The Connected TV (CTV) advertising segment in Russia has officially outgrown its status as an experimental format. According to the “CTV Navigator 2026” study, conducted by Visible in the first quarter of 2026, the market has begun to treat the channel as a fully-fledged and essential component of modern video strategies.
Russia’s largest media market associations—the Russian Book Union, the National Federation of the Music Industry (NFMI), and the Animated Film Association—have issued a second appeal to the country’s top leadership, demanding comprehensive revisions to a draft bill regulating artificial intelligence.
Particle 6, a studio specializing in artificial intelligence technologies, has announced that its first feature-length fiction film, titled Misaligned, has entered development.
The studio has reached its 90th anniversary as a diversified media holding that is successfully adapting to the challenges of the digital age.
The past weekend demonstrated the growing reliance of Hollywood studios on international markets. Illumination and Universal’s animated hit Minions & Monsters faced signs of franchise fatigue in North America but managed to top the global box office thanks to robust overseas sales.
For the first time, regional broadcasters have showcased their in-house content on the Mediabaza industry platform. Among the providers opening their catalogs to national and local TV channels, as well as OTT platforms, are the Yamal-Media holding, Omskie Media, Public Television of Primorye, Crimea TRC, Katun 24, and Norilsk TV.
Over the past forty years, the video compression industry has advanced through evolutionary steps: from the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 standards through the HD broadcasting era with H.264 (AVC), and on to modern 4K formats based on H.265 (HEVC) and the latest VVC/H.266.
Plan B Cinema has announced the relaunch of its thematic television channel, Suspense. As part of a scheduled update and modernization of its media asset portfolio, the broadcaster is undergoing a full rebranding: the channel is changing its name to 9-1-1 and completely refreshing its visual identity.
Spain’s Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Civil Service has taken a pivotal step toward the technological modernization of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT).
The Russian theatrical market concluded the first half of 2026 with a cumulative box office turnover of 35.2 billion rubles. According to industry statistics, the lion’s share of revenue was driven by official releases, which accounted for 31.1 billion rubles.
