Buyer Directory

Mandate: Cross-format development of creator-led scripted IP across vertical drama, digital episodic, SVOD/FAST and traditional/linear partnerships. A separate branded-integrations division is being scaled around sponsorship products, pricing, campaign delivery, measurement and renewals. The development function reports to Erin McFarlane, Head of Vertical Content; the brand-partnerships leadership role reports to the CEO.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 17 AUG 26

Records: 2

Mandate: Active U.S. creative-development, localization and adaptation pipeline for high-volume mobile-first serialized drama, plus a growing local-production network in Latin America. In August 2026 DramaBox put a Brazilian original into production with Cimarrón and rolled out three Colombian originals with Dos Ke Tres Films. No general unsolicited submission route has been verified.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 17 AUG 26

Records: 4

Mandate: Testing paid U.S. vertical-serial distribution through LimeShorts while also launching studio-supplied international entertainment on TikTok. In August 2026 TikTok launched Zoo 55’s Double Date Island with Tinder and appointed Dennis Papirowski global head of content. No public commissioning route has been verified.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 17 AUG 26

Records: 2

Mandate: Launching a slate of vertical microdramas for mobile viewing with Fumero Films in Q1 2027, alongside its broader English-first Latino programming and brand-partnership activity.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 17 AUG 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Producing brand-focused scripted microdrama for release through a dedicated YouTube channel and social platforms, extending the Question Marc storytelling slate.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 17 AUG 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Co-financing and co-producing original English-language microseries with COL Group International, beginning with She Means Justice and a sequel. Amy Sullivan leads development after prior roles at COL Group and DramaBox.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 17 AUG 26

Records: 1

Mandate: High-volume mobile-first scripted microdramas, romance-led IP adaptations and partnerships with creators, brands and entertainment companies. ReelShort is building outbound licensing across North America and Latin America, a brand-funded co-production offer for consumer brands and agencies, and a Greater Asia acquisition strategy focused initially on Chinese-language audiences in Southeast Asia. It is also developing a zero-to-one AI companion and character-chat product. No general unsolicited submission route has been verified.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 17 AUG 26

Records: 10

Mandate: Launching a FAST destination for culture, cuisine, destinations and live entertainment with FAST Channels TV, combining acquired documentaries and series with live events and original programming.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 14 AUG 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Developing new shows and pilots for young audiences across YouTube, TikTok, Spotify and other digital platforms, while scaling sponsorships, integrations and custom-content programs. Programming decisions are intended to combine talent packaging, audience analytics, performance benchmarks, production economics and brand-partnership revenue.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 14 AUG 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Disney is expanding Disney+ beyond conventional series through short-form creator distribution and licensed video podcasts. Current activity includes the TikTok-fed Verts pilot, Gary Neville’s The Overlap football shows and a six-title iHeartMedia video-podcast package across Disney+ and Hulu. No general public external-content route has been identified.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 14 AUG 26

Records: 3

Mandate: Expanding video-podcast distribution and advertising representation for established creator franchises, including cross-platform arrangements. Spotify is also using Twitch as an additional live distribution point for selected video-podcast programming. No general external buyer route has been verified.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 14 AUG 26

Records: 2

Mandate: Licensing creator-focused digital programming for linear distribution, beginning with a two-hour Animation+ adult-animation block. No general external submission route has been verified.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 14 AUG 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Commissioning and renewing FAST originals while expanding dedicated channel partnerships across multiple territories. Current activity includes creator-led scripted work with Dhar Mann Studios, Hooligans: The ARCH Racing Project and a nine-channel All3Media International expansion in the UK, France and Spain. No general external submission route has been verified.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 14 AUG 26

Records: 6

Mandate: Building a direct-to-fan membership and audience-intelligence platform; subscription, technology and telecommunications ventures; full-scale vertical/social production; Vyro’s brand-creator marketplace and measurement layer; and productized multi-platform advertising and integrations. Beast Industries is also building a portfolio of separately managed channels, including a formal MrBeast2 behind-the-scenes operation and at least one lifestyle/unscripted channel, supported by a creative-development function that incubates new content programs, narrative platforms and partnerships. No general external content-submission route has been disclosed.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 14 AUG 26

