EXCLUSIVE: Emerging vertical video platform Inverted.Film has picked up Unscripted, a series from RealReelDrama founder Meagan Johnson. Unscripted with Meagan Johnson is microdrama advocate Johnson’s debut series, and is billed as “the first talk show in the vertical space with top stars one-on-one in different locations.” The series is billed as an “intentionally cross-platform” show […]

Taiwan-based streamer Catchplay and its production outfit Screenworks Asia are making a big push into vertical drama through partnerships with several Korean players.  Celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, Catchplay is launching an exclusive branded zone spanning Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore with the newly launched Korean vertical content platform, Sero, alongside licensing deals with CJ […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Jamie Oliver Group is developing a microdrama series with creative company Baby Teeth, as a strategic partnership between the two companies is unveiled amid a rethink at the campaigning celebrity chef’s media business. Details of the vertical video production are broadly under wraps, but it is in pre-production and still begin shooting in […]

Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo is among investors backing Latin American microdrama platform Idilio. WndrCo joined a16z Speedrun, Goodwater Capital, Precursor Ventures and Latin American fintech leader David Vélez in a $5.5M seed funding round. Idilio is being positioned as at the intersection of popular Latin American telenovelas and the vertical video world, with an AI-powered engine […]