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For studios and rights holders

The engine behind micro content.

Spikes understands the story inside every film and series, then rebuilds it for how audiences watch today.

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Every Day, 2018. Rebuilt as micro content.

30,000+Episodes of micro content built
1,000+Titles processed
How the story is built

Every story has another way to be told.

Narrative Intelligence maps the characters, the plot and the emotional arcs, then finds the series hidden inside the story.

  1. 1The film
  2. 2Mapped
  3. 3Moments
  4. 4Rebuilt
  5. 5Finished

One feature film, as it was made.

Useful Idiots, 2024. Every scene, in order.

Narrative Intelligence maps all of it.

The emotional arc, every plot line, where each sentence starts and ends, the volume, the light.

Then it finds the moments that matter.

Hooks, cliffhangers, turning points and reveals. And cut points that land between sentences, never in the middle of one.

A new structure for the story.

Every episode opens its own way, follows its own thread and ends where you can’t look away.

Then a person checks every frame.

Automated QA on every frame, then an expert’s final pass.

What we make

One story. Everything it can become.

Every output is built on one understanding of the title.

Narrative Intelligence

Understanding the title.

Story Engine

Retells the story.

  • Micro series
  • Condensed version
  • Verticalized

Creative Engine

Sells the story.

  • Trailers
  • Teasers
  • Social and marketing
Then, before anything ships
The human passAn expert finishes every output.
The platformYour team approves every output.
A moment from Older Man Younger WomanEP 01
The micro series

A new series, built from your story.

30 to 45 short episodes, each one ending on a reason to watch the next.

Older Man Younger Woman, 2023
A moment from TenkillerFull story
The condensed version

The whole story, in one sitting.

Distilled, still emotional, still moving. The full film, told for the phone.

Tenkiller, 2022
A moment from Useful IdiotsTrailer

Trailers

The whole pitch for the title, cut for the feed.

Useful Idiots, 2024
A moment from Hunther0:15

Teasers

Short hooks cut from the sharpest moments.

Hunther, 2024
A moment from Unsheltered16:9 → 9:16

Verticalized

The original, as it is, for the vertical screen. Reframed, never cropped.

Unsheltered, 2023
How it works

Taking libraries into the new world.

Spikes rebuilds film and television for the phone at top‑tier studio standards, at library scale, under studio control.

1

Your title goes in.

A scene from Tales of Babylon in its original 16:9 frame
16:9 master · Tales of Babylon

A feature, a series or a whole archive. Any master, any format.

2

Spikes rebuilds it.

Story Engine Narrative IntelligenceRetells the story.
Creative EngineSells it.
The human passFinishes every output.
3

Everything comes out.

Micro series, condensed, trailers and teasers. Plus marketing and social: from 40 per series each week, typically 80 to 400.

4

Your team approves. Then it’s yours.

A complete micro content catalogue. In weeks.

Hundreds of titles, rights cleared and ready to release.

Delivered in every spec: 9:16, 9:19, 4:5, 1:1 and 16:9.

Go inside the Engine Room

Where we refuse to scale

Scale is a machine problem. Taste is a human one. We refuse to choose.

It’s the one step we’ve never automated. And the reason what comes back can carry your name.

What it’s worth to you

A micro content operation. Without building one.

The alternative is building a division from scratch.

01

No new headcount.

No team to hire, no tooling to license, no second post pipeline beside your own.

02

More from every title.

It earns again: as a series, as a condensed cut, and through marketing that keeps running.

03

At the medium’s pace.

Micro content turns over every six weeks. Your library keeps up.

Working together

Three ways in. You choose how far it goes.

And everything in between. Start with one title and decide the rest once you’ve seen it come back.

01

The rebuild only

We rebuild it. You release it.

  • Send us the titles and everything above happens
  • The finished work comes back to you, to release wherever and however you choose
  • Your rights, your channels, your audience
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Rebuild and distribute

We rebuild it, market it and distribute it.

  • We rebuild your library and run the marketing around it
  • Distributed only where you allow us to
  • No cost to you at any stage
  • You share in the revenue and keep your rights throughout
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Your own platform

Your name on the front. Our engine underneath.

  • A full white‑label distribution platform under your brand
  • Your catalogue, your buyers, your team
  • The Spikes engine running underneath
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In every model, the technology stays ours and the content stays yours.

Start with one

Send us one title.

See the whole workflow on something you own, before you decide anything else.

Or write to us at hello@spikesmedia.com.

Thank you. It’s with us.We read every one of these ourselves, and we’ll come back within one business day.
The Engine Room

The engine behind micro content.

Technology, content, and distribution: one platform for the studios who own the stories and the apps that stream them.

Meet the enginesSee the screens
30,000+episodes of micro content built
1,000+titles processed
The system

Two engines. Infinite possibilities.

The most advanced micro content system in the world, and the only one where every title still ends with a human expert.

  • Micro series
  • Condensed versions
  • Teasers
  • Highlights
  • Marketing assets
The engine · 01

Series Engine.

Narrative Intelligence reads characters, plot and arcs. It finds the hooks and cliffhangers the story already contains, and builds from them: a micro series, teasers, a condensed cut. Hundreds of titles in days.

A source frame with the subject locked for vertical reframing
The engine · 02

Creative Engine.

Every title becomes infinite marketing assets: video, image, social and paid. Each one engineered for the feed it runs in, and rebuilt as performance comes back.

Scored marketing assets in the Creative Engine
Built around them · 03

Production Maker.

An advanced editor on top of the engines. Full creative control over every episode, with automated QA on every frame.

Built around them · 04

Distribution Platform.

Licensed, cleared and delivered into apps worldwide. Every file, every right, ready to load in two clicks.

The workflow

The route every title travels.

Long form in, two engines in the middle, a person at the end. And your team watching all of it.

The Spikes platform

Long form in

Feature, series or archive

Any master, any format.

01 · Series Engine

Series Engine

Finds the hooks and cliffhangers, then builds the story around them.

Content out
Micro seriesBuilt on cliffhangers
CondensedDistilled, one sitting
TeasersCut from the hooks
02 · Creative Engine

Creative Engine

Turns the same understanding into marketing, at volume.

Marketing & social out
Marketing assets
Social cuts

From 40 per series each week. Typically 80 to 400.

Your team watches
  • Approve every episode
  • Rights & clearance, handled
  • Marketing performance
  • Delivery status per title
  • Versions and audit trail

Nothing goes public until you press publish.

The human pass.Every single output is finished by a human expert before it moves. We don’t compromise on that.

And every title ends with a human expert.

Inside the platform

The screens your team would use.

Series Engine: a 16:9 scene reframed to 9:16, with the episode timeline

Series Engine. One scene, rebuilt for the screen people actually hold.

Two sides, one platform

The same engine. Pointed two ways.

Studios put stories in. Apps take them out. Both run on the technology above.

For studios and rights holders

Take your library into the new world. Without lowering the bar.

Hundreds of titles rebuilt as premium micro content, each multiplied into endless marketing material, all measured with real‑time data.

  • We rebuild your titles, and the finished work comes back to you.
  • Or we distribute too: into apps worldwide, only where you allow it.
  • Or white‑label: your own distribution platform, powered by ours.
Enter the new world
For apps and platforms

Thousands of titles in one click. Hundreds of assets in the next.

Everything you need to launch micro content in your app within hours. Catalog and marketing assets, ready to load.

  • One click: a catalog of thousands of vertical titles.
  • One more: hundreds of marketing assets per title.
  • Hours, not months. Cleared, formatted, ready to publish.
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Back to the point

One title is enough to start.

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The future of entertainment runs on Spikes.