- Canal+ is reportedly in talks to be the exclusive home for Disney+ in France (Digital TV Europe)
- …Meanwhile, Disney is struggling to push Star Wars into new galaxies while keeping it the same (Variety)
- Why new streaming services are moving away from releasing content all at once (The Atlantic)
- Talk about a sugar rush: New research shows no decline in junk food advertising on kids TV since 2012 (CSPI)
- NBCUniversal could potentially launch Peacock as a free ad-supported streaming service (CNBC)
- What’s happening to toys as the world becomes more digital? (The Motley Fool)
- The family behind “Baby Shark” has earned millions of dollars from the viral hit (Bloomberg)
- McDonald’s is going back in time to release retro Happy Meal toys (CTV News)
- Netflix is trying its hand at scripted podcasts (Variety)
- A mere week ahead of its launch, Disney+ already has one million US subs (Tech Crunch)
- Not only are lots of kids playing games, 78% also watch online gaming videos (Games Industry)
- Another thing lost as people cut the cord: stumbling across a great movie (TV Guide)
- Hinting at how HBO Max might handle rolling out abroad, Canada’s Bell Media licenses the SVOD’s originals (Playback Daily)
- …Meanwhile, Walmart is reportedly looking to sell its streamer Vudu (The Verge)
- Netflix isn’t backing down from plans to alter playback speed, saying it’s a highly requested feature (Digital TV Europe)
- How exactly do you write jokes for kids show that work for both under-13s and parents? (Fast Company)
- Toys for girls are predicted to dominate sales this holiday season (Business Insider)
- Sony shuts down its cord-cutting cable alternative, PlayStation VUE, as the industry shifts toward streaming (USA Today)
- …Meanwhile, streamers’ lean prices might look appealing—until you realize how many you have to pay for (CityNews)
- Rich kids have greater access to screens, but poor kids spend nearly two hours more on them each day, according to new research (Vox)
- Lots of apps are hoping to be the safe alternative to YouTube…but there’s a catch (Fast Company)
- The streaming wars aren’t really about peak TV at all—why big SVODs are focused on flashy movies (Variety)
- Netflix is reportedly testing a feature that would let users control playback speed, and filmmakers aren’t happy (The Guardian)
- Ryan ToysReview is no more. The popular YouTube channel has a new name (Tubefilter)
- You hold the power: How the future of kids entertainment controls the future of all entertainment (Fast Company)
- It’s not just “Old Town Road”—TikTok is changing music as you know it (GQ)
- Disney is the new kid on the streaming block, but its marketing team is a well-oiled machine (New York Times)
- Toys “R” Us might be back, but as other retailers scaled up for the holidays, can it compete? (Retail Dive)
- UK TV exports have reached a record US$1.8 billion this year, driven largely by SVODs (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney is reportedly moving Fox’s older titles into its vault, and won’t let for-profit theaters screen them (Vulture)
- Discovery plans to launch a new streaming service in Poland (Deadline)
- Could TikTok pose a risk to US national security? Two senior members of Congress believe so (The Washington Post)
- How Disney managed to sing and dance its way to Broadway dominance (The Washington Post)
- The city of Cannes is spending US$556 million to revamp the home of MIPCOM (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Amid falling cable subscribers, Comcast reports strong earnings and predicts Peacock will bring audiences back (Forbes)
- Twitter has grown to 145 million daily users and is rolling out new features to improve its relevance (CNET)
- A Spanish regulator is investigating 14 Hollywood studios in a competition probe (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The trade war is wreaking havoc on Hasbro’s supply chain, and the company might raise prices to offset costs (CTV News)
- UK government body Children’s Commissioner calls for bans on in-game purchases (Games Industry Biz)
- A look back at the first women hired into Disney Animation’s studio and the lasting impact they had (Time)
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