Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hudson Vertical’s Thom Woodley affirms that AI does indeed have a role to play in the evolution and expansion of the vertical drama industry, given the data-driven nature of the business, and its roots in gaming and interactive fiction and its inherent “what you want to watch when you’re drunk at 3am” nature that makes the prominence and potential future predominance of AI on the creative side and how long vertical drama producers will still be telling human-centric stories an open question. Woodley ponders these issues and more in this lively exchange with Chris Pfaff Tech Media’s Chris Pfaff at Streaming Media Connect 2026.
Hudson Vertical’s Thom Woodley affirms that AI does indeed have a role to play in the evolution and expansion of the vertical drama industry, given the data-driven nature of the business, and its roots in gaming and interactive fiction and its inherent “what you want to watch when you’re drunk at 3am” nature that makes the prominence and potential future predominance of AI on the creative side and how long vertical drama producers will still be telling human-centric stories an open question. Woodley ponders these issues and more in this lively exchange with Chris Pfaff Tech Media’s Chris Pfaff at Streaming Media Connect 2026.
