mecom company brief Business Activities - Communication Services - Satellite Distribution Services - Internet Distribution Services - Two-way Satellite Communication Services - Media Solutions - Advertising Management - Multimedia Database (pictures, video, audio, graphics) www.multimedia.mecom.eu - Picture Monitoring www.monitoring.mecom.eu Systems - newsPIPE Satellite and Internet Distribution System - x-connect Advertising Communication Systems Founded 1989 by 6 News Agencies Today’s Owners - dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH, Hamburg - AFP Agence France Presse GmbH, Berlin - epd Evangelischer Pressedienst GmbH, Frankfurt - KNA Katholische Nachrichtenagentur, GmbH Bonn - dpa-AFX Wirtschaftsnachrichten, GmbH Frankfurt mecom Group - picturemaxx AG Munich Market leader for all-in-one company portals for pictures and other media World largest independent media network with more than 300 international picture agencies, media portals and archives