would like to send that clip to.
• Once clips are in the clip bin, you will be able to share the clip bin with others and add clips to the cart for purchase.
• Please note that the rights you want must be selected for each individual clip before moving it to the cart. The clip will not show up in your cart until you do so.

Now that you have clicked on a clip, reviewed it, and decided that you have to have it, it's time to make a purchase.

• Below the clip is a series of simple drop down menus from which you can select the rights that you would like to purchase.
• The price of the clip will display after you have made your rights selections.
• Click "add to your cart."
• From there you can create a quote to license for your footage clip or proceed to checkout and purchase it.
• The clip is now ready for immediate download and your invoice will serve as your contract.
• If you want to test the shot out prior to purchase, simply click “Download comp” from the top left hand list of options before you purchase a clip. You will get a watermarked low-res comp file instantly to work with free of charge.

Finally, perhaps you loved the footage you saw but want more than the website has to offer? Maybe you did not quite find the footage clip you were looking for, or you found what you need but are having trouble selecting the rights that you need to license the footage? Contact us for personal assistance.

• Click the “Contact Us” tab at the top of this page.
• Once there, place your cursor on your home location on the map.
• You will then see the Account Manager assigned to your region and their contact information for any stock footage, shorts, or content inquiries you may have.
• Please note that while license fees for out of inventory research are on par with those found on the website, there may be additional processing fees involved.
• Bulk rate deals are available for licensing footage, short programs and video content, and we encourage you to contact us right from the start if you are planning on making numerous and/or large purchases.