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Premium Television,
One Minute
at a Time

RotoShort is the premium microdrama platform: cinematic storytelling, AI-native production, and binge-built episodes made for the way you actually watch.

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AI-Native Studio Premium Originals Built in Los Angeles
$11B
Global microdrama market
30–90s
Episodes built for mobile
10–50×
Lower production cost via AI
65–130M
Reachable U.S. viewers
The Product

A streaming platform built
for modern attention spans

The microdrama market is exploding, but it's flooded with low-quality, trope-heavy content. RotoShort elevates the format with cinematic storytelling and a feed engineered to keep you watching.

Ultra-short episodes

Vertical, fast-paced episodes designed to hook in seconds and keep you bingeing.

AI-native production

A proprietary pipeline produces premium series at a fraction of traditional cost.

Personalized feed

A recommendation engine that learns what you love and serves your next obsession.

Daily content drops

Fresh episodes every day build habit-forming viewing you'll come back for.

Now In Production

Our debut Original

Watch the first two episodes right here. Tap to play, then swipe up for the next, exactly how the app feels.

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War Drama · Limited Series

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A teenage draftee, sent to die in a forgotten war, is saved by an enemy drone that drops a warning instead of a bomb. After being separated from his unit, he must follow it across an active warzone to find out who's protecting him, and why.

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Episodes 1 & 2 streaming now
Why RotoShort

Tech × creative.
A defensible moat.

We pair AI efficiency with real Hollywood relationships, delivering premium quality at a cost structure no incumbent can match.

01

Premium, first to the trend

The first platform to bring cinematic, premium TV to the microdrama format.

02

Hollywood relationships

Access to top American creative talent that overseas competitors can't reach.

03

AI cost advantage

10–50× lower production cost means more swings, faster, with scalable economics.

04

IP that compounds

An owned library of original series and adaptations builds a moat and cuts churn.

We're not Quibi

Free → Viral → Paid
5–10 min "quick bites"
Length
True 30–90s short-form
$100M+ per slate
Cost
AI-driven, 10–50× cheaper
Paid-only wall
Funnel
Free content, viral distribution
No social engine
Growth
Algorithm-native, mobile-first
How It's Made

An efficient, scalable
production system

Four stages take a story from script to screen: fast, repeatable, and quality-controlled at every step.

1

Script generation

Emerging film & TV writers craft emotionally engaging scripts packed with hooks and cliffhangers using AI-assisted tools.

2

AI image & video

Proprietary systems batch-produce hours of content with unrivaled continuity and storytelling impact.

3

Editing & assembly

Editors stitch scenes into cohesive, fast-paced episodes optimized for short-form viewing.

4

Quality control

Creative directors review every cut for narrative consistency, visual quality, and brand standards.

Plans

One plan. Unlimited stories.

Aggressive value pricing below competitor benchmarks. Pick a subscription, or pay only for the episodes you want.

Basic
$5.99/mo
  • Stream the core catalog
  • New daily episode drops
  • Mobile, vertical-first viewing
Choose Basic
Unlimited
$17.99/mo
  • Unlimited access to everything
  • Early access to new series
  • Ad-free, highest quality
  • More value than $19.99/week plans
Choose Unlimited
Not ready to subscribe? Pay per episode with flexible bundles:
3 Episodes
$2.99
10 Episodes
$4.99
30 Episodes
$14.99
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About RotoShort

RotoShort is a premium microdrama streaming platform that blends Hollywood-grade storytelling, emerging creative talent, and AI-native production to deliver cinematic short-form television. By pairing premium quality with a radically lower cost structure, RotoShort is building the first mainstream destination for premium short-form drama. RotoShort is based in Los Angeles, California.

Members of the media are welcome to use the boilerplate above and the brand assets below. For interviews, screeners, review access, or additional materials, please contact our media team.

Media contact
Brooks Taylor, Founder & CEO · brooks@rotoshort.com

Fast Facts

Founded2025
HeadquartersLos Angeles, CA
CategoryPremium microdrama streaming
FounderB. Taylor
Format30–90s vertical episodes
PlatformsiOS & Android (soon)
The Format

So, what is a microdrama?

A new kind of television built for the phone: full seasons told in bite-sized, vertical episodes you can finish in a single sitting.

Microdramas are mobile-first, vertical TV series told in ultra-short episodes, typically 30 to 90 seconds each, engineered for the way people actually watch on their phones. A full season can run 60 to 100 episodes, with nearly every one ending on a cliffhanger that pulls you straight into the next.

What began as a niche format in China is now the fastest-growing category in mobile entertainment, with global revenue climbing from a few billion dollars to tens of billions in just a few years.

  • Shot vertical and full-screen for the phone, never cropped down from TV.
  • 30 to 90 second episodes, 60 to 100 per season.
  • Cliffhanger pacing built for binge viewing and pay-per-episode unlocks.
  • Most popular today with women aged 35 to 60, the format's core and most engaged audience.
  • Already a multi-billion-dollar market, growing fast across the globe.

Global short-drama market

Estimated annual revenue, USD billions
$3B
2022
$6B
2023
$9B
2024
$14B
2025
$21B
2026
$28B
2027
Actual Projected

Source: QY Research, “Global Vertical Screen Short Drama Market Insights, Forecast to 2031.”

The Team

At the edge of tech & entertainment

Brooks Taylor

Brooks Taylor

Founder & CEO

USC Business of Cinematic Arts. Former NBCU Creative Acquisitions. Lead TA for USC Masters Directing for AI class.

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