Kidscreen Staff
Kidscreened
- Mark Zuckerberg rings the opening bell marking Facebook’s Wall Street debut, let the trading frenzy begin (The New York Times)
- Netflix claims one third of its new subscribers are old customers coming back to the service (Mashable)
- New global study reveals gamers aren’t excited by motion sensor gaming or touch screen controllers (Forbes)
- Only one original member of The Wiggles remains after lineup changes for first time in 21 years (The Telegraph)
Ratings Watch Global
TVThis week, EurodataTV has provided us with the ratings for the top-five program broadcasts with kids two to 11 in the US between March 5 and April 1, 2012.
Kidscreened
- How the BBC’s decision to move its kids programming could impact family viewing (The Guardian)
- How indie comic book artists have influenced a slew of hit Cartoon Network series (Publishers Weekly)
- New study finds 77% of parents think tablets are beneficial to kids (Mashable)
- Lego’s traveled the world and even been to space, but this latest record-breaker is impressive (MailOnline)
Kidscreened
- How a startup’s new virtual world pairs the addictiveness of games with curbing childhood obesity (Mashable)
- New study finds Filipino children have highest digital know-how in Asia Pacific region (TechWireAsia)
- How Disney resorts are leveraging the growing appeal of casual and online gaming (Forbes)
- And the Battleship movie tie-in merchandising war begins (Wired)
Kidscreened
- Can Rovio repeat its Angry Birds success with its new game Amazing Alex? (Los Angeles Times)
- How a “click less” formula is creating longer user engagement on YouTube (AdAge)
- New study finds Pinterest tops Disney online as top visited family and lifestyle site for US moms (Nielsen)
- In a retro move, Hasbro plans to bring back the Furby (Toy News)
Kidscreened
- In just three weeks, The Avengers passes US$1 billion in box office returns (The Guardian)
- Nickelodeon Research finds two-thirds of kids watch movies at home with their parents (MediaPost)
- How the pros and cons of social media’s impact on kids needs more examination (NDTV)
- An interesting visual representation of how school kids learn and interact with and without technology (The Washington Post)
Kidscreened
- How new Nielsen measurement will make it easier to track the mobile, wireless and internet-based video audience (MediaPost)
- Amazon’s Kindle lands all seven Harry Potter e-books (Examiner)
- FTC delays Facebook’s closing of $1 billion acquisition of photo-sharing app Instagram (PC Mag)
- Who knew? Disney reveals that all of its movies exist in one super unified world (The Onion)
Ratings Watch Global
TVThis week, Eurodata TV has provided us with the ratings for the top-five program broadcasts with kids three to 13 in Germany between April 2 and April 29, 2012.
Kidscreened
- Strong sales of Skylanders toys help Activision’s first quarter sales beat forecasts (Los Angeles Times)
- Facebook jumps into the app store market with its aptly named App Center (PCWorld)
- New poll reveals 75% of current gamers won’t be opening their wallets for the upcoming Nintendo WiiU console (VentureBeat)
- How consumer rights will be defined in an increasingly digital age (GamesIndustry)
Kidscreened
- New data reveals the photo/video app category is the fastest growing from October 2011 to March 2012 (MediaPost)
- How Hasbro’s CEO shifts from toy executive to movie producer (Chicago Tribune)
- Could worst sales slump since 1999 bring potential takeover bids for Electronic Arts? (Gamasutra)
- The possibility of real-life Transformers walking the Earth is closer than we think (The Verge)
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