🔮 Disney Will Buy Taylor Swift, and YouTube Will Take Over TV
Journalists at The Hollywood Reporter have released their predictions for how the entertainment industry will develop over the coming year.
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📺 Global TV Market Expected to See Demand Decline and Leadership Changes
Analysts at AVC Revo forecast a decline in global TV shipments in 2026. The Chinese market is expected to shrink by 4.8%, Europe will also post negative growth, and sales in North America will stagnate.
⚖️ The Media Market Has Found a New Balance
By the end of 2025, the Russian media landscape has reached an important turning point.
😢 Sony Pictures Suffers a Pyrrhic Victory in Court
The Moscow Arbitration Court has put an end to the dispute between a former Sony Pictures division (now Content Club) and the Cinema Park theater chain.
▶️ The Media Market Has Shifted from a Race for Reach to a Battle for Trust
According to experts from the Russian media industry, 2025 has cemented the transition to a phase of “managed efficiency.”
🚚 Yandex Wants to Transfer Audience Data
Yandex has proposed a data-sharing scheme to online cinemas and social networks for transferring audience data to Mediascope, the authorized internet measurement body.
📺 Paid TV in Russia Sees Long-Awaited Growth
The paid television sector in Russia saw a turnaround in 2025: after two years of decline, the subscriber base began to grow again.
🤝 Canal+ Puts an End to a Tax Dispute
Media giant Canal+ has officially settled a long-running dispute with the French tax authorities.
📈 TV Panel Prices Expected to Rise in January
The LCD panel market hit a “bottom” in December, and prices are expected to reverse and rise in January.
▶️ Online cinemas want to be equated with regular ones
A proposal has been made in the Federation Council to equalize the requirements for offline and online cinemas.