The FIFA World Cup 2026 final match on July 19, in which Spain secured a dramatic victory over Argentina, delivered unprecedented engagement metrics across linear television and digital platforms.
The inaugural Realist International Vertical Web Series Festival has announced its list of laureates. The festival’s top honor—the Grand Prix—went to the Chinese project My Mother Is a Royal Guard, produced for the dedicated mobile streaming platform Hongguo.
The blockbuster merger between Hollywood giants Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has plunged into deep regulatory uncertainty in the United Kingdom.
The Realist Web Series Festival hosted a dedicated panel examining the rapid expansion of the domestic vertical content market.
The company has officially disclosed the financial terms of its acquisition of InterPositive, a technology startup founded by Hollywood actor and director Ben Affleck.
The Realist International Vertical Web Series Festival in Ivanovo kicked off its business program with a masterclass titled “The Full Lifecycle of a Micro-Drama: From Script to Screen.”
A group of Russian entrepreneurs has petitioned the Moscow branch of the Investigative Committee, demanding the initiation of a criminal case against Oleg Vorobyov, the alleged beneficial owner of the well-known teleshopping channel Shop&Show, and his wife, Natalya Bryleva.
Universal’s adventure-action feature The Odyssey made a triumphant big-screen debut, racking up a stunning $264.1 million at the global box office over its opening weekend. Of that total, international markets contributed $139.6 million, while the film generated $124.5 million domestically in the United States.
The 9th Animation Gathering in Skolkovo hosted a panel titled “The Media Economics and Generative AI: Why Implementation is Inevitable.” During the session, Anton Vorykhalov, a former strategist at Disney and Paramount, presented stark figures proving that the traditional economics of film and animation studios have hit a dead end, and that without AI, the industry faces a wave of bankruptcies.
Streaming giant Netflix currently has no plans to launch its own free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) platform, but it is not ruling out the possibility in the long term, according to the company’s Co-CEO Greg Peters.
