The Russian online cinema market is showing paradoxical results. According to Daria Pugacheva, Director of the Research Department at Gazprom-Media Holding, streaming platforms are rapidly boosting revenues even as they lose their primary selling point: exclusive series.
Gracenote, a Nielsen company, has released a report on budget allocation in Connected TV (CTV). The primary takeaway is that market growth is hitting a bottleneck due to a severe lack of transparency.
The short-form vertical video format was originally created exclusively for smartphones, but defying all logic, Shorts are rapidly conquering television screens. According to data from YouTube, global viewers now watch more than 2 billion hours of Shorts on big screens every month.
The Russian film market is facing a new form of pressure from Hollywood majors. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. has launched a systematic campaign of dispatching official cease-and-desist notices to Russian cinemas, demanding an immediate halt to the unauthorized screenings of its blockbusters.
In his op-ed, Grigory Kuzin, Director of Media Platforms at MSK-IX, shares his observations on the current state of the Russian AI media solutions market and discusses what steps are necessary to ensure that neural networks deliver maximum value to industry players.
Yakut cinema continues to strengthen its global footprint. At the Marché du Film, running alongside the Cannes Film Festival, a major three-way collaboration was unveiled.
The British regulator Ofcom has unveiled a draft of new regulations designed to align streaming platforms with the rights and obligations of traditional broadcasters.
Russian online cinemas will be legally permitted to stream Disney projects only until the end of 2026. According to financial reports from the major’s Russian subsidiary, the company has no plans to enter into new licensing agreements within the country.
One of Russia’s most successful animation brands has become the epicenter of a major legal scandal. The company “Masha and the Bear” (owned by Animaccord studio) has initiated legal proceedings against its former employee and the series’ original creator, Oleg Kuzovkov.
The 2026 May holidays failed to deliver the box office breakthrough that Russian cinemas had hoped for. According to the Cinema Fund’s Unified Federal Automated Information System (UAIS), total revenues for the period from April 30 to May 11 amounted to just over 1 billion rubles (536.4 million rubles during the first wave of holidays and 530.6 million rubles during the second).
