Yandex has announced significant growth in its television ecosystem: the number of active devices running on the YaOS and YaOS X platforms surpassed 5 million as of August 2025, an increase of nearly 30% year-over-year.
🛒 The Soyuzmultfilm film studio has been privatized by the state. The fact of the transaction is evident from an explanatory note to the draft amendments to the 2025 budget law, which indicates an increase in revenue of 1.12 billion rubles from the sale of shares in JSC “Film Studio ‘Soyuzmultfilm’”.
A report by Ampere Analysis revealed that the US streaming market is becoming less exclusive.
The Russian paid TV market continues to grow, despite a minimal increase in the subscriber base.
Donald Trump has once again stated his intent to impose a 100% tariff on all films made outside the United States.
Spanish public broadcasters RTVE and FORTA have officially launched a national DVB-I pilot.
The B2B marketplace Mediabaza has opened access to a special collection of New Year’s and Christmas content.
The world’s largest media and entertainment companies continue to increase their content spending. According to a KPMG report (https://kpmg.com/kpmg-us/content/dam/kpmg/pdf/2025/future-content-spend-business-models-in-media.pdf), the 12 largest players in the industry spent a record $210 billion in 2024, which is 4% more than the year before.
Polish media company TVP (Telewizja Polska) is showing impressive results: in August, its mobile VoD application took the lead in average viewing time per user. According to Mediapanel, users spent an average of 6 hours and 7 minutes in the app, surpassing even giants like Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery’s Player.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has proposed the creation of a global system to control the development of artificial intelligence technologies.
