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.
Friday, Nov 13
Canela Media debuts microseries slate for US Hispanic mobile-first audiences (opens C21media in a new tab)
Microdramas Are Luring Hollywood Stars Like Issa Rae (opens Extra in a new tab)
Issa Rae has created a microdrama called The Compatibility Experiment, starring Love Island's Jana Craig. Her involvement is an example of Hollywood stars moving into the vertical drama format.
Bob Evans Enters Microdramas With 20-Episode Holiday Series From Pixie USA (opens Net Influencer in a new tab)
Welch's taps early 2000s nostalgia with vertical series starring former Disney, Fox actors (opens The Business Journals in a new tab)
The Asian microdrama war: China's AI power play is coming for your screen (opens ABS-CBN in a new tab)
Chinese companies are using AI to push into short vertical dramas across Asia, and competition over phone-first, roughly 90-second episodes is becoming a central contest in streaming.