🤝 NMG partners with Chinese tech park for AI-driven media production transformation
National Media Group (NMG) and the Shidao Technology Park (Shenzhen, PRC) have entered into a strategic partnership agreement.
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⚽️ Match TV secures exclusive broadcast rights for FIFA World Cup 2026
Gazprom-Media Holding (GPMH) has acquired the broadcast rights for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which is scheduled to kick off on June 11.
📺 Rostelecom to launch smart TV manufacturing
Rostelecom plans to establish the domestic production of smart TVs. The new device lineup, featuring screen sizes ranging from 24" to 55", will operate on the Aurora TV platform equipped with a built-in AI assistant.
▶️ Online cinema market expands despite a lack of new hit series
The Russian online cinema market is showing paradoxical results. According to Daria Pugacheva, Director of the Research Department at Gazprom-Media Holding, streaming platforms are rapidly boosting revenues even as they lose their primary selling point: exclusive series.
⚖️ Warner Bros. demands halt to pirate screenings in Russia
The Russian film market is facing a new form of pressure from Hollywood majors. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. has launched a systematic campaign of dispatching official cease-and-desist notices to Russian cinemas, demanding an immediate halt to the unauthorized screenings of its blockbusters.
🎥 Cannes: International project from Yakut director Stepan Burnashev announced
Yakut cinema continues to strengthen its global footprint. At the Marché du Film, running alongside the Cannes Film Festival, a major three-way collaboration was unveiled.
🐭 Disney content to vanish completely from Russian streaming platforms
Russian online cinemas will be legally permitted to stream Disney projects only until the end of 2026. According to financial reports from the major’s Russian subsidiary, the company has no plans to enter into new licensing agreements within the country.
⚖️ Masha and the Bear creators locked in legal battle over character rights
One of Russia’s most successful animation brands has become the epicenter of a major legal scandal. The company “Masha and the Bear” (owned by Animaccord studio) has initiated legal proceedings against its former employee and the series’ original creator, Oleg Kuzovkov.
👀 Holiday box office falls short of records
The 2026 May holidays failed to deliver the box office breakthrough that Russian cinemas had hoped for. According to the Cinema Fund’s Unified Federal Automated Information System (UAIS), total revenues for the period from April 30 to May 11 amounted to just over 1 billion rubles (536.4 million rubles during the first wave of holidays and 530.6 million rubles during the second).
📈 Rostelecom’s Media Business Grows by 18%
Rostelecom has released its IFRS financial results for the first quarter of 2026. Against the backdrop of a 10% increase in total group revenue (to 208.9 billion rubles) and a 10% rise in net profit (to 7.4 billion rubles), the company’s media business emerged as a significant growth driver.