The sixth original project will be released on the Storis platform.

The sixth original project, the vertical series "The Mystery of the Homeless Billionaire", is launching on the Storis platform from the National Media Group (NMG). This was announced on August 3 by the company's press service.

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The series will be available under the GVOD (Gamified Video on Demand) model. The first 10 episodes will be freely available, and to open the next episodes, the user will need to purchase "virtual coins" in the app or subscribe.

The series "The Mystery of the Homeless Billionaire" is the sixth original project of NMG in the genre of microdrama. The new project continues the development of NMG's original production of vertical series for the Stories platform, which NMG was the first in Russia to launch in test mode in April 2025.

At the end of 2025, NMG was also the first in Russia to release an original series in a short vertical format, "Pregnant by an Oligarch." The original series of its own production was watched 10 times more than the top Chinese projects presented on the platform. In 2026, NMG released the microdramas "Boss for One Night", "Naked right in the Heart", "Twins. The struggle for the heir" and "Ex-on-call".

Earlier, the National Media Group became the first in Russia to broadcast micro-dramas on the CHE! TV channel: an experimental slot "Love Vertically" appeared on the grid with four mini-series, previously available only on the online Storis platform.

In total, there are more than 90 projects in the library of the Stories platform, including popular foreign stories and adapted TV series of the Domashny channel.

"The Mystery of the Homeless Billionaire" is our sixth original series, and with each new project we delve deeper into the possibilities of the vertical format. Microdrama allows you to tell strong, emotional stories in a very dense and dynamic rhythm, and we see how much the viewer appreciates it. It is important for us not just to produce TV series, but to develop the language that is spoken to the audience today," said Elena Karpenko, general producer of the Storis platform, director of the CHE! TV channel.

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On May 25, NMG announced the launch of a new original series in the genre of short vertical content. Microdrama "The Twins. The struggle for the heir", as well as the previously released TV series "Pregnant by an oligarch", "Boss for one night" and "Goal right in the heart", became an exclusive of the Storys platform.

The melodrama of 64 short episodes tells about the unusual fate of the sisters. Dasha finds a twin and persuades her to seduce a rich heir in order to free herself from the captivity of despotic guardians.

On July 27, Medialogia presented the Russian series rating for June and the first half of 2026. The leader of the Russian series rating in the first half of 2026 was the series "Very Strange Things" (19,601 points). The top 5 also included "Magic Battle" (10,839 points), "Lilies of the Valley" (10,486 points), "Boys" (10,024 points) and "First Division" (8,917 points).