🌝 "Kolobok" Tops the Russian Box Office
The spin-off of the popular fairy-tale franchise, The Last Warrior: Kolobok, led the national box office over the past weekend, grossing 246 million rubles in its opening week.
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🌊 South Korea Box Office Hits Record Weekend of the Year
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey debuted at the top of the South Korean box office over the past weekend. According to data from the Korean Film Council’s (KOFIC) tracking system KOBIS, the film grossed $10.3 million, drawing 1.33 million moviegoers across 1,798 screens and capturing 45.1% of the total market revenue.
🧠 AI Turns Micro-Dramas into a Global Trend
Generative neural networks have evolved into a fully fledged industrial tool for video production. The primary arena for this revolution has been the market for short vertical series—micro-dramas.
🎼 Suno Reshapes the Economy of AI Music
The AI music service Suno is radically changing the rules for audio content exports. Effective September 3, the platform is introducing strict limits on downloading generated tracks.
📜 Rostelecom Reports Double-Digit Revenue Growth and Strong Surge for Wink
Rostelecom has disclosed its financial and operating results under IFRS for the second quarter and first six months of 2026.
🗼 One Hungary to Discontinue Paid Terrestrial TV Service
Hungarian telecommunications operator One Hungary has announced the complete shutdown of its paid terrestrial television service, One Földfelszíni TV, effective November 30 of this year.
📊 UMG.team and MediaHills Launch Smart TV Ad Campaign Analytics
AdTech solutions developer UMG.team has integrated MediaHills analytics into its advertising ecosystem. Spanning the uSSP, uDSP, and uAdEx platforms, the project enables advertisers to measure and plan campaigns on Smart TV screens using standard television and digital metrics.
😡 Paramount Threatens California Exit
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is prepared to take radical steps to force a settlement in the antitrust lawsuit blocking the company’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
🧠 Businesses and Bloggers Turn to AI for Content Creation
Artificial intelligence technologies have become a mainstream standard across the Russian content market, though their adoption does not yet guarantee direct revenue growth.
🎬 Kirill Sokolov to Direct Thriller for Netflix
Streaming giant Netflix has tapped Russian director Kirill Sokolov to helm a new original sci-fi thriller titled Blur.