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UPDATED 23 October 2026 216 REPORTS · 172 COMPANIES

Production / IP

Inside Microdramas

Key facts

Operator / parent
COL Group, VIRTUE Asia and V47 Entertainment
Origin
Singapore
Headquarters
Singapore
Launched
Announced 26 August 2026 for 27 October 2026
Category
Production / IP

Inside Microdramas is a marketplace event scheduled for Singapore on 27 October 2026, run by COL Group with VIRTUE Asia and V47 Entertainment. Around ten projects are to be presented before financing, alongside sessions described as greenlight sessions. It is not a platform. It is a microdrama-specific upfront, and the format of the event is the notable part: an upfront implies commissioners committing against a slate before production, a different financing sequence from the produce-then-acquire pattern the field has generally followed. The underlying partnership between the three companies dates to June 2026; the event was announced at ContentAsia LIVE in Bangkok on 26 August 2026.

Reported figures

MetricFigureBasisSource
Projects to be presented pre-financingaround tencompanyCompany disclosure
Event date27 October 2026, SingaporecompanyCompany disclosure
Attendance, commitments, transaction valuenot disclosedno basis given—

Profile

Markets
Asia-Pacific and international.
Content
Around ten projects presented pre-financing, plus greenlight sessions.
Genres
Not applicable.
Monetisation
Not applicable. Commercial infrastructure rather than a consumer service.
Profitability
Not disclosed.
Backers
COL Group, VIRTUE Asia, V47 Entertainment.

People

  • David Webster, chairman, V47 Entertainment.

Sources