Getty Images reached agreements with Major League Baseball Properties and Major League Baseball Advanced Media to create an MLB image archive that includes more than 1 million images.

Getty and MLBAM will develop two Web sites to let users access the images, one for commercial use and one for fans.

www.gettyimages.com

Presteligence Ltd. acquired GEI Prepress from Graphic Enterprises Inc. In the United States, the company will operate as Presteligence Inc. The hardware sales, service and supply portion of GEI’s prepress business will remain with Graphic Enterprises Inc., the firms said.

www.presteligence.com

Helios Software GmbH is shipping Helios WebShare, a server app that allows users to access file servers over the Internet.

Helios WebShare enables authorized remote staff members and customers to transfer files to and from the file server.

www.helios.com

Satellite Newspapers Corp. launched Client, a new software application enabling Satellite Newspaper customers to access the Satellite Newspaper Central Hub in the Netherlands. Client allows account holders to access newspapers before they are available on the street.

www.satellitenewspapers.com

Digital Technology International secured a patent on SpeedURL, a product that allows newspaper readers to reference URLs of any length in print with a four-digit code. SpeedURL is designed to make it simple for publishers to create a link between print and online content.

The four-digit alphanumeric SpeedURL code allows publishers to capitalize on the advantages of both print and Web, and to tie the two products together, DTI said. The Las Vegas Review-Journal is the first newspaper in the United States to purchase SpeedURL.           


 www.dtint.com