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Vertical Micro Drama Weekly: MIPCOM crowns the boom; Omdia pegs it at $11B; Fox opens the…
Week of Oct. 12–19, 2025
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Vertical Drama Review: The Divorced Billionaire Heiress: Misunderstandings on a Conveyor Belt
⚈ ⚈ On our third wedding anniversary, my husband divorced me and I was publicly humiliated by his mistress... ... Now, I have wealth, leisure, a handsome husband, and another mysterious identity. Can anyone top that? Just wait. Join Real Reel Creator-first note: this “review” isn’t here to canonize a masterpiece. It’
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Creative Insights: The Beat Engine · Part 2
Part 1 wired the single-episode circuit. Part 2 scales that logic to twists you can trace and season architecture that turns curiosity into habit. Same rule set: prove more, sooner — and make sure the proof re-prices the story. An “earned” twist is traceable and expensive Great twists do three things:
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Vertical Micro Drama Weekly: Fox takes a stake (and a slate), Balaji pivots to microdramas, MIPCOM…
Week of Oct. 5–12, 2025
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What the World Is Actually Watching in 2025’s Vertical Micro Drama Boom
✱ Two things can be true at once: micro-dramas are still scrappy, and they’re already big business. Week of Oct 3– Oct 10, 2025 Join Real Reel Outside China, the format generated about $1.4B in 2024 and is forecast to hit $9.5B by 2030 a curve steep enough
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Creative Insights: The Beat Engine · Part 1
Vertical drama isn’t a mood, it’s a machine. On a phone, attention is a fingertip away from disappearing, so your episode has to create momentum you can see, not just feel. That means designing for frames, timestamps, and proof. This first part focuses on two layers: the opening
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Vertical Micro Drama Weekly: UK & Turkey formalize slates; WGA clarifies coverage; Vigloo debuts…
Week of Sept 28–Oct 5, 2025
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AI Short Dramas Move From Demos to Dollars
After a year of splashy model showcases and proof-of-concept clips, AI-native short dramas are starting to look like a business. App-store data indicates in-app purchases for short-drama platforms approached $700 million in Q1 2025, nearly four times the prior year, with the U.S. responsible for roughly 49% of that
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Community Notice: Call for Entries 2025 International Short Drama Festival
⦿⦿ This is an information-only listing shared by Real Reel for our creator community. Please refer to the organizer’s page for full rules & deadlines. Official announcement (WeChat) linked below. Join Real Reel About International Short Drama Association: International Short Drama AssociationInternational Short Drama Association is a global non-profit organization
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Vertical Drama Review: Falling for a Superstar 2
⚈ ⚈ The first Falling for a Superstar (2024) was a quick, fizzy pitch: an ordinary woman falls for a Hollywood A-lister and has to navigate the glare that comes with him. Season 1 found an audience across short-video platforms and on AltaTV, the pay-per-episode app built for bite-size storytelling. Join Real
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Vertical Micro Drama Weekly: ReelShort starts buying IP and hiring real producers; Hollywood’s JV…
Week of Sept 21–28, 2025
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Friday Briefing | 2025’s Vertical Short Drama Export: Scale Behemoths vs. Precision Hunters
Framing for market observers The export wave is no longer a curiosity. It’s a bifurcated market with two winning logics: scale (library density + paid distribution) and efficiency (high RPD/LTV from narrowly targeted users). Understanding which game a company is playing explains the leaderboard and where margins come from.