Little Dot Studios is licensing 150 hours of factual content from Sphere Abacus for its digital network and has been appointed as the distributor’s official agent for digital copyright management across global social and video platforms.
The 150 hours from the premium Sphere Abacus slate will be deployed across Little Dot Studios’ network of genre-based YouTube and FAST brands in the crime, history, science, lifestyle, and nature spheres. Headline titles include Harrods: The Rise and Fall of a British Institution, Ross Kemp: Mafia & Britain, Attack on Pearl Harbor: Minute by Minute, Titanic: Secrets of the Shipwreck, and The Disappearance of William Tyrrell.
Further, Little Dot Studios will protect, manage, and optimize the value of Sphere Abacus’s IP across YouTube and Facebook operations.
Jonathan Ford, MD at Sphere Abacus, commented, “We are delighted to continue to grow our relationship with Little Dot Studios—an important step in our digital growth strategy. By combining our expertise in premium content and their proven digital rights management, we can extend the value of our IP and optimize distribution of our catalog across key digital platforms.”
Connie Hodson, director of content acquisitions and partnerships at Little Dot Studios, added, “Expanding our partnership with Sphere Abacus allows us to bring even more standout content to our digital media network. By combining this premium content acquisition with our specialized digital copyright management services, we are building a sustainable, multi-platform ecosystem that drives reach and new revenue streams for Sphere Abacus’s wider digital growth ambitions.”
