- Warner Bros. continues to build Lego empire with spinoff movie Billion Brick Race (Hollywood Reporter)
- Analysts divided on the potential for the stateside debut of DreamWorks’ Home (Variety)
- Netflix cues up Inspector Gadget CGI reboot with release of new trailer (Mashable)
- Potential film franchise? Sony Pictures scoops up the rights to Robotech (Forbes)
- No longer newcomers: Amazon, Netflix are now the establishment in online streaming (New York Times)
- Can children’s books bolster indie bookstores? (Business Review Weekly)
- YouTube might be preparing its own live-game streaming competitor to Twitch (The Guardian)
- To the relief of fans, Minecraft convention Minecon returns after Microsoft purchase (VentureBeat)
- Russo brothers to take over billion-dollar Avengers franchise from Joss Whedon (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Hulu vets officially launch online video subscription service Vessel, but will consumers buy in to its mini-YouTube format? (Tech Crunch)
- DreamWorks and Pixar animators launch Indiegogo campaign for new animated series (Indiegogo)
- Disney app Tsum Tsum hits the US$300 million mark in revenue, driven by Japanese mobile messaging service Line (Games Industry)
- Adding up the audience views: PBS KIDS’ math-based show Odd Squad pulls strong January ratings (Forbes)
- With more competition than ever from emerging video sites, can YouTube retain the same number of eyeballs? (Variety)
- Netflix Australia undercuts its local competitors with low US$6.99 per month pricing (Variety)
- As more viewers cut the cord, content companies are making the jump to OTT (Mashable)
- The future of TV distribution in Canada will be determined today while cable unbundling is well underway in the US (Toronto Star)
- With restructure efforts, Viacom looks to adapt to new TV landscape, falling ratings (The Street)
- How Disney’s blockbuster films have evolved from the 1980s to now (Motley Fool)
- Target pockets US$1.6 billion tax break for leaving Canada (CBC)
- Why Netflix may face an uphill battle in the original movie biz by its lack of backend payments (The Hollywood Reporter)
- After years of speculation, Mario is officially going mobile (CNET)
- Former CEO Bryan Stockton to stay on at Mattel as a consultant (Wall Street Journal)
- Apple in talks to launch a stripped-down online TV service this fall (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney pads out Beauty and the Beast movie with release date, cast details (Variety)
- It was a happily-ever-after global debut for Disney’s Cinderella (The Hollywood Reporter)
- In other Disney news, Big Hero 6 surpasses The Lego Movie, How To Train Your Dragon 2 to become the highest grossing animated film of 2014 (Cartoon Brew)
- Lego’s new Jurassic World video game to encompass all four movies (Forbes)
- Why primetime is anytime in the new TV landscape (Variety)
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