At the close of the first quarter of 2026, the streaming service Disney+ recorded the strongest year-on-year market share growth in the United States. According to a report by the market aggregation platform JustWatch, the service has closed in on industry leaders Netflix and Prime Video.
The box office debut of The Mandalorian & Grogu—the first Star Wars theatrical release in seven years—gave executives at Disney and Lucasfilm an initial scare.
The Moscow Film Cluster, alongside its technological partners—including XOVP virtual production studio, a resident of the cluster’s production hub—has unveiled a unique roadster vehicle equipped with a specialized multi-camera rig for 360° panoramic capture.
The potential merger of media giants Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) threatens to trigger a catastrophe for the American entertainment market. Industry experts and financial analysts are sounding the alarm.
The Cheboksary-based film company Kinolenta has partnered with the major Chinese streaming service ShortMax, a popular global app specializing in short-form vertical series.
The 79th Cannes International Film Festival has come to a close. The festival’s highest honor—the Palme d’Or—was awarded to Romanian director Cristian Mungiu for his film Fjord. The feature marks the director’s English-language debut and stars Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan.
The Russian Authors’ Society (RAO) and the audiovisual service 24 Chasa TV have fully settled their legal dispute regarding the lawfulness of utilizing musical works during the online retransmission of television channels.
The global entertainment industry is transitioning from fierce platform competition toward the creation of a unified, interconnected content ecosystem.
Amid mounting pressure from international regulators and digital platforms demanding mandatory disclosure of AI usage, research firm MediaScience has published reassuring data for the advertising industry.
Wurl, a leading streaming television technology company, has published a study examining brand safety during ad placements within FAST TV news programming.
