The 2026 summer season has dealt Disney one of its most painful financial blows in recent years. The highly anticipated live-action remake of the animated hit Moana delivered catastrophic opening weekend results, grossing $52 million internationally and a meager $95 million worldwide (with $43 million coming from the domestic market).
The anniversary 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) has concluded in the Czech spa town.
Amid fierce competition in the telecommunications market, traditional connectivity services are ceasing to be the primary driver of subscriber retention.
The global theatrical exhibition market is demonstrating a robust recovery and profound transformation. According to a report by Futuresource Consulting, global box office revenues grew by 7% in 2025, reaching $34.6 billion.
Leading European media holdings, telecommunications giants, retailers, and ad tech developers have announced the formation of a massive consortium to launch a unified sovereign platform, the European Media Marketplace (EMM).
The world’s largest SVoD platforms—Netflix, Disney+, and Prime Video—have joined forces against strict state regulation within Europe’s media market.
Particle 6, a studio specializing in artificial intelligence technologies, has announced that its first feature-length fiction film, titled Misaligned, has entered development.
The past weekend demonstrated the growing reliance of Hollywood studios on international markets. Illumination and Universal’s animated hit Minions & Monsters faced signs of franchise fatigue in North America but managed to top the global box office thanks to robust overseas sales.
Over the past forty years, the video compression industry has advanced through evolutionary steps: from the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 standards through the HD broadcasting era with H.264 (AVC), and on to modern 4K formats based on H.265 (HEVC) and the latest VVC/H.266.
Spain’s Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Civil Service has taken a pivotal step toward the technological modernization of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT).
