🧠 Qwen3-VL by Alibaba Outperforms GPT-5 and Gemini
Alibaba has published a technical report on its open multimodal model Qwen3-VL.
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🛰 Government to Fund New Satellites
The Russian government will allocate 16.7 billion rubles to the Ministry of Digital Development by the end of 2025 to provide state support to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC).
🇮🇹 Italy Requires Key Sports and Cultural Events to Be Shown Free-to-Air
Italy has approved a new, stricter list of “events of major societal importance” that must be made available for free-to-air viewing.
🖍 Mandatory Content Labeling May Appear in Russia
The Ministry of Digital Development is working on a regulatory framework for introducing technology that signs content and code, aimed at reliably verifying the identity of users who publish materials and combating deepfakes.
⚖️ Streaming Services Required to Invest in Australian Content
Australia has passed one of the world’s strictest SVoD regulations.
🎯 Mediabaza Presented Solutions for Accelerating Media Distribution and Compliance
At the international television and digital content market World Content Market 2025 (WCM 2025), MSK-IX Media Platforms Director Grigory Kuzin and Mediabaza Platform Administrator Dmitry Rassadin delivered a presentation titled “B2B Content Marketplace – Deals, Storage, Localization.”
🙅♂️ 41% of Russians Don’t Watch TV
According to a SuperJob report, 41% of economically active Russians say they have completely stopped watching television.
🙈 Online Cinemas Will Be Required to Remove Films That “Discredit Traditional Values”
A new law requiring online cinema owners to stop distributing films that “discredit or promote the rejection of traditional Russian spiritual and moral values” will come into force on March 1, 2026.
👶 European Parliament Adopts Report on Protecting Children Online
The European Parliament has approved a report on protecting minors on the internet, calling for urgent action against growing risks such as addictive behavior, disinformation, and mental health issues.
⏳ European Space Program Faces a Delay
The ministerial meeting of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Bremen encountered its first setback: ministers from 27 countries were unable to approve a joint budget of €22.5 billion.