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- A fifth of teens are watching TV shows on their tablets – a jump from just 2% last year (All Things D)
- And it’s likely these youngsters live in the more than five million US homes that have ‘zero TV,’ according to Nielsen research (Forbes)
- The workings of a successful social media program (Businessweek)
- Trade association says UK gaming industry seeing new level of small growth (Joystiq)
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- In Canada, Target misses the mark in terms of meeting inventory demand (The Globe and Mail)
- A look at the bestselling children’s books of last year and why Hunger Games was top of the food chain (Publishers Weekly)
- How the Microsoft Kinect is swiftly moving beyond gaming into other industries (The Wall Street Journal)
- No IPO in immediate sight for MGM (Variety)
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- One PBS executive producer’s TED talk on digital cameras and what they mean for the future of educational apps (TEDxBeaconStreet)
- Inside Barry Diller-backed live TV carrier Aereo and the chaos it will inevitably sow (The New York Times)
- Magic number? Kids under the age of 14 no longer able to enter Disney theme parks alone (NBC News)
- The influx of social apps on the market raise new questions about kids’ privacy and mobile monitoring (CTV News)
Canadian Competition Bureau OKs Teletoon sale
NEWSThe sale, as part of the complex Bell-Astral deal, makes Corus the sole owner of Teletoon and Cartoon Network Canada.
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- Why the time for Apple’s low-cost iPhone is now (All Things D)
- And the right time to launch a startup, apparently, is when you’re 40 (Time)
- Netflix banks on the social nature of US kids in enabling sharing function with Facebook (Advertising Age)
- Disney and Target bring the QR code trend to kids (Inside Retailing)
- Hollywood needs more modesty: Why grandiose movie titles – think Oz the Great and Powerful – raise false expectations among kids and parents (The Guardian)
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- LEGO tops Mattel as world’s most valuable toyco (Bloomberg)
- Meanwhile, Mattel looks to Moms to help boost stagnant Hot Wheels sales (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Got a cult hit waiting for a movie revival? Consider tearing a page from the Veronica Mars movie playbook – project raises US$2 million in one day on Kickstarter (The Wrap)
- In Japan, Nintendo dabbles with the toy-integrated video game trend in new Pokemon release (Game Spot)
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- An NBCU exec discusses the complexity of TV Everywhere and why all eyes are on the second screen (Variety)
- What 3D printers can do for the music industry (Mashable)
- On the publishing reboot of the classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang tale (Publishers Weekly)
- Americans are spreading more money around as retail sales rise 1.1% (MarketWatch)
Clone Wars cancelled, Detours delayed in Star Wars programming shakeup
NEWSIt looks like the stars are aligning a little differently for Star Wars animated programming following Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm this past October. In pursuing new programming opportunities for the brand, the House of Mouse has cancelled the Cartoon Network series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and has postponed Star Wars Detours.
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- Will kids catch on to the Vine video craze? (Mashable)
- Getting to the core of who is responsible for the Apple in-game purchasing problem (Forbes)
- On Justin Bieber’s new errant behavior and the concept of teen idols (The Irish Times)
- One Hollywood production company looks to ride the digital distribution wave (Los Angeles Time)
Toby’s Circus travels to new territories
NEWSAfter recent sales to Finland and Israel, stop-motion preschool series Toby’s Travelling Circus from Komixx Entertainment is headed to four more global broadcasters.
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