🏴☠️ 'Obsession' Tops Piracy Charts
Anti-piracy firm F6 has released its July ranking of feature films and TV series with the highest number of illicit copies detected across torrent trackers and shadow streaming networks in the Runet.
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📼 Netflix Sued Over Theft of Unreleased Feature Film
Production company Op-Fortitude and writer-producer Simon Afram have filed a lawsuit in California federal court against streaming giant Netflix.
⚖️ Court Denies Copyright Protection for AI-Generated Images
A Moscow court has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by the creator of AI-generated images titled Mona Lisa with Wine and Statue of Liberty with Wine, affirming that artificial intelligence-generated content lacks exclusive copyright protection.
🕷 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Delivers Second-Largest Global Opening in Box Office History
Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the fourth standalone Spider-Man feature starring Tom Holland, launched to a staggering start at the global box office.
🎶 MTV Celebrates 45th Anniversary
On August 1, 1981, MTV made its television debut, permanently altering the music industry and shaping the visual culture of multiple generations.On August 1, 1981, MTV made its television debut, permanently altering the music industry and shaping the visual culture of multiple generations.
🎠 Soyuzmultfilm Shifts Licensing Strategy
Animation studio Soyuzmultfilm plans to phase out third-party licensing of its classic library characters for commercial ventures involving book publishing, theme parks, and public space design. The strategic shift was announced by Yuliana Slashcheva, Chairman of the studio’s Board of Directors.
🎤 Asian Cable TV 2026 to Focus on Media Ecosystems and AI Technologies
The 16th International Conference Asian Cable TV 2026 will take place in Almaty on October 1–2, 2026. Silk Way Content serves as the organizer of the industry’s flagship annual event, which will center on the theme “Media 2026: The Ecosystem of Content, Technology, and Audience.”
💼 Vadim Vereshchagin to Head NMG Film Distribution
Vadim Vereshchagin, CEO of film company Central Partnership, will join National Media Group (NMG) effective September 1, 2026. In his new role, the executive will lead the holding’s film cluster and assume the post of CEO at NMG Film Distribution (NMG Kinoprokat).
📜 'The Master and Margarita' Set for US Theatrical Release
Director Michael Lockshin’s feature adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s iconic novel The Master and Margarita has secured US theatrical distribution. Independent distributor Luminosity Pictures acquired the domestic rights and is slated to release the director’s cut in American theaters on September 18, 2026.
2️⃣ Redundancy Over Competition
In this column, I will explain why television signal delivery must be built on two independent platforms simultaneously.