- It’s an American invasion: Netflix opens its second office in Europe this month, this time in Rome (Variety)
- Good news for producers—original content is driving Gen Z’s purchasing decisions (Billboard)
- Despite not wanting to be political, it’s happening to TikTok anyways (Vox)
- It’s all about sustainability in marketing now…but how much is just talk? (Digiday)
- In an effort to keep improving, has tech gotten worse? (Tech Crunch)
- Perhaps a signal of TikTok’s growing entertainment ambitions, the app has opened an office in Culver City (Variety)
- …Meanwhile, the social platform is also making the American bathroom an inescapable part of online life (New York Times)
- Now that we know IGTV is a flop, will it follow Facebook Watch’s monetization strategy? (Ad Week)
- From Cartoon Network to Disney+ to Netflix, is the future of kids TV queer? (Digital Spy)
- Disney is selling a Fox-owned video game development studio (Screen Rant)
- Netflix’s chief content officer on why the SVOD is leaning into animated films (Variety)
- Britain unveiled vast new rules yesterday about how tech companies should treat kids online (New York Times)
- For the second year in a row, toy sales in the UK took a big hit (BBC News)
- With the launch of its Apple Arcade games, LEGO has big plans for more artistic games in the future (The Verge)
- A month after closing, the Hasbro-eOne merger has been cleared by the UK’s antitrust body (Deadline)
- SVOD stacking—when a user subscribes to three or more streamers—is on the rise globally (Digital TV Europe)
- Smaller startups are asking the US government to rein in big tech (WIRED)
- Psych professors examined 40 studies about kids and phones, and found that smartphones don’t make kids depressed (MIT Tech Review)
- Do you know what Famous Birthdays is? Well you should. The tween/teen site just hit 25 million monthly views (Tubefilter)
- Awards season continues, and Toy Story 4 took home the PGA for best animated feature (IGN)
- Netflix’s chief content officer says he’d be interested in working with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (Digital TV Europe)
- Disney is dropping the Fox name from several of its movie studios (New York Times)
- …And despite a massive year for the House of Mouse, its CEO’s pay dropped by 28% (Variety)
- Instagram’s IGTV app is losing its shortcut button after it was downloaded just seven million times (Tubefilter)
- The best-selling games of the last decade are in! Call of Duty dominated, but a few kid-friendly titles managed to sneak in (Engadget)
- Netflix is set to invest US$17.3 billion in content this year, according to new reports (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …And the streamer is getting its own ice cream flavor, aptly dubbed Netflix and Chilll’d (Wall Street Journal)
- Forget Star Wars, Disney is all about the toy wars right now as it hunts down Etsy creatives making Baby Yoda toys (The Verge)
- How can you convince viewers not to cut the cord? By offering free streaming (NBC News)
- Why Stars Wars just can’t seem to take off in China (New York Times)
- Target thought it was filling a gap in the marketplace, but its toy sales disappointed this holiday season (CNBC)
- The Oscars took great pains to diversify its voter base, but looking at this year’s nominees, it didn’t make much of a difference (Variety)
- How do kids use the internet? Primarily to watch TV (eMarketer)
- …And new research from Discovery has found that TV is the top way people fuel their passions (Advanced Television)
- Meat substitute Quorn is putting its carbon footprint on packaging, which could be a game-changer for other products (Fast Company)
- Amazon’s latest tactic to win the streaming wars is to pretend it’s not a part of it (Variety)
- Disney+ surpassed 30 million downloads in Q4, according to marketing firm Sensor Tower (Digital TV Europe)
- Netflix made a bit of history yesterday, earning 24 noms from the Oscars (CNBC)
- Tablets haven’t killed toys—digital activity is increasing children’s interest in physical playthings (eMarketer)
- Who says TV isn’t good for kids? A special new screen promises to fix their lazy eyes (Tech Crunch)
- Last year’s Chinese animated hit Ne Zha is getting a sequel with a US release date (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The Oscar nominations are in, and Frozen 2 has been snubbed in the animation category in favor of riskier styles (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …Meanwhile, Disney has reportedly snagged a voiceover deal with Meghan Markle (Vanity Fair)
- NBC is shuttering its non-scripted division, Peacock Productions (Deadline)
- It’s a big year for SVODs, especially in Africa, where subscriptions are set to increase six-fold (Digital TV Europe)
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