⚖️ Sony Pictures Demands Removal of Its Hits from AI Platform Seedance 2.0
The world’s biggest film studios have united in a powerful front against Chinese tech giant ByteDance.
The world’s biggest film studios have united in a powerful front against Chinese tech giant ByteDance.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has announced a major boost for documentary filmmaking.
Kazakh director Igor Alferov’s short film “Thanksgiving Day” has become the big winner at the inaugural Frame Forward AI Animated Film Festival.
The new classic adaptation from Emerald Fennell, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, dominated last weekend in the U.S., earning $83 million worldwide on its opening ($37.5 million in North America and $45.5 million internationally).
Hollywood hosted the 41st Independent Spirit Awards, celebrating the best in independent film and television.
Morocco has been named “Country in Focus” at the European Film Market (EFM) during Berlinale 2026.
Japan’s VoD market is in full boom: in 2025, sector revenue grew by 15% to reach $7.2 billion, driven by the rollout of ad-supported tiers and an aggressive battle for sports rights.
Japanese conglomerate Sony Group has developed a technology capable of “x‑raying” AI‑generated music to detect traces of original works inside it.
A full‑blown legal storm has hit the owner of TikTok. Following Disney, Paramount Skydance has demanded that ByteDance stop the unlawful use of its intellectual property in the Seedance (video) and Seedream (image) AI platforms.
For media giant NBCUniversal, the start of 2026 has been historic. Thanks to the “combo” of Super Bowl LX and the Winter Olympics in Milan, total U.S. reach over less than two weeks has surpassed 200 million people.