🎬 Fairy Tales Lead the February Box Office
Russian cinemas ended February with excellent results: total box office revenue reached 5.089 billion rubles, up 32% from last year. Nearly 11 million people visited theaters during the month.
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📡 Tricolor launches at 75°E
Pay-TV operator Tricolor has announced a major expansion of its satellite infrastructure, beginning broadcasts from a new orbital position at 75°E under the “Tricolor Federal” project.
🔒 TV signal protection systems designated as critical infrastructure
The Russian government has added conditional access systems for television broadcasting (CAS and DRM) to the list of critical information infrastructure (CII) objects.
📊 MTS Media flips the switch
MTS Group has published its 2025 financial results, highlighting the transformation of its media vertical.
🛰 Broadcast outage at 56°E
Satellite TV subscribers are experiencing widespread signal issues due to a technical failure on the Express-AT1 satellite at the 56°E orbital position.
📊 Streamers bet on documentaries
In the second half of 2025, Russian online cinemas released 174 original projects, up 11% year-on-year.
🎨 Russian Extreme unveils new brand identity
From March 2026, the channels Russian Extreme and Russian Extreme Ultra are switching to a new visual style.
▶️ Online cinema market grows for the third year in a row
Russian video services continue to set new records: according to TelecomDaily, industry revenue in 2025 jumped 45% to reach 178.2 billion rubles.
🏴☠️ Piracy in Russia is on the decline
The market for illegal video content in Russia shrank by 5.5% in 2025, falling to 34.4 million dollars.
🎞 Law on “protecting traditional values” in film comes into force
A new law has come into force under which films that “deny or disparage traditional Russian spiritual and moral values” will no longer be able to obtain a distribution certificate.