- With all of the options out there, what would it take to successfully launch a new streaming service? (The Verge)
- Behind the initiative bringing educational apps to kids in conflict-ridden countries (Mic)
- Since when is Star Wars not for kids? The director of Last Jedi says it might be too intense (CNET)
- There is one robot per 19 people in South Korea, but is this a model worth emulating? (Engineering & Technology)
- Snap continues to tumble (TechCrunch)
- Facebook takes on TV and YouTube with its Watch video service (Variety)
- Subway Surfers is the latest mobile game to allegedly violate children’s online privacy laws (Games Industry)
- Disney is considering standalone streaming services for Star Wars and Marvel (Tech Crunch)
- Study says full-day kindergarten is paying off for kids in Canada (The Globe and Mail)
- Kids shows are getting political in North Korea with hidden anti-US messaging (BBC)
- Reading between the lines: LeVar Burton is being sued for use of Reading Rainbow’s catchphrase (The Hollywood Reporter)
- A Parisian toy store that calls its handmade playthings “expensive and useless” is thriving (Vanity Fair)
- Can Netflix turn its Millarworld acquisition into a multi-billion dollar film franchise? (The Guardian)
- Amazon Prime will be in more than half of US households by the end of the year (CNBC)
- How colors affect the way Disney heroes and villains are perceived (Vennage)
- Disney is being accused of spying on kids through its game apps (The Washington Post)
- Another kids SVOD service hits the European market…. (Digital TV Europe)
- …But as streamers try to outdo one another other, will they all go bust in the process? (The Guardian)
- The company that brought you the internet “meme” spills on what it takes to go viral (Inc.)
- Is it all about the remote? TalkTalk launches a TV remote designed for kids (Digital TV Europe)
- How ChuChuTV—a business born from nursery rhymes—became a billion-dollar business (Quartz)
- Little Mermaid Live will not be making a splash this fall – the project has been postponed indefinitely (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Mattel’s Uno finds new digital life in the app store, shoots to the top spot in game sales charts (AdAge)
- YouTube Kids scores eight-figure ad deal with Mattel, putting more pressure on commercial nets like Nick (Business Insider)
- TV viewers are increasingly subscribing all three SVOD biggies—Netflix, Amazon and Hulu—so they don’t miss a thing (eMarketer)
- Reaching the Snapchat generation—Fox to roll out first 6-second commercials during Teen Choice Awards (Media Post)
- Hasbro is no longer toying with the idea of buying Lionsgate (Reuters)
- Why renowned Esports company ESL chose Disney XD for its first foray into cable TV (alistdaily)
- It’s cute characters were the talk of Licensing Expo, now Japan’s Line App is opening a Times Square Store (Fast Company)
- Not made in America: Walmart goes on the hunt for international online vendors (Reuters)
- Another blow for Snap—people are spending more than 32 minutes a day on Instagram, and less on Snapchat (Recode)
- Disney nets among most preferred networks for US Hispanic Millennials (Rapid TV News)
- Tweens are affected by what they watch: 13 Reasons Why might have triggered suicide searches online (Washington Post)
- Even a teen Spider-Man couldn’t help it – Sony posts US$86-million quarterly loss (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Don’t count MCNs out just yet, Japan’s leading MCN files for IPO (TubeFilter)
- Netflix is preparing to make a lot more shows by setting up a US$500-million line of credit… (Sydney Morning Herald)
- …but how is the streaming giant managing its already accrued US$20 billion debt? (L.A. Times)
- Has CBBC reimagined The Worst Witch for an age of immigration raids and public attacks? (Slate)
- How Disney’s using AI facial-recognition tech to predict how much viewers will like its movies (Mashable)
- It turns out that kids get just as excited watching an unboxing video as they do receiving a toy (ABC Australia)
- Privacy fail: More than half of Google Play kids apps don’t protect personal data (The Washington Post)
- Amazon is moving full steam ahead, despite a Q2 profit plunge (The New York Times)
- Social VR platform Altspace is shutting down (Fast Company)
- The constantly evolving nature of today’s digital moms (eMarketer)
- It’s time to face the music: Apple is discontinuing the iPod Nano and Shuffle (CNET)
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