The service provided online access to newsreel video clips and television news reports spanning the last 100 years.
[1] The online digital archive featured over 14,000[2] video clips of licensed material from the libraries of ITN, Reuters, Pathe News and EMI.
Original board members of the Newsplayer group included co-founders Paul Duffen[6] (the ex chairman of Hull City association football club) Barry Llewellyn and Steven Smith.
Original directors also included David Frost who granted Newsplayer access to his onscreen interview archive spanning four decades.
The company expanded its video archive by forming alliances with media and technology partners, alongside its license with ITN and Reuters.