Shorts Report — Microdrama Industry News

TODAY

7 STORIES

20:13

MoneySense's new microdrama turns back the clock on bad money habits

Marketing-Interactive

17:55

Tu Itefaq Hai EXCLUSIVE! Divya Gupta On Time-Travel Twist, Biggest Challenge Shooting In Goa & More

Filmibeat

14:51

Zhao Liying Sues the Operator of China's Biggest Short-Drama App Over an AI-Cloned Likeness

Trending on Weibo

05:03

Hongguo Short Drama Gives AI Characters an Official Identity: Virtual Avatars Can Now Have Their Rights Confirmed

AIBase

04:40

Exclusive: Naver Webtoon parent becomes shareholder in Chinese short-drama giant DramaBox

헤럴드경제 · more: BigGo Finance

04:18

HDFC Life unveils new microdrama ad series 'Lift Your Protection'

IMPACT Magazine · more: Indian Television Dot Com

02:21

Hongguo is booming. What does that mean for Douyin?

TechNode

TUE NOV 10

8 STORIES

22:48

7 Best Short Drama Apps to Binge in 2026!

Editorialge

20:35

China's JD.com Tests "Drama Perks Club": Free Short Dramas Tied to Self-Operated Supply Chain as Richard Liu Eyes Livestream-Style Sales

BigGo Finance

18:57

'Heartbreak High' Director Cast Global Ensemble for Contiki Microdrama

LBB - Little Black Book

08:23

Lana Condor, Anthony De La Torre Team for Rom-Com Microseries for Fetch (Exclusive)

The Hollywood Reporter · more: People.com, IMDb

08:00

A mobile operator with about 14 million subscribers approved plans to connect IQSTEL's short-form drama service.

Stock Titan · more: Morningstar, Yahoo Finance, PR Newswire

06:31

India's microdrama boom has 110 million viewers. Who’s getting paid?

Daily Pioneer

05:22

ShareChat Couldn’t Beat Meta. So, It Put Saas-Bahu in Your Pocket

Open Magazine

04:16

ShareChat hires creative directors as AI cuts microdrama costs by 40%: CTO Nitin Jain

The Economic Times · more: NewsBytes

MON NOV 9

7 STORIES

22:25

Scripting the sale: Why Indian brands are funding their own microdrama series

Storyboard18

19:30

From streaming to software, microdrama startups rewrite their growth pitch

The Economic Times

16:54

When a TV archive becomes a microdrama, who owns the new cut?

Daily Journal

14:35

Craig Conover Debunks Major Rumor About His Microdrama 'Charmed by a Southern Monster'

EntertainmentNow

11:42

Inter Medya Expands Turkish Microdrama Distribution Across the Americas with ViX, Canal 2 and Ditu

FormatBiz · more: Senal News

09:37

No Secret Is Safe: Catch Up On ‘Power & Influence’ Episodes 5-12

Bossip · more: 97.9 The Beat, Get Up! Mornings With Erica Campbell

07:02

Welch's Shakes Up Agency Roster for 5-Part Holiday Microdrama

DesignRush · more: dailyrecordnews.com, WV News, The Batesville Daily Guard, Post Register, chronicleonline.com, Goshen News, Times Argus, goSkagit, PR Newswire, Yahoo Finance

SUN NOV 8

4 STORIES

21:18

Microdrama Makers From Turkey and Japan Bet on Hooks and Villains

Variety · more: شبكة تواصل الإخبارية, JournalArta, IMDb

12:35

Tourists star in personal microdramas in ‘China’s Hollywood’

Kuwait Times

10:32

Daddy Yankee Launches ‘La Postal’ Dance Microseries

Yahoo

00:01

YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels emerge as bigger threat to microdrama apps than rival platforms

Storyboard18

SAT NOV 7

3 STORIES

20:35

Six-person amateur team behind 12 billion-view AI short drama in China says they started with a 1,000-yuan online course and never paid for traffic

BigGo Finance

19:45

Microdramas - why more Brits are watching these ‘snackable’ shows

BBC

08:09

Microseries can launch future TV hits says TikTok as app strikes latest copro deal

C21media

FRI NOV 6

8 STORIES

20:23

Urban Decay microdrama hits 3.8M views

ContentGrip

18:09

Trying brunch at Holywater in New Orleans

NOLA.com

17:19

RC03 Series Recap Week 3: Major Set-Ups and Revelations

Bossip

11:00

'Christmas At Maple Hollow Inn' Mixes Festive Movies With Microdrama

Deadline

07:37

Microdrama Platform Canvas Aims To Build A Netflix-Style Brand Around Creator-Led Shows

Net Influencer

07:18

New French Quarter bar Holywater is worth diving into

Axios · more: NOLA.com

04:26

WeChat's Green Bubble short dramas near 40% of Hongguo's monthly users as Tencent wages ecosystem-driven short-drama battle in China

BigGo Finance

01:50

"Started Teaching Himself at 54 and Hit a KRW 1.9 Billion Jackpot"... Chinese Man Turns His Life Around in One Year by Putting in 10 Hours a Day

아시아경제

THU NOV 5

15 STORIES

22:58

How an AI Micro-Drama About Saving the Song Dynasty Paid Off a 54-Year-Old's Debts

Trending on Weibo

22:38

Rs 30–40 lakh for a branded microdrama campaign: What's driving advertisers towards episodic storytelling?

Storyboard18

20:35

Southern Charm's Craig Conover Leads Bravo's First Scripted Microdrama, Premiering Nov. 9 on Peacock

Enstarz

20:00

'90210' Reunion: Tori Spelling and Brian Austin Green to Star in Vertical Microdrama for VertTV

Enstarz

14:16

Brunch at Holywater

NOLA.com

12:51

L’Oréal’s evolving microdrama strategy puts entertainment over product

Marketing Dive

11:14

How is EloElo using AI to power 80% of its microdrama production? CEO Saurabh Pandey explains

CNBC TV18 · more: NewsBytes

09:50

Chinese word ‘duanju’ enters English lexicon

Global Times · more: Record China

07:31

The Telly Awards Opens 48th Season Entries With Microseries Track, ReelShort as Season Partner

Net Influencer

05:18

Inside China's AI micro-drama factories where almost no one turns a profit

Startup Fortune

03:50

Short-form dramas growing fast

Guyana Chronicle · more: Borneo Bulletin

03:49

China’s Short Drama Boom Puts TV Show Creators on the Defensive

Caixin Global

02:26

Hongguo Beat Doubao. That Doesn’t Mean AI Lost.

Vocal

00:29

Hyundai partners with Terribly Tiny Tales for six-part Diwali microdrama

Storyboard18

00:17

Short Drama App Hongguo’s Users Climb to New High

Caixin Global