- Why broadcast TV actually increased viewership last year…when most houses with kids are all about online (Fortune)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame is set to be Disney’s latest live-action remake (Polygon)
- WeChat is the reigning social media champ in China, but TikTok is moving in (TechCrunch)
- There’s a growing gap in what ads are presented to white teens versus minorities (NBC News)
- Korean OTT players are joining forces to fight Netflix (Variety)
- In the race to crush each other, can media companies avoid being crushed by debt? (Variety)
- Video programmers are growing frustrated with the lack of data from OTT platforms (Digiday)
- Mattel’s CTO dives into how to strike the right balance between digital and physical play (Biz Journals)
- Why do kids want to become YouTubers so badly? The truth lies in a new video game (Vice News)
- Paramount Animation boss tells staff they don’t have to work with Skydance’s John Lasseter (The Hollywood Reporter)
- NBCUniversal is set to join the streaming wars in 2020 with a new standalone service (Reuters)
- Turns out screens are just as bad for you as…potatoes. And who doesn’t love a potato? (WIRED)
- How prodco BES is taking the Australian animation scene by storm (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Netflix hikes price of US streaming ahead of its Q4 forecast (Variety)
- Why Viacom is looking to sell majority control of its Chinese TV operations, including Nickelodeon (Bloomberg)
- Aquaman becomes first DC Extended Universe feature to top US$1 billion worldwide (CNET)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse snagged the Critic’s Choice Award for Animated Feature (Comicbook)
- Even though the market might be saturated, Apple will roll out three new iPhones this year to boost sales (Wall Street Journal)
- The animation industry is divided on Skydance’s hire of John Lasseter (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Even though Amazon owns Twitch, it’s reportedly developing a new video game streaming service (The Information)
- …And Amazon’s IMDb site is launching a free ad-supported movie and TV service for the US (Variety)
- To benefit its upcoming Netflix rival Salto, France Télévisions cuts deal with producers for exclusive rights (Digital TV Europe)
- Hulu is going to let advertisers in a little and offer new “attribution” measures with more data (Broadcasting & Cable)
- The EU signed off on new rules this week to ensure 30% of Amazon and Netflix content remains domestic (Irish Times)
- M6 and Xilam are reportedly in the running to acquire French free-to-air kids channel Gulli (Digital TV Europe)
- The market for streaming TV devices is booming: Amazon Fire and Roku both exceed 25 million active accounts (CNET)
- …And the idea for SVOD service bundling is gaining serious momentum (The Hollywood Reporter)
- “Baby Shark” has hit the Billboard music charts do-do-do-do-do (Tube Filter)
- Hulu surpasses 25 million US subscribers (Variety)
- Facebook signs several deals with Android phone makers so its app is impossible to delete (Tech Crunch)
- One tech prediction that came true last year—smart speakers exploded, with sales growing 78% (Recode)
- Why are fewer kids joining, and staying in, sports leagues? (CBC News)
- Disney shutters parenting blog Babble (Tech Crunch)
- Amazon is the latest tech titan to be crowned “most valuable public company” (Wall Street Journal)
- …But the e-commerce giant is struggling to reach Gen Z (Forbes)
- After its revenue misstep last week, Apple is increasingly relying on services to bring in sales (Recode)
- Harry Potter and the new Kingdom Hearts are set to dominate video games this year, but streaming could change that (The Guardian)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse takes Golden Globe for Animated Feature (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Bob Iger talks about opening a new Star Wars Land this summer in a broad Q&A (Barron’s)
- …But that will come with a 10% price hike on park admission fees (Bloomberg)
- Even though Nintendo is crushing it right now, the company might move away from making consoles (Eurogamer)
- Could 2019 be the year of inclusive products for kids? (StartUps)
- All of the hallmarks of a modern pyramid scheme: YouTubers are being paid to advertise a gambling scam to kids (The Verge)
- Who says Toys “R” Us is in trouble? It’s opening at least 60 new stores in Asia this year (South China Morning Post)
- Netflix has enjoyed a relatively smooth ride in the court of public opinion, but the tides could be shifting (The Atlantic)
- Mickey Mouse is about to become public domain—but what does that mean? (Ars Technica)
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