- With more SVOD and a la carte options, Canucks expected to increasingly cherry-pick entertainment (CBC)
- Top digital trends creating both opportunities and challenges for traditional TV (The Guardian)
- Surprise! New study shows teens in favor of Facebook (alistdaily)
- Amazon updates its Android Kindle App with offerings geared to parents and kids (VentureBeat)
- Hasbro brings Yahtzee to mobile games, Apple Watch (Venture Beat)
- Disney reportedly clashes with Apple over channels on upcoming internet TV service (The Street)
- Toy biz draws private equity as kids opt for green and retro toy choices (Business Insider)
- Nordic broadcast execs dish on why the content market for this region is so unique (MIP Blog)
- With Nickelodeon’s ratings slipping more than 34% in Q1 of 2015, Viacom looks to new content and initiatives for a ratings rebound (Forbes)
- Unbundling US cable – niche networks, particularly kids channels, hardest hit as cable carriers start slimming down (Washington Post)
- Activist groups are grumbling over advertising on YouTube Kids app, but will more parents be willing to pay for their kids online entertainment? (The Guardian)
- Disney continues its run of live-action film projects with Pinocchio (Variety)
- Moshi Monster Muffins? Furi & the Moshlings take over Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube kitchen to create a sweet treat (YouTube)
- Study reveals Amazon Prime subscribers still prefer Netflix (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How international YouTubers are spinning off from their channels (VideoInk)
- Amazon rolls out dedicated STEM toy eStore (TechCrunch)
- Looking at the evolution of Iron Man’s armor over 50 years of comics, toons and movies (Mashable)
- Viacom takes US$785 million write-down amid restructuring and ratings declines (Wall Street Journal)
- Consumer watchdog groups file FTC complaint accusing Google of using deceptive ads on YouTube Kids (The Guardian)
- The classic Star Wars movie collection will finally be available for digital download (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Meet Grover Greyjoy: Sesame Street parodies Game of Thrones (YouTube)
- Disney planning on Winnie the Pooh live-action feature (Hollywood Reporter)
- Meanwhile, Play-Doh is also getting a live-action film, courtesy of Hasbro and 20th Century Fox (Entertainment Weekly)
- How Walmart is making a push for more urban consumers (NPR)
- YouTube gamers turn backs on Nintendo’s strict ad revenue grab (eCanadaNow)
- How the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie became an unlikely global success story for indie filmmaking (The Hollywood Reporter)
- 107 laid off at Mattel’s headquarters (Los Angeles Times)
- As Netflix gets closer to saturating the US market, exclusive deals like its Disney pact can help the SVOD keep attracting members (Motley Fool)
- What Nintendo could learn from SVOD services like Netflix (The Verge)
- April Fools’! J.J. Abrams will not be directing a Sesame Street movie, but how great would that be? (WBAY)
- Facebook rolls out Scrapbook feature that lets parents create customized shared photo albums of their kids (Mashable)
- Short film on R2-D2’s quest for love inspires all kinds of awww (Mashable)
- A push for users to 3D-print their own board games (PurplePawn)
- Netflix adds former Disney exec Anne Sweeney to its board of directors (The Wrap)
- DreamWorks Animation breathes a sigh of relief after Home wins weekend box office (Variety)
- Another blow to Canadian retail and win for cybershopping as FutureShop stores close (Huffington Post)
- Post-Sony, Hollywood continues to bolster its digital security efforts (New York Times)
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