Earth Touch is a

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-based multimedia company that disseminates its content across multiple platforms, including television networks, video and DVD, the Internet and mobile phones. Earth Touch focuses on topics relating to natural history and

wildlife Wildlife refers to domestication, undomesticated animal species (biology), species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wilderness, wild in an area without being species, introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous ...

, particularly nature documentaries.

Background

Established in 2007, Earth Touch pioneered a rapid filming and production cycle using high definition (HD) cameras and

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s. Earth Touch has since built up an extensive archive of HD footage of

animal behaviour Ethology is the scientific study of animal behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait. Behaviourism as a term also describes the scientific and objectiv ...

, filmed primarily in southern

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

, but also

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

and the

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. The company also produced a number of wildlife and nature broadcast programmes that were screened in South Africa and Australia.

Collaborations

Earth Touch is a content partner in the WikiProject Lights Camera Wiki!, a collaboration designed to encourage public creation of video content for Wikipedia. Earth Touch videos were used for the Wildlife section of this initiative.

Recognition/Awards

In 2008, Earth Touch’s Wildlife podcasts received the ARKIVE NEW MEDIA AWARD at the Wildscreen Panda Awards. The award is given to the project that best explores the interactive potential of digital technology to raise awareness and understanding of the natural world.

Earth Touch News Network (online)

http://www.earthtouchnews.com currently hosts over 2000 wildlife videos and new clips are added on a regular basis. The videos are available for viewing and download on a number of new media distribution platforms, including MIRO, iTunes, VUZE and YouTube. File:Earth-Touch Lion Botswana.jpg File:Earth-Touch_Gannet_Colony.jpg File:Earth-Touch_Elephant_Botswana.jpg File:Earth-Touch_Giraffe_Moon.jpg File:Earth-Touch_Marine.jpg

References

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External links

The Earth Touch Website

Earth Touch YouTube Channel

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