🛰 Tricolor is Building Its Own Teleport
The operator Tricolor plans to launch its own teleport by the end of 2025, with an estimated cost of over 400 million rubles. The facility is expected to be located in Krasnoyarsk.
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🛒 Netflix Enters the Fight for WBD
Following the deadline for second-round bids to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), new details have emerged about Netflix’s proposal.
▶️ Nordic Streaming Market on the Rise
According to a Mediavision study, the TV and streaming market in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland) is expected to reach €10.7 billion in 2025, showing a 2% increase compared to 2024.
👁 Viewers Pay Close Attention to 80% of Streaming Ads
A study by Amplified and VFC (the alliance of Australian streaming platforms) found that nearly 80% of advertising on streaming services (CTV) is watched attentively, while in other digital environments this figure is around 20%.
🛰 AI Data Centers in Space Called “a Terrible Idea”
A former NASA and Google engineer, a specialist in space electronics, called the idea of building space-based AI data centers (powered by GPUs/TPUs) “absolutely impractical”, arguing that AI-class electronics are fundamentally incompatible with the conditions of space.
🎞 Lenfilm to Transfer Into Ownership of St. Petersburg
The President of Russia has signed a decree transferring 100% of the shares of Lenfilm Studio — currently owned by the Federal Agency for State Property Management — into the ownership of St. Petersburg.
🧠 Runway Pushes AI Video to a New Level
The text-to-video generation segment has reached a new milestone: Runway’s Gen-4.5 model now makes it possible to create highly realistic videos at minimal cost, challenging the industry’s long-standing leaders.
⚖️ Virgin Media Disconnected Vulnerable Customers
UK regulator Ofcom has fined Virgin Media £23.8 million for “serious systemic failures” during the 2022–2023 transition from PSTN to digital phone lines.
📺 TV Screen Sizes Keep Growing as China Slows Down
According to analyst Paul Gray, the average size of new TVs sold in Europe has now reached 65".
👨🦳 UGC Content Is Winning Over Older Audiences
A study by Ampere Analysis showed that influencer content has firmly entered the mainstream: 70% of internet users in the US and the UK watch such videos at least once a week.