Yoreflix’s move into the microdrama space is helping the fledgling UK-based streamer to accelerate its original historical drama ambitions.

DR’s digital-first documentary strategy is seeking more big splashes with international coproduction partners as funding challenges continue to bite.

Shortform video platform Kwai Brazil’s Claudine Bayma urges external producers and creatives to think outside the box, with the current microdrama wave ‘just the beginning’ when it comes to vertical programming opportunities.

Independent vertical video start-up Storyshort is blazing a trail in France with its local take on the microdrama format and is keen to expand its slate of stories reflecting social topics, along with pushing into English-language markets.

Vertical drama production specialist Reelforce Studio is set to launch its DramaNow platform and is keen to take big risks in new genres to keep viewers engaged with microdramas.

US pay TV broadcaster RFD Network has pivoted to a content-first multiplatform strategy fuelled by investment in originals focused on rural lifestyle and entertainment to attract younger viewers, and offering opportunities for international coproductions.

LONDON TV SCREENINGS: Latvian streamer LMT Viedtelevizija’s content acquisitions chief Anna Rozenvalde is in London this week, seeking finished content across a range of genres, and will take a few extra risks to secure the right shows to help it stand out.

LONDON TV SCREENINGS: Duo Media’s CEO Jüri Pihel discusses his wide-ranging acquisitions wish-list for the London TV Screenings, amounting to a thousand-plus hours across scripted and unscripted and a growing demand for true crime.

Netflix’s flexible coproduction and acquisition strategy is creating new content opportunities for the entire Latin American entertainment industry, according to the streamer’s Carolina Leconte.

Argentina’s Telefe has ushered in a new phase of collaboration as an independent media group and is prospecting for coproduction partnerships and alliances across scripted and unscripted projects, including microdramas.