Analyzing the financial underbelly of the AI industry has emerged as the defining media market trend in early 2026. For a long time, the economics of generative models remained a “black box,” concealed behind multi-billion-dollar venture capital rounds.
Contrary to forecasts predicting the absolute dominance of streaming platforms, traditional digital terrestrial television (DTT) in Europe maintains a robust position as a foundational method for direct over-the-air signal reception via conventional antennas.
The DVB Steering Board has approved a major package of updates to its technical specifications, centered primarily on the DVB-I standard.
The Internet Development Institute (ANO “IRI”) has finalized the results of its national content competition, identifying the winning projects slated to receive state financial support in the coming years.
Amagi, the cloud-based SaaS platform for broadcasting, streaming, and monetization, has released the 17th edition of its AIRTIME Report, focusing on global trends within the Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) segment.
According to the first-half 2026 data from the Unified Federal Automated Information System (EAIS) operated by the Cinema Fund, the cumulative box office of Russian movie theaters surged 26.6% year-over-year to reach 35.2 billion rubles (up from 27.8 billion rubles in 2025).
The Cypriot media market is undergoing its most significant terrestrial television infrastructure upgrade in a decade and a half. On July 1, operations officially ceased for Velister, the legacy platform responsible for broadcasting private digital channels for the past 16 years.
Bona Film Group’s historical military blockbuster Crossing clinched the number-one spot at the mainland China box office over the weekend.
A complex legal battle is unfolding around the recently announced live-action/animated feature film Leopold. U.S.-based firm Rubstein Properties has issued a formal pre-litigation cease-and-desist notice to Dmitry Litvinov, owner and CEO of the Welcome Media production company.
Twenty-six years after the release of the inaugural installment, the Scary Movie comedy franchise, created by the Wayans brothers, has surpassed the $1 billion milestone in cumulative global box office grosses. The historic threshold was breached on the back of the commercial success of the newly launched reboot.
