As the Monte-Carlo Television Festival prepares to celebrate its 65th anniversary, the Principality once again becomes the international stage for television excellence.
For 65 years, the Monte-Carlo Television Festival has accompanied, reflected and anticipated the evolution of a medium at the heart of our societies.
The global streaming market entered 2026 with a significant shift in power as longtime leaders faced narrowing margins and aggressive growth from mid-tier players.
Microdramas, a form of serialized short video entertainment with episodes usually lasting between one and five minutes, have rapidly evolved from a niche phenomenon in China to a global force in the media landscape.
The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in live production has grown a lot in the last couple of years. Operations once requiring complete teams of editors, subtitlers, data analysts, and graphics operators are now often controlled in real-time by machines.
Typical weekend: you’re curled up on the couch, phone is away, and you’re diving into the latest show everyone’s talking about. Your biggest worry is whether your favorite character will make it.
If there is anything still generating large viewership numbers when it comes to live broadcasts, it’s sports. Regardless of continent or country, live sports remain the main magnet for people to turn on the TV, gaze at the laptop, the tablet or phone and follow the drama as it happens.
Ukraine continues its fight for survival against the Russian invaders whose goals remain the same - annihilate as many cities as possible
In the ever-evolving landscape of European television and streaming, fiction projects from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are increasingly finding their footing on the global stage.
The FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television) market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is showing signs of evolution, with two markets leading the way - Poland and Ukraine.
In recent years the landscape of young adult and coming-of-age dramas in Central and Eastern Europe has undergone a dynamic transformation, marked by local original or adapted series that resonate not only with teenage audiences but also with their parents.
The Monte-Carlo Television Festival’s Business Content program this year offered an extensive discussion focused on the ever-evolving landscape of non-fiction with its “Documentary Storytelling” panel.
