Why You Can't Stop Watching Vertical Dramas | Tieren Hawkins, Blink49 Studios
Tieren Hawkins loves a billionaire-CEO-secret-husband vertical as much as anyone. As VP of Vertical Content at Blink49 Studios, he also knows exactly why you can't stop watching them.
Recorded live at the Canadian Vertical Film Festival 2026 in Victoria, BC, host Tarak Kjartanson sits down with Tieren Hawkins, VP, Vertical Content at Blink49 Studios. Tieren came into vertical in 2024, just as the format was arriving in North America, and he has watched it go from facing resistance to looking for its next genres. "Not every vertical is a micro drama," he says. "Every micro drama is vertical."…
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