A screenshot of mini-drama platform 99TV, which is part of Chinese company Jiuzhou Culture's efforts to target Southeast ...

The viral short dramas are increasingly being created entirely with AI, with hundreds of new shows spun up each day.

Chinese creatives are refining a new trend in entertainment: the super-short streaming series. Each episode in the series typically lasts less than two minutes, making them easily consumable on mobile ...

Gripping series themes spanning romance to revenge have lured investors with their low costs, speedy turnarounds and fast pay-offs The massive success of China's mini dramas at home has prompted the ...

Stephen Chow (aka Chow Sing-chi) has struck a deal with Douyin, the Chinese sister company of TikTok, to produce a slate of mini-drama series for mainland China audiences. Mini dramas are a form of ...

Stephen Chow, aka Chow Sing-Chi, ostensibly the King of Hong Kong Comedy behind hits and classics like Shaolin Soccer, Chinese Odyssey, Justice My Foot!, The Mermaid, God of Cookery, and many others ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The firm’s annual global survey of over 100,000 consumers shows ‘micro-dramas’ and ‘mini-dramas’ ...

Starbucks's logo outside its coffee shop on Sept 28, 2019 in Beijing. (Image credit: TechNode/Coco Gao) A six-episode mini-drama produced by coffee giant Starbucks streamed on China’s TikTok sibling ...

Aline Fierobe, a web developer in Montreal, has stopped paying for streaming services like Netflix and HBO Max. She’s not saving money, though. In fact, she’s paying upward of $200 a month to watch ...

Brace yourself for raunchy mini dramas in your TikTok feed. TikTok has begun a limited test of a new mini-drama feed in its app, dubbed "TikTok Short Drama," a company spokesperson confirmed to ...