 It was set up by Hulton as a semi-independent operation, officially incorporated as the Hulton Press Library in 1947.It was bought by the BBC in 1958 and incorporated into the "Radio Times" photo archive, which was then sold to Brian Deutsch in 1988.In 1996 the Hulton Picture Collection was bought for £8.6m by Getty Images, who has retained the Hulton Archive as a featured resource within its large holdings.