LOLA LONDON LIMITED

Stock Footage Licensinglolaclips.com

LOLA Clips is a London and Los Angeles-based B2B archive footage agency licensing aggregated global content and providing bespoke filming services to Hollywood studios, broadcasters, and independent documentary producers worldwide.

Company typePrivate
Founded2015
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Headcount1–10
GTM typeB2B
OfferingServices

What LOLA LONDON LIMITED does

LOLA Clips is a London-based B2B archive footage agency founded in 2015 by Sandra Coelho and Dominic Dare, who together bring 50 years of combined experience in the film and television archive industry. The company operates a cloud-based digital archive platform that aggregates footage from 25+ media partners and hundreds of archive contacts globally, with categories spanning TV Shows, Aerial Drone, Historical, News, Sports, Wildlife, and Famous Faces in formats from SD through 6K. The platform offers searchable content with clip bin management and curated thematic collections (such as New York City 60s-80s, Swinging 60s London, and 1950s-60s Paris) designed for organic discovery.

LOLA's commercial offering has three service lines: footage licensing from aggregated global archives under a single comprehensive license agreement, expert footage research to locate rare or international content (e.g., Korean gameshows, Bollywood films), and bespoke filming services for clients whose required footage is unavailable in existing archives. The company has delivered projects to major Hollywood studios including Universal, Warner Bros, Disney, and Paramount, alongside broadcasters, news organizations, and independent documentary producers. Distribution is handled through direct B2B sales engagement; the website supports search and browsing but all purchases are quote-based and routed through the sales team, with no online pricing or self-serve transactions.

The business is dually headquartered in London (registered office in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire) and Los Angeles, operating as LOLA Clips Limited, a private limited company registered in England and Wales. LOLA serves a global client base spanning the UK, US, Europe, Australia, and Brazil, with no disclosed institutional funding, parent company, or acquisition activity.

LOLA LONDON LIMITED firmographics

Firmographics

Name: LOLA LONDON LIMITED
Legal name: LOLA Clips Limited
Website: https://lolaclips.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2015
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 1–10 employees
Short description: LOLA Clips is a London and Los Angeles-based B2B archive footage agency licensing aggregated global content and providing bespoke filming services to Hollywood studios, broadcasters, and independent documentary producers worldwide.
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LOLA LONDON LIMITED industry classification

Industry

Product category: Stock Footage Licensing
NAICS: Motion Picture and Video Distribution (51212), Motion Picture and Video Distribution (512120), Motion Picture and Video Industries (5121)
SIC: Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Distribution (7822), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Allied To Motion Picture Distribution (7829)
akta.pro primary industry: Archive & Library Footage Licensing (News, Sports, Entertainment) (MPABANAC)
akta.pro secondary industries: Footage & Stock Media Licensing (Archival/Newsreel/Stock) (MPADALAD), Clip/Short-Form & Archive Footage Syndication (Libraries/Stock) (MPABAMAL), Clip Licensing & Stock Video (Short-form Excerpts) (MPABANAD), Content Licensing (Film/TV, Clips, Stills) (MPADALAA)

Keywords

Archive footage licensing
Stock footage platform
Bespoke filming services
Footage research agency
Media licensing services

Where LOLA LONDON LIMITED is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: London
HQ country: United Kingdom
HQ region: Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

LOLA LONDON LIMITED business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

Footage Licensing: Revenue generated from licensing archived video footage to media production companies, broadcasters, and documentary filmmakers. Customers pay for access to and usage rights of archival footage content.
Bespoke Filming Services: Custom footage production services for clients who cannot find desired footage in archives. LOLA provides end-to-end production including location filming, camera operators, and post-production for major Hollywood movies and independent documentaries.
Expert Footage Research: Specialized research services to locate rare or specific footage from global archive networks. Researchers trawl extensive contacts to find and license content including international material such as Korean gameshows or Bollywood films.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Other	Pay-as-you-go	Contact sales for pricing

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

LOLA LONDON LIMITED product offering

Product offering

Core offering

LOLA Clips licenses archived and contemporary video footage from a global network of over 25 media partners and hundreds of archive contacts, providing searchable access to content across categories including TV shows, aerial drone, historical, news, sports, and wildlife in formats from SD to 6K. The company also delivers bespoke filming services, producing custom on-location footage for Hollywood productions, independent documentaries, and projects of all scales when archive content is unavailable. All licensing is consolidated under a single comprehensive license agreement regardless of how many source archives the content originates from.

Product overview

LOLA Clips is an archive footage agency that operates as a B2B platform for licensing and sourcing video content. The company offers two core services: Expert Footage Research (enabling customers to search and license footage from a global network of archive contacts with over 25 media partners) and Bespoke Filming (custom footage production for films, documentaries, and projects of all scales). The digital archive platform provides access to footage across categories including TV Shows, Aerial Drone, Historical, News, Sports, Wildlife, and more, available in SD through 6K formats. Content is organized through curated thematic collections and searchable clip bins.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Expert Footage Research Service Expert research service that locates and licenses hard-to-find footage from LOLA's network of hundreds of global archive contacts and over 25 media partners, serving film producers, broadcasters, and documentary makers.
Bespoke Filming Service Custom on-location footage production service including camera operators and post-production, delivered when archive content is unavailable, for clients ranging from major Hollywood studios to independent documentary makers.
LOLA Clips Footage Archive Platform Digital archive platform enabling search, browsing, and clip-binning of footage aggregated from over 25 media partners and hundreds of archive contacts across categories including TV Shows, Aerial Drone, Historical, News, Sports, and Wildlife.

