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Microsoft unveils its next-generation console
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVE / TVWith the seemingly infinite amount of entertainment devices swarming today’s living rooms, Microsoft is hoping to zero in on one. The company has announced long-awaited details surrounding Xbox One, an all-encompassing entertainment system that delivers games, TV, movies, music, sports and Skype.
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McDonald’s, General Mills among Despicable Me 2 marketing minions
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILUniversal Partnerships & Licensing (UP&L) has accumulated a crop of global marketing partners – and an unprecedented US$250 million in total media value – in advance of the July 3 release of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me 2.
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eOne takes all rights to YouTube animated hit Simon’s Cat
INTERACTIVE / TVThe pact is part of a strategy by Toronto-based eOne to expand into developing licensing programs for brands conceived in the non-linear space for a broader audience.
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Space Heroes Universe makes the move from digital to physical
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVEThe licensing world has caught the attention of another digital property, as the Space Heroes Universe virtual world is set to inspire toys, books and card games thanks to a deal between Bubble Gum Interactive and new venture AT New Media and Virtual World Licensing.
Kidscreened
- Fatal factory accidents lead Disney to pull production in countries like Bangladesh (CNN)
- A new online monitoring service hits the clouds: Skydog lets parents monitor kids’ connected devices through a customized wireless router (Mashable)
- Barnes & Noble makes room for 700,000+ Android apps on its Nook devices (Wired)
- How Paramount is making its Star Trek Into Darkness blockbuster more globally appealing (The New York Times)
Sprout joins Cablevision’s Optimum TV offerings
INTERACTIVE / TVPreschool digital channel Sprout has launched on Cablevision’s Optimum TV and Optimum TV to GO offerings in the US. The latter is Cablevision’s TV Everywhere platform, which will run 60 hours of Sprout programming each month.
Ratings Watch Global – France
KID INSIGHT / TVThis week Eurodata TV has provided us with the ratings for the top-five program broadcasts with kids four to 14 in France between March 25 and April 21, 2013.
Johnny Test goes strong on Nickelodeon Germany
TVThe sixth season of DHX Media’s Johnny Test will air on Nickelodeon Germany, which is now home to all six seasons of the children’s animated series.
Mediatoon strengthens Latin American reach
TVParis-based Mediatoon Distribution has inked new sales in Latin America with Ecuador TV and Brazil’s TV Cultura for such series as The Garfield Show and Contraptus.
With Digital NewFront, Disney’s web stories point to past and future
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVE / TVA web series grounded in the Vinylmation toy line and another based on the It’s a Small World IP were among the original short-form programs unveiled by Disney Interactive at its Digital NewFront this morning in New York. The House of Mouse made its presentation to ad buyers with a newly reported 500 million Facebook fans and two billion YouTube views under its wing.
Kidscreened
- Why we should care that kids are learning to tie their shoelaces later than ever before (The Telegraph)
- Improved ratings at Nickelodeon help Viacom exceed analysts’ ad sales expectations (Bloomberg)
- Zynga complications aside, Facebook is seeing its largest gaming revenues ever (All Things D)
- How small toy company littleBits is making big waves with young customers (Fast Company)
PBS and Nickelodeon lead children’s Daytime Emmy nominations
BROADCASTING / NEWS / TVPBS was tops in the Daytime Emmy children’s categories with 44 nominations buoyed by Sesame Street’s 17 nods, while Nickelodeon followed closely behind with 36 nominations. Interestingly, of Cartoon Network’s 11 nominations, seven were for the recently cancelled Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Read on for a list of nominees in key categories.
3D app Subway Surfer adds three licensees
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVEInk, the global representative for Denmark-based Kiloo’s property Subway Surfers, has signed licensing deals in the apparel, nightwear and arcade games categories for the app.
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