Automedia started up in April 1989 as a press service devoted exclusively to car coverage. Over the past years we have been successful in becoming a familiar name in many countries around the world. Our major market of course continues to be in Europe, but we also have a presence overseas, for example in the United States, South America, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the Middle East, Australia and recently also in the former east bloc countries where we are active e.g. in Estonia and Lithuania and in Russia, Hungary and the Slovak Republic.
	The way Automedia works differs in several ways from the methods used by other photo agencies. We devise our own "motoring themes", produce photos and text at our own risk and then offer our clients the material for publication. We do not ask for payment of our fee until the work has been published - we think that is a fair deal.
	The core of our subjects is in the so-called "Spy Photos". These are photos of cars which are currently under development, and of which the manufacturers have still not published any official photos. The fact that we still always manage to "shoot" the secret cars has nothing to do with criminal practices, but is much rather to do with painstaking detective work and a great deal of patience. It is a difficult field but also exciting and of great public interest.
	In addition to these spy photos, spy drawings and computer images, Automedia produces features on all aspects of motoring: test reports of sports cars and dream cars, chronicles of historical cars and discussions of technical details and new engine developments. In addition, we also visit and report on all the major international motor shows - and we even have our own correspondent in Japan.
	As has already been mentioned, these subjects are covered in words and images and until recently that meant photos. However, we are now regularly producing videos of secret cars on broadcast quality Beta cassettes either in the European PAL or the American NTSC standard. Regular use of still photos, airbrush drawings and computer enhancements on the videos, as in the photo productions, considerably increases the information content.
	If you share our view that our material could be of interest to you, then please give us a call, and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have. We will then send your first package of subjects. Each of these subjects is accompanied by a delivery note stating our price terms. On the other hand, if you would like to act as an agent for us, then we supply our subjects with a delivery note but with no price indication. We leave you to obtain a good market price. In this case, our charge is 60% of the amount you charge your clients. In both cases we ask you to send us a free copy of the publication. You may also take a look at our Terms and Conditions. If you have any further questions please contact us on Fax +49 700 28 86 32 99 or E-Mail INFO@AUTOMEDIA-ONLINE.COM