Hippo Vs hyena clan - Newsflare want to sell one of my videos

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I wasn't really sure where to put this so let me know if there's a better forum to put this in.

I posted a video of a hippo Vs hyena clan confrontation that I recorded whilst on holiday to my Youtube channel, which has a whopping six subscribers. The video has picked up a massive 1,200 views, which is a couple of orders of magnitude more than my next most watched video.

I've just received the following message on Youtube:

Hi Csaba, I work at Newsflare - a leading video marketplace. We specialise in distributing videos to news organisations and production companies. We're interested in working with your video. Please can you get back to me at antia.xeada@newsflare.com or give me a call to T +44 (0) 8432 895 191 (6282) so we can discuss this further. Thanks!

Any idea on what my best play is here? I've googled the company, this thread suggests that they're legit. Going by the amount that the bloke in the thread received I won't make much money off this but I would get a kick out of seeing something I recorded end up in a magazine or similar. I have no idea whatsoever how much something like this is worth and whether handing over copyright to a company is optimal. A poster on another forum has pointed out that my video is way too long to appeal to someone that's killing time web surfing and that other Youtubers could pinch my video and edit it enough so that they can claim 'fair use'. As such, letting a company get what they can out of it seems like the path of least resistance.
 
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I see a premium telephone number which may belong to a regional newspaper (or the latter bit could be out of date waffle).
 
I'd think that you upload your video and it sits there until someone wants to use it.

I see this site as trying to get a huge database of videos that have had pre-agreed terms (50/50 isn't it?) so a client can quickly find something that suits their needs.

I doubt you'd get something immediately, as in, I doubt their's a client lined up for it, but it's worth a shot (pardon the pun.......I'll get mi coat......)
 
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