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Getty Images and Little Dot Studios are teaming to make a two-part, 90-minute science documentaries that will launch on YouTube. Notably, Moons of Our Solar System will be the first made exclusively from Getty Images’ giant online image and video archive.
The doc is premiering this week on December 12 on Little Dot Studios’ science networks – Spark, Progress and Cosmic. German- and Spanish-language versions of the show will follow.
Using Getty Images’ archive, the doc takes a look at the moons in our solar system and explores how they got there, what makes them unique and whether any of them contains signs of life.
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Alex Hryniewicz, Managing Director – Network Social Platforms at Little Dot Studios, said: “Our digital network gives us unparalleled, real-time insights into what audiences are passionate about. This partnership with Getty Images is a perfect example of how we can turn those data-led insights into premium, original programming.
“By combining our understanding of YouTube with Getty’s incredible, world-class archive, we can create compelling documentaries like Moons of our Solar System that are tailor-made for the platform and will resonate deeply with our viewers.”
Getty’s archive comprises more than 34 million footage clips, of which almost 20 million are shot in 4K. It also the vast offline archives of BBC programming and NBC News.
“This collaboration with Little Dot Studios demonstrates how Getty Images’ depth of content can power premium, long-form storytelling for digital platforms,” said Getty Images’ Paul Davis, who is Vice President Media & Broadcast Sales.
“By combining our entire Getty Images video collection with flexible, digital-first licensing models, we’re making it easier for producers to create high-quality programmes with speed, creative freedom, and full rights certainty. Little Dot Studios has been an outstanding partner, and we’re excited to see how YouTube audiences engage with this new approach to documentary production.”
Little Dot Studios’s channels reach a combined 125 million unique viewers monthly across more than 200 channels. The All3Media-owned company led on the production of Moons of Our Solar System before Getty’s research team used these data-led insights to identify the right assets from the collection to match the creative vision.