Records: 4

Mandate: Building FAST-channel, digital-distribution and technology collaboration across Indonesian broadcasters, with Coolita and the China Intercontinental Communication Center as initiators and Tencent Cloud as technology partner.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 14 AUG 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Funding and developing digital-first scripted entertainment, including a vertical microdrama partnership with Spirit Studios intended for worldwide distribution through its digital operation.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 12 AUG 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Expanding a creator-led media business spanning podcasts, film and television, live events, agency services and consumer products. Its first outside investment is intended to support acquisitions and expansion into additional business lines.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 12 AUG 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Testing original branded entertainment and social-first unscripted formats with Pig & Horse Productions, beginning with chef-competition and street-music concepts designed for digital and linear distribution.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 12 AUG 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Licensing established creator-led video franchises for worldwide distribution while building dedicated product and discovery experiences for livestreams, podcasts and casual entertainment. Netflix is also building global content-aggregation capabilities to onboard content partners, alongside price-tiering and plan-feature experimentation. Separately, Creative Technology Research is developing foundational image- and video-generation models following the Interpositive acquisition, while Netflix’s INK team is applying GenAI/traditional hybrid pipelines to animated shorts and specials. No general external submission route has been verified.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 12 AUG 26

Records: 9

Mandate: Producing and distributing mobile-first serialized drama, including talent-led projects made under SAG-AFTRA’s Verticals Agreement. No public submission or commissioning route has been verified.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 12 AUG 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Tubi for Creators is an established creator-content program, launched with an inaugural cohort of digital studios and creators. Current activity points to exclusive creator-led launches, active sourcing, deal execution, launch management and performance optimization. Tubi has also launched a creator-hosted original with Home Game Studios and is staffing integrated live-event operations that include third-party production onboarding, sponsorship fulfillment and support for Tubi Originals or Creator content. No general public submission route has been verified.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 6 AUG 26

Records: 5

Mandate: Building an original vertical-drama platform and an external-facing commercial function spanning creator partnerships, series launch marketing, brand partnerships and licensing. A current job posting describes the first VP of Brand and Media as a direct report to the CEO. No public project-submission route has been identified.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 6 AUG 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Destination-marketing organization commissioning original, brand-funded visual podcast programming with external media and production partners. The current Route 66 series is an eight-part entertainment-led campaign, not a broadcaster commission.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 6 AUG 26

Records: 1

Mandate: GoodShort is a global short-drama platform distributing mobile-first serialized originals. Its July 2026 launch with South Korea’s SLL demonstrates an active pipeline for 60-episode, 90-second vertical drama. No public submission route has been verified.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 2 AUG 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Through WEBTOON Productions, developing screen adaptations from WEBTOON and Wattpad IP across film, television and animation. Within its core platform, WEBTOON is also developing original vertical-scroll series with major franchise partners, including Marvel.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 31 JUL 26

Records: 2

Mandate: Expanding Peacock and NBCUniversal programming through YouTube distribution and wholesale bundles, while pairing premium franchises and live sports with creator-platform reach. Peacock has also launched a mobile vertical-video and original Bravo unscripted-microdrama initiative. No general external content-submission route has been disclosed.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 30 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Funding a social-first creator competition produced by NBCUniversal's Rock Studios, pairing original episodic programming with a six-figure brand partnership prize.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 29 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Using vertical microdrama as both a digital extension of broadcast telenovela launches and an original Globoplay format. Its 20-episode Por Você prologue is the network's first complementary vertical narrative released before a broadcast novela's premiere.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 29 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Testing a personalized mobile vertical-video feed built from existing content, trailers, clips, and bonus material. The public evidence does not establish a new commissioning mandate.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 29 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Building a cross-platform vertical slate with muVpix: original IP, reimagined classics, shoppable formats, and distribution across social, FAST/CTV, and a dedicated app.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 28 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Scaling a global vertical microdrama slate with BuzzFeed Studios, combining platform distribution with cross-platform production, marketing, and creator-led formats.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 28 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Testing mobile-first vertical microdramas inside the Paramount+ app as part of a wider effort to increase habitual visits and short-form engagement.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 28 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Commissioning a first vertical microdrama from The Daily Show franchise, extending a late-night property into scripted mobile-first comedy.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 28 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Developing premium vertical microdramas with established filmmakers, actors, and creators, built for licensing to existing platforms and potential expansion into longer-form IP.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 28 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Using a creator-led microdrama campaign to make beauty marketing more native to short-form entertainment and digital culture.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 28 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Developing original film and television IP, including animation, hybrid live action and fully GenAI-driven productions, with artists, filmmakers and rights holders. Promise combines its MUSE production system and rights-accountability tools with a growing internal slate and co-productions. No public general submission or acquisition route has been identified.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 24 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Developing and distributing original digital-first programming through ITV Studios' Creative Network and Zoo 55, including creator- and format-led series designed for social platforms.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 23 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Commissioning Welsh-language, youth-facing vertical drama for Hansh, its TikTok channel, after the performance of earlier vertical series Yr Alwad.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 23 JUL 26

