Drakoloid Wiki

Welcome to the Official Drakoloid Wikia. Drakoloid is an online live stream network which launched on August 5, 2011. Aimed mainly at children, pre-teens and teenagers from ages 8-25 years  and its preschooler-targeted shows aimed at children 2–8, it broadcasted on Sunday-Fridays from 4 p.m.- 12 a.m., and Saturdays from 4 p.m.- 9 p.m. (Eastern and Pacific Time) with a HD payed signal track withSecondary audio program. It currently is now on Drakoloid's own youtube channel and twitch stream.

Early Development 2007-2010
Drakoloid was in planning and working with the founder Drake Vegas since 2007. They created sketch designs of the internet network which were being formed throughout 2007 and 2008. In 2010 it was announced Drakoloid would be launching in Spring 2011. Back on March 14, 2007 Drakoloid did one test with a show called "Porto" which is an asian syndicated webseries that was to test if the broadcasts would function on various platforms. During that time Drakoloid was labelled temporarily as the Slam Jam Network. On November 23, 2007 there was second broadcast with two shows testing out several commercials and prototypes included "Porto" and a test animation show "Magic Of Chat". In December 5, 2008 Drake invited a focus group to watch Drakoloid. On October 2, 2009 debuted a live series "The Western Cave" it was a prototype show. It was used to test on broadcasting platforms throughout 2009 and 2010.

Launch 2011-2013
After four years of development, Drakoloid launched on August 5, 2011, on multiple webservice livestreaming sites. The preview of the launch was shown on June 25-27, 2011. The previews included acquired programming and the animated show Junglematic, the debut Drakoloid original series.

On August 26, 2011 the second Drakoloid original series "The Ride Roader Show" premiered. The show had multiple controversies due to the disturbing humour compared to Junglematic. Despite being a hit show, the creator Kemp Easton was fired after the second season due to creative differences with Drakoloid head executives and himself. Later that week Drakoloid's debut  sitcom series premiered  "Diaries Of Alices Bedroom"starred Sarah Kellysen along with "After School". In October 2011 Drakoloid hosted their first holiday event for Halloween titled "Dementober" hosted by Ride Roader which would continue up until 2015. On October 7, 2011 Drakoloid released their debut game shows "Around The World" and a revamp Drakoloid version of "Wheel Of Fortune". Leading to many Drakoloid game shows to come such as "Drakoloid Dome", "The Price Is Right", "Waterwars" and "U Got Nothin On Me". Game shows would premiere on Saturdays until 2018.

Later in November, A Drakoloid animation "Carl In Cloud City" premiered on November 18, 2011 followed by a live action series called "Carter The Cat Is In Town".

Following the success of the 2011 shows on Drakoloid on February 3, 2012 Drakoloid launched two blocks. The first block was titled "Frakoloid" (Friday Nights On Drakoloid) highlighting the first four created shows on Drakoloid "Junglematic", "The Ride Roader Show", "Diaries Of Alices Bedroom" and "Carl In Cloud City" which would air from 7pm-8pm including the hosts Billy & Lily which that same night "The Billy & Lily Show" another Drakoloid animation premiered. A month later Drakoloid released a new hit series "Imperfect Patrick" which became one of the top Drakoloid shows right after its premiere in March 2012.The second block was titled "Drakoloid Rated A" (Drakoloid Rated Adults) including adult and teenage related content. The block later created original programming such as Homeless Hotel, Long Lost, and Whispers Of Death. These blocks ended in March 2020.

During 2011-2013 Drakoloid would allow locals in Calgary, Canada come and watch tapings of the live action shows such as Diaries Of Alice's Bedroom, After School, GirlAGE Band and HOLLYwood High were all filmed in Calgary, Canada. As well many game shows were filmed there such as Around The World, Drakoloid Dome, Water Wars, Wheel Of Fortune and U Got Nothin On Me.

On December 7, 2012 Drakoloid aired their debut original movie titled "Swordsmen" which was the highest rated premiere for a movie and a program on Drakoloid at the time garnering a total of 17,800 viewers beating Junglematic 12,100 viewers from the first airing of the premiere of the Drakoloid network back in 2011. Following on June 28, 2013 Swordsmen launched a series along with developing a second movie. This movie was in the development works for 6 years and was one of Drake Vega's first projects to ever be green-lit.

Throughout 2012 and 2013 there were many new original Drakoloid series that released such as GirlAGE Band, Are You Ready To Scream, Bixiescape, Illustration Imagination and Easy Erase which some were aired on the network for a short time while others kept being renewed.

Virtual Collaboration Development 2014-2019
Nearing the end of 2012 Drakoloid announced its transition phase ending quite a few series bringing in new series for 2013 and 2014 such as ARTic, House Of Adopted Adam, Stick Ninjas, Maggie & Molly, Timothy In The Stone Age, Monsters Under My Bed, The Life Of 6th Grader Angie Marie and B.A.M. which premiered throughout 2013 and 2014.

In 2015 Drakoloid became more youtube based with youtubers as actors, Especially with the break through of ARTic starting the trend of viritual collaborative sitcoms many of the Drakoloid shows became this way. Such as Teenhood, Rock The Basement, Viral Jenneration, Long Lost.

By 2016 Drakoloid began collaborating with other online production companies such as Comedy Cubed to create content. Together they created the live action sitcom "High Schooled" and "Bad Influences". That year Drakoloid also began syndicating previous Comedy Cubed series such as "Uniquely Normal" and "Kevin & Alec's Adventures".

