Vertical drama news
Micro drama and vertical series stories, picked from the trades and beyond. New stories every morning, older days below.
Each story opens on the outlet that reported it.
YesterdaySunday, Oct 11
Germany’s MFG backs Black Forest Studios microdrama with $142k (opens C21media in a new tab)
Vurt Is Bringing Vertical Microdramas to Apple TV and Android TV (opens WeRSM in a new tab)
Former Internet Celebrity Who Got Rich Through Short Dramas Finally Regains Dignity, Inspiring Comeback Story (opens 36Kr in a new tab)
LOOK: Rave Victoria and Lance Jeremy star in iWant’s first-ever BL vertical series (opens ABS-CBN in a new tab)
Is BlinkDrama legit? What the short drama app's paperwork reveals (opens Pasquale Pillitteri in a new tab)
Saturday, Oct 10
From Midsumma to Mobile: Grounded AFL Micro Drama ‘Become The One’ Hits Small Screens Everywhere (opens FilmInk in a new tab)
Krafton Weighs 100 Billion Won Investment in Short-Drama Startup Spoon Labs (opens Seoul Economic Daily in a new tab)
Drew McIntyre, Jacob Fatu & More Featured in WWE x ReelShort Movie Trailer (opens 411MANIA in a new tab)
Vertical short dramas recognised at Vietnam-hosted Asia Top Awards (opens DTiNews in a new tab)
Compressed Time, Narrow Space: The Visual-Temporal Aesthetics of Mobile Microdrama on ReelShort (opens Sage Journals in a new tab)
Micro-drama seminar spotlights diverse storytelling, AI challenges (opens China Daily in a new tab)
Story TV's Nafrat Mein Ishq Microdrama Review: Tries Too Hard, Delivers Too Little With An Overused Plot (opens IWMBuzz in a new tab)
Bullet TV Micro Drama Malamaal Machine Review: High Curiosity, Uneven Execution (opens IWMBuzz in a new tab)
Friday, Oct 9
Even Realities microdrama explores the horrors of smart-glasses surveillance (opens Ad Age in a new tab)
Chicago Cubs TikTok Microdrama Tests The Reach Of Sports Brands (opens Forbes in a new tab)
‘My screaming is real’: Lim Yan Xin gets genuinely spooked while filming horror microdrama with Fauzi Azzhar (opens Stomp in a new tab)
Neighbours AI microdrama: who should control old TV performances? (opens TV Central in a new tab)
Creator Commerce Agency SuperOrdinary Debuts First Microdrama In Partnership With TikTok (opens Net Influencer in a new tab)
RTS Midlands Industry Insights: Microdrama (opens Royal Television Society in a new tab)
From Rakesh Bedi to Karan Patel: TV stars in the microdrama world (opens StoryBoard 18 in a new tab)
Life Tak is now the official home of India Today Group’s premium microdramas. Short series, big twists, daily slice of life (opens Business Today in a new tab)
Sheeba Chadha calls microdrama ‘Likhe Jo Khat Tujhe’ a ‘love at first sight’ story (opens Telangana Today in a new tab)
GUEST COLUMN | India didn’t import microdramas. It is finding its own way to export them (opens Indian Television Dot Com in a new tab)
Thursday, Oct 8
A+E Global Media and Lifetime Expand Original, Adapted Microdrama Slate (opens Variety in a new tab)
The micro drama industry is booming. It's giving Meta two wins at the same time. (opens Business Insider in a new tab)
New Queer Vertical Drama “Situationship” Set to Premiere on National Coming Out Day, Starring Lawrence Hawkins, Guy Vadas, And Danielle Cormack (opens The Curb in a new tab)
COL Group expands into EdTech with Lingopie partnership and microdrama co-productions (opens Prensario Internacional in a new tab)
SPH Media launches horror-comedy microdrama Connected drawn from ghost stories, urban legends (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
TikTok Wants Brands to Make Mini Dramas (opens TechJuice in a new tab)
Myntra deepens micro drama play as short form content gains consumer attention (opens StoryBoard 18 in a new tab)
TikTok and Sundance Collab Launch Micro-Series Storytelling Program (opens sundance.org in a new tab)
Meta captures micro drama ad spending in the U.S. (opens Traders Union in a new tab)
From Home to Hollywood and Back: East End Natives Team Up for ‘Love in the Hamptons’ Microdrama (opens 27east in a new tab)
Wednesday, Oct 7
Tencent’s 4 Failed Short Drama Market Attempts: Can WeChat "Green Bubble" Finally Succeed This Time? (opens 36Kr in a new tab)
Microdramas are booming. AI could make it even harder to stop binge-watching (opens The Conversation in a new tab)
Mario Lopez, Paris Hilton, Jesse Tyler Ferguson Join Microdrama Platform aTwist’s October ‘To Die For’ Lineup (EXCLUSIVE) (opens WTYE FM in a new tab)
Verticals For Good Challenge Brings Purpose to the $14B Micro-Drama Boom (opens The Courier-Journal in a new tab)
Hoop Entertainment adds 2 micro-dramas to JioHotstar’s Tadka (opens Exchange4Media in a new tab)
Story TV's X Ray Nazar Wala Hero Microdrama Review: Familiar Fantasy Drama That Falls Flat (opens IWMBuzz in a new tab)
Tuesday, Oct 6
Dutch Core shops teen microdrama, doc investigating Europe’s narco trade (opens C21media in a new tab)
LumoTV reveals drama commission brief as it seeks first deaf-led microdrama (opens C21media in a new tab)
Secret Billionaires, Mafia Brides, Alpha Kings: The Insane World of Microdramas (opens The New York Times in a new tab)
Horror microdrama “BITE CLUB” (with a “CHOPPING MALL” reunion!) premieres in NYC this month (opens RUE MORGUE in a new tab)
China’s AI Microdrama Boom: More Output, Copycat Content, Less Money (opens New Fortune Times in a new tab)
Gen Z’s bitten by micro dramas (opens Metro India in a new tab)
AI Dramas Are Crowding Out the Human Actors of China's Micro-Drama Boom (opens Trending on Weibo in a new tab)
Allen Ren denies "entry into short dramas," issues emergency statement over spread of fake accounts. (opens Record China in a new tab)
[Vantage Point] Inside the addictive architecture of the AI microdrama (opens Rappler in a new tab)
Lights, camera, tourists! Short dramas rewrite the script for "China's Hollywood" (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
Monday, Oct 5
Ex-CBC, Blink49 exec Dylen Postnikoff enters Room418 with new microseries outfit (opens C21media in a new tab)
Can AI predict a microdrama hit? BULLET says its hit rate has risen to 20-25% (opens StoryBoard 18 in a new tab)
Microdramas to overtake film business in India by 2030: Story TV CEO (opens afaqs! in a new tab)
HONOR 600S launch brings tech and vertical drama together with ‘The CEO’s New Jowa’ (opens LionhearTV in a new tab)
Night of the Living Dead Getting Microdrama Adaptation From Room418 (opens Bleeding Cool News in a new tab)
Story TV: The Brilliant 60 Second Drama App Taking Over India! (opens AltBollywood.com in a new tab)
AI rewrites microdrama production line (opens SGGP English Edition in a new tab)
Hidden payment maze behind AI microdramas (opens SGGP English Edition in a new tab)
IMDA and TikTok Launch Microdrama Programme to Develop Singapore Media Talent (opens Alvinology in a new tab)
Eloelo Group’s Dolphin AI targets the biggest bottleneck in Microdrama: production at scale (opens Adgully.com in a new tab)
