Getty looking to plug Asian gap with purchases

<p>HONG KONG: Getty Images is looking to boost the Asia-Pacific </p><p>content of its photographic and film visuals library, now available </p><p>online. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The company has more than 70 million images and 30,000 hours of film, </p><p>however, Getty co-founder and chief executive Jonathan Klein said Asian </p><p>content is lacking. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>"The criticism has always been that the pictures are too American. So we </p><p>are embarking on working to get more locally-shot imagery," said </p><p>Klein. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>One way it hopes to achieve its objective is through the recent set up </p><p>of wholly-owned organisations in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, </p><p>Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Japan following the acquisition </p><p>of its two main competitors, The Image Bank and the Visual </p><p>Communications Group. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>