📊 Yandex Media Services Expand Their Reach
Yandex has reported its 2025 results, with the group showing record growth in content and media services against a backdrop of strong overall financial performance.
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🧛♂️ Kion Feels the Stranger Things Effect
The finale of cult series Stranger Things triggered a real boom in dark genres in Russia. According to Kion’s analytics, during peak periods (December 2025 to January 2026), views of mystery and horror content quadrupled.
📡 Tricolor Grows by 10%
Contrary to analysts’ claims about a stagnating satellite market, Tricolor closed 2025 with strong results.
🌴 RTVI Expands Across the Caribbean
The RTVI media group has announced a major expansion: the channel has launched broadcasting in 10 Caribbean countries.
⚖️ Online Cinemas Fined Again
On February 10, the Tagansky District Court of Moscow issued a series of rulings against several of the country’s largest video platforms.
📉 Russia’s TV Series Boom Is Fading
According to KinoPoisk Pro Index data, in 2025 Russian viewers’ interest in TV series dropped by 8% compared to the previous year.
🚶♂️ Several Thematic TV Channels Withdraw from Russia
SPI International (part of Canal+ Group) has suspended broadcasting of its channels in Russia. Contracts for 2026 will not be renewed.
🤝 Media-Telecom Secures Exclusive Rights to STREAM
A major deal in the pay-TV market: Media-Telecom has become the first independent exclusive distributor of STREAM channels in Russia.
🎬 Creative industries’ contribution to GDP reaches 4.2%
Rosstat summarizes 2025 results for Russia’s creative economy. The sector shows solid growth: gross value added reached 8.6 trillion rubles, and its share of GDP rose to 4.2% (from 3.9% a year earlier).
📱 Micro-dramas Take Over Online Theaters
Streaming services are betting on a new format — micro-dramas. These are vertical series (9:16) of 50–100 episodes, each 1–2 minutes long.