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Premium TV just opened a vertical storefront

Jul 22, 2026

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Premium TV just opened a vertical storefront

RoseBerry's Epis is live worldwide, with Fremantle and BBC titles on the shelf.

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The global TV market opened a vertical desk. Bring a series

Jul 21, 2026

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The global TV market opened a vertical desk. Bring a series

The world's biggest television market just gave microdrama its own summit

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Hollywood is recruiting off your phone. The swipe pays now

Jul 19, 2026

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Hollywood is recruiting off your phone. The swipe pays now

A star built on ninety-second dramas just landed a role in a Ryan Murphy series

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Vigloo opened its AI pipeline. More people can build now

Jul 17, 2026

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Vigloo opened its AI pipeline. More people can build now

The pipeline that made AI microdramas cheap just opened to anyone who wants to try

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An AI made three vertical action movies. They're streaming now

Jul 17, 2026

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An AI made three vertical action movies. They're streaming now

Whole action movies, machine-made and now streaming, adapted from books real people wrote

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WWE just signed on. Vertical keeps recruiting stars

Jul 15, 2026

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WWE just signed on. Vertical keeps recruiting stars

The first major sports brand just built a story inside a microdrama app

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Douyin put $210M behind live actors. Sets get busy

Jul 14, 2026

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Douyin put $210M behind live actors. Sets get busy

The world's biggest short-video platform just made human-made drama the better-paid option

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iQIYI counted the top ten. Micro drama took half

Jul 11, 2026

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iQIYI counted the top ten. Micro drama took half

In Japan and South Korea, half the most-watched titles are now the short stuff

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A chatbot giant joined vertical. The cast talks back

Jul 10, 2026

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A chatbot giant joined vertical. The cast talks back

The chatbot giant that just turned a microdrama into a two-way conversation

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China wrote vertical an export clause. The map shifts

Jul 7, 2026

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China wrote vertical an export clause. The map shifts

Beijing's draft rulebook has a line for outside creators, and it changes your competition

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Shortical raised $100M. The vertical land grab escalates

Jul 6, 2026

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Shortical raised $100M. The vertical land grab escalates

The capital is stacking up, the buyers are multiplying, and the shelves keep getting longer

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Uber Eats joined a murder mystery. Vertical grew up

Jul 4, 2026

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Uber Eats joined a murder mystery. Vertical grew up

A marquee studio built a scripted whodunit around a delivery app

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TikTok put microdrama on the ad menu

Jul 2, 2026

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TikTok put microdrama on the ad menu

TikTok turned microdrama into something brands can buy

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A new streamer is buying indie vertical. The shelf just grew

Jul 1, 2026

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A new streamer is buying indie vertical. The shelf just grew

A new streamer launched to buy and distribute independent vertical work

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Yash Raj backed a startup. The franchise race is on

Jun 30, 2026

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Yash Raj backed a startup. The franchise race is on

Bollywood's biggest franchise machine wants vertical's first lasting hit

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Short drama's growth went vertical. Marketers want in

Jun 29, 2026

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Short drama's growth went vertical. Marketers want in

The numbers behind short drama's takeover, and the people betting on what comes next

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StoReel turned a script into a studio. Vertical's barrier just dropped

Jun 26, 2026

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StoReel turned a script into a studio. Vertical's barrier just dropped

An upload-a-script production studio just opened to solo creators

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aTwist put microseries in theaters. Vertical went big-screen

Jun 17, 2026

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aTwist put microseries in theaters. Vertical went big-screen

The format built to fight the multiplex just bought a ticket inside it

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Neymar bet on microdrama. Sports is vertical's new lane

Jun 16, 2026

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Neymar bet on microdrama. Sports is vertical's new lane

A 220-million-follower superstar just turned World Cup season into a vertical genre

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Showbox makes Korea's biggest films. Now it makes vertical

Jun 15, 2026

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Showbox makes Korea's biggest films. Now it makes vertical

The studio behind Korea's all-time box-office champ is now co-producing microdramas for a global swipe

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Europe stopped laughing at microdrama. Now it's building

Jun 13, 2026

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Europe stopped laughing at microdrama. Now it's building

A European market spent a full panel deciding microdrama is no longer optional, and the skeptics lost

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CandyJar's parent built an all-AI action app. The cost math shifted

Jun 12, 2026

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CandyJar's parent built an all-AI action app. The cost math shifted

A separate, fully AI-built action app puts vertical's economics on the table

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Jamie Oliver is making a microdrama. Vertical keeps poaching brands

Jun 10, 2026

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Jamie Oliver is making a microdrama. Vertical keeps poaching brands

A celebrity chef just turned his whole company toward vertical

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Vertical just filed for its first IPO. India went first

Jun 9, 2026

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Vertical just filed for its first IPO. India went first

Kuku's filing is the format's first real test on the public markets

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China is scrubbing micro-dramas. The bar just went up

Jun 8, 2026

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China is scrubbing micro-dramas. The bar just went up

China's new two-month sweep is reshaping what the format's biggest market will make

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