Companies that use LOLA LONDON LIMITED

Customer profile

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

LOLA LONDON LIMITED technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

LOLA LONDON LIMITED partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

ITV StudioscoreTechnology or IntegrationMajor UK broadcaster and production company providing archived footage content through LOLA's platform. ITV Archive footage is featured in curations such as 'Swinging 60s London / 60s Fashion' with clips from 'World in Action' and 'Look at Life' series.
STUDIOCANALcoreTechnology or IntegrationMajor film and TV content company providing archived footage. Content appears in curations like '1950s & 1960s Paris' featuring 35mm material from STUDIOCANAL's collection.
ZDFmajorTechnology or IntegrationGerman public-service broadcaster providing archived footage content through LOLA's platform.
Al JazeeramajorTechnology or IntegrationQatar-based media network providing documentary and news footage through LOLA's archive platform.
EURONEWSmajorTechnology or IntegrationEuropean multimedia news platform providing archived footage content through LOLA's platform.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

LOLA LONDON LIMITED competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Regional players

BBC Studios: Commercial arm of the BBC with one of the world's largest broadcast archives, licensing content globally. Comparable as both an archive licensor and a potential LOLA partner, though operating at incumbent scale with internal distribution.

Broad incumbents

Shutterstock: Diversified stock media platform offering footage, images, and music licensing with self-serve and enterprise tiers. Comparable business model focused on content licensing for media production, with broader portfolio than LOLA.
Getty Images: Global leader in stock footage and editorial imagery licensing with massive catalog and self-serve platform. Directly comparable to LOLA in licensing-based revenue model serving film/TV production, but operates at vastly larger scale with technology-led distribution.
Reuters Pictures / Reuters Video: Global news agency with extensive archival news footage accessible for licensing to media producers. Comparable in archive footage distribution though embedded within a broader news and information business.

Direct peers

Pond5: Stock footage marketplace offering licensing of archive and contemporary video clips to media producers. Closest direct competitor in footage licensing with overlapping customer base (independent producers, broadcasters, documentarians).
Storyblocks: Subscription-based stock footage and audio marketplace for video producers and creators. Competes for the same indie and mid-market producer segment with PLG/self-serve motion that contrasts with LOLA's sales-led approach.
Bridgeman Images: Specialist licensing agency for art, cultural, and historical footage and stills. Closely comparable niche archive licensing model serving film/TV/documentary producers with curated rights-cleared content.
Grinberg Film Library: Specialist stock footage library focused on historical, archival, and lifestyle content for documentary and feature production. Closely comparable niche archive footage licensing model serving film/TV clients.
AP Archive: Associated Press's historical and contemporary news footage library offered for licensing to broadcasters and producers. Comparable in archive footage licensing with news/historical content specialization and global distribution.

Emerging players

Envato Elements: Subscription-based creative assets platform with growing stock footage offering targeting independent video producers. Adjacent competitor in the footage licensing space with technology-led distribution model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

LOLA LONDON LIMITED financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

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LOLA LONDON LIMITED leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

LOLA LONDON LIMITED funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

LOLA LONDON LIMITED M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about LOLA LONDON LIMITED

What does LOLA LONDON LIMITED do?

Is LOLA LONDON LIMITED a public or private company?

LOLA LONDON LIMITED is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was LOLA LONDON LIMITED founded?

LOLA LONDON LIMITED was founded in 2015. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is LOLA LONDON LIMITED based?

LOLA LONDON LIMITED is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, in the Europe region.

How does LOLA LONDON LIMITED make money?

Three revenue lines are on record. Footage Licensing is the primary driver. The others are bespoke Filming Services and expert Footage Research.

Who are LOLA LONDON LIMITED's main competitors?

BBC Studios is listed as a regional player. Broad incumbents are Shutterstock, Getty Images and Reuters Pictures / Reuters Video. Direct peers are Pond5, Storyblocks, Bridgeman Images, Grinberg Film Library and AP Archive. Envato Elements is listed as an emerging player.

Does LOLA LONDON LIMITED have an API?

No public API is recorded for LOLA LONDON LIMITED.

What industry is LOLA LONDON LIMITED in?

LOLA LONDON LIMITED's product category is Stock Footage Licensing. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPABANAC, Archive & Library Footage Licensing (News, Sports, Entertainment), with a secondary code of MPADALAD, Footage & Stock Media Licensing (Archival/Newsreel/Stock). Its NAICS code is 51212 and its SIC code is 7822.