Records: 2

Mandate: Instagram is expanding its connected-TV product and testing longer-form, episodic and live creator video experiences. No commissioning program or external submission route has been established.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 22 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Launching a subscription-based, mobile-first vertical micro-series service with in-house development, production, distribution, and a stated interest in partnerships with established creators, independent producers, and library holders.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 22 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Programs, distributes, and monetizes FAST channels for major IP owners through Rakuten TV Enterprise, alongside its own European AVOD and FAST platform.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 21 JUL 26

Records: 2

Mandate: Testing shopper-data-informed, brand-funded scripted entertainment across in-store screens, Albertsons' e-commerce platform and social. Its first episodic campaign, Rico's Tacos, was made with Procter & Gamble and produced by Minivela. Albertsons has said it intends to explore future series, formats and brand collaborations.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 21 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Creator-led brand programming around work, leadership and independent business, beginning with Nayeema Raza’s social interview series and a six-part Smart Girl Dumb Questions series.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 21 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Builds creator-economy holdings and representation infrastructure through majority investments.

Confidence: Low

Formats: —

Verified: 21 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Building a high-volume U.S. literary-IP acquisition pipeline for vertical drama, targeting romance, New Adult, YA, thrillers, fantasy, BookTok titles, Kindle Unlimited, indie publishing, genre imprints and agency catalogs. The stated model includes option and purchase rights, bundled deals, series deals and multi-title packages. No general project-submission route has been verified.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 20 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Building a unified Fandango free-streaming business around Versant library content, live sports, guest viewing and ad-supported monetization. No third-party acquisition or commissioning route has been verified.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 19 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: UK pay-per-view platform entering vertical originals while offering non-exclusive, rights-holder-controlled partnerships for films, series, documentaries, live formats and vertical episodic microdramas.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 19 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Current 2026 programming includes Big Break x Good Good, a 10-episode return of the golf reality competition series produced in partnership with Good Good Golf and supported by Golf Galaxy, GolfPass and Trex integrations.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 17 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Distribution and local-market development of vertical drama through Tatang by TrueID, a DramaBox-backed mini-app available across TrueID, TrueMoney, and True platforms, with stated plans to expand to partner platforms and explore Thai originals and co-productions.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 17 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Original mobile-first vertical drama used as a digital-content and audience-engagement strategy around Casino Plus game IP.

Confidence: Medium

Formats: —

Verified: 17 JUL 26

Records: 1

Mandate: Confirmed vertical-video activity through its equity relationship with HOLYWATER and worldwide sales and distribution rights for Dhar Mann Studios' initial 40-title My Drama slate. No public submission route has been verified.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 16 JUL 26

Records: 2

Mandate: Confirmed activity: multi-title original vertical-fiction partnerships with creator-led studios, including an exclusive first window for Dhar Mann Studios' initial 40-title slate on My Drama. No general external submission route has been verified.

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 16 JUL 26

Records: 2

Mandate: Original vertical-native productions, co-productions, IP remakes and branded-content partnerships

Confidence: High

Formats: —

Verified: 15 JUL 26

Records: 1