The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and Chinese conglomerate ByteDance have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at protecting the film and television industry’s intellectual property.
Sony Pictures’ blockbuster Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues its record-breaking run at the box office. Closing out its third weekend, the film pulled in $70 million in North America, holding the top spot at the box office for the third consecutive week.
Google TV continues to strengthen its position in the free ad-supported streaming segment. The company has announced a substantial expansion of its Freeplay service, adding new linear channels alongside a vast on-demand content library.
Russia is preparing amendments to its legislation governing artificial intelligence and intellectual property protection. Developers of AI models may soon be required to pay compensation to rights holders for using their protected works during model training and fine-tuning.
Europe’s telecommunications and broadcasting sector is undergoing a wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). In a short span, major players have closed a series of large-scale deals that are fundamentally altering the media landscape.
The 79th Locarno Film Festival has come to a close in Switzerland. The main competition’s top honor—the Golden Leopard (Pardo d’Oro)—went to Romanian director Florin Șerban for his family drama You Don’t Belong Here (Nu E Locul Tău Aici).
andex has submitted a proposal to the Russian government outlining a unified dataset and test suite designed to evaluate artificial intelligence models.
To mark its 40th anniversary, animation studio Pixar has released a unique piece of merchandise for fans—an interactive version of its iconic hopping desk lamp, Luxo Jr. Serving as the centerpiece of the anniversary collection, the item went on sale today in the UK Disney Store for £100.
Media manager and producer Sofya Mitrofanova has been appointed Acting Rector of the Moscow State Institute of Culture (MGIK), as announced by Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Olga Lyubimova.
Russian businesses are overwhelmingly leveraging point AI solutions (86% of companies), yet full-scale integration of artificial intelligence into core processes still lags far behind public success stories.