On February 12, 2017 the live action sitcom comedy "ARTic" garnered a new network record for high brinigng in a total of 23,100 total. This surpassed Swordsmen debut movie back in 2012 which was the previous record for the network. While this was a new record high for the network the episode of ARTic caused controversy for the network. A couple groups of evangelical catholics in the southern states like Alabama and Teeneesee were applaud by children watching content about same-sex couples on a teen program. Originally the show was going to be axed that year after the increase in viewership over the next couple of months they decided to keep the show for another two seasons.

Stream Expansion 2020-Present
In Fall 2019 Drakoloid announced that it will be launching a new stream on Youtube and Twitch in 2020. Due to COVID-19 restrictions the previous livestream site was declining so the network departed themselves from the site and wanted to start a new live stream. On December 7, 2020 the network launched it's new livestream where they are starting from the beginning again.

Throughout 2020 the network announced that they would be reviving their animation series under their own house brand "Drakoloid Animation" launched in November 2019. There is four expected animation shows to be due under the production company in Summer 2021. "Our Jurassic Family", "Red Reverend", "The Vox's: Home of the 31st Century" and "Adventurson Starr". Three of those four shows premiered in August 2021 while the remainder Our Jurassic Family is still yet to premiere in 2022.

The network has been inclined to create more cultural diverse programming such as Midnights On-Air With John Lopez and Eva Diva. This includes creating concepts around black, Hispanic and LGBTQ+ communities. Midnight On-Air with John Lopez premiered in February 2021.

It further expanded with defuncting the Drakoloid Rated A Block and for Drakoloid to create an entire channel dedicated to adult programming seperating the regular programming to the 18+ content. The channel Drakoloid Adult Zone launched on October 29, 2021 with syndincated programming from Live Free Entertainment's webseries "Living Free", "Chapters" and "Horror Fest" followed with the comedy High Schooled spin-off "Derek & Ryan". Then premiered it's first original series titled Candid that was for 18+ viewers.

Programming
List of Drakoloid Programming

Drakoloid Adult Zone
Drakoloid Adult Zone' is a nighttime channel which features adult content on youtube that is targeted towards the ages of 14+ to some content being restricted to 18+. The channel releases new content on Friday, Saturday and Sunday's at 7pm PST.

Frakoloid
"Frakoloid" is a friday night on Drakoloid programming block animation and evening live-action block airing on Friday from 7 a.m.-8:00 p.m. and 10-11 p.m. ET/PT. Drakoloid has long aired first-run episodes of its original programming on Drakoloids, though this particular block debuted on February 3, 2012; recent episodes of certain original series may air when no new episodes are scheduled to air that week. There has been many hosts on this block each month, a musical guest each friday, and the commercial advertisements for the networks upcoming events. The Friday primetime schedule features Junglematic, The Ride Roader Show, Diaries Of Alice's Bedroom and Imperfect Patrick (all first-run episodes are cycled on the schedule, giving it a variable schedule). Premieres of the network's original internet movies also occasionally air during the primetime block, usually in the form of premiere showings.

Drakoloid Rated A
Drakoloid Rated A (stylized as "Drakoloid Rated @") is Drakoloid's nighttime programming service, which debuted on February 3, 2013, and broadcasts Sunday through Thursdays from 8 p.m.- 12 a.m., and Fridays from 10 p.m.-12 a.m. Originally featuring sitcoms from the 90s and early 2000s such as The Drew Carey Show, Friends, and What I Like About You, animated programming from the early 2000s such as Cardcaptors and Cybersix. Programs currently airing on Drakoloid Rated @ include CardCaptors, Friends, Joey, The Drew Carey Show, The Price Is Right!, and What I Like About You. On March 27, 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions the previous livestream was shut down and so did the block.

Special Events
 Drakoloid Choice Awards  The Drakoloid Choice Awards, also known as the DCAs, is an annual awards show that airs on the Drakoloid livestream, which airs live and is usually held live (though with a one-hour to one hour and 30 minute time delay) on a Friday night in late November or early December, that honors the year's biggest internet shows, movie, and music acts, as voted by Drakoloid viewers. Winners receive a hollow green object, a logo outline which also functions as a kaleidoscope.

Drakoloid Movies
Drakoloid Movies is the network's motion picture production arm founded in 2009. The first film released from the studio was Swordsmen in 2012. Drakoloid Movies has produced films based on Drakoloid animated programs including Junglematic The Movie and Imperfect Patrick The Movie, as well as other adaptations such as the Imperfect Patrick Is In Junglematic crossover event and original live-action and animated projects.

Drakoloid Magazine
Drakoloid Magazine is a magazine planning to launch by Drakoloid in September 2013. It will contain informative non-fiction pieces, humor, interviews, pranks, and a comic book section in the center featuring original comics by leading underground cartoonists as well as strips about popular Drakoloid Animated Shows.

International
In November 2012, Drakoloid only had international livestreams in the Latin America, Japan and Canada (French Version) in addition to the flagship North American livestream, but had created blocks or put their shows on other blocks. Since 2012, Drakoloid as a brand has expanded into include language- or culture-specific Drakoloid live streams for various other territories in different parts of the world including Europe, South America, Asia, and soon to be Europe and Middle Eastern countries.