- Lots of apps are hoping to be the safe alternative to YouTube…but there’s a catch (Fast Company)
- The streaming wars aren’t really about peak TV at all—why big SVODs are focused on flashy movies (Variety)
- Netflix is reportedly testing a feature that would let users control playback speed, and filmmakers aren’t happy (The Guardian)
- Ryan ToysReview is no more. The popular YouTube channel has a new name (Tubefilter)
- You hold the power: How the future of kids entertainment controls the future of all entertainment (Fast Company)
- It’s not just “Old Town Road”—TikTok is changing music as you know it (GQ)
- Disney is the new kid on the streaming block, but its marketing team is a well-oiled machine (New York Times)
- Toys “R” Us might be back, but as other retailers scaled up for the holidays, can it compete? (Retail Dive)
- UK TV exports have reached a record US$1.8 billion this year, driven largely by SVODs (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney is reportedly moving Fox’s older titles into its vault, and won’t let for-profit theaters screen them (Vulture)
- Discovery plans to launch a new streaming service in Poland (Deadline)
- Could TikTok pose a risk to US national security? Two senior members of Congress believe so (The Washington Post)
- How Disney managed to sing and dance its way to Broadway dominance (The Washington Post)
- The city of Cannes is spending US$556 million to revamp the home of MIPCOM (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Amid falling cable subscribers, Comcast reports strong earnings and predicts Peacock will bring audiences back (Forbes)
- Twitter has grown to 145 million daily users and is rolling out new features to improve its relevance (CNET)
- A Spanish regulator is investigating 14 Hollywood studios in a competition probe (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The trade war is wreaking havoc on Hasbro’s supply chain, and the company might raise prices to offset costs (CTV News)
- UK government body Children’s Commissioner calls for bans on in-game purchases (Games Industry Biz)
- A look back at the first women hired into Disney Animation’s studio and the lasting impact they had (Time)
- Netflix apparently tracks viewership in three categories that affect renewal, according to a letter it sent the UK government (The Verge)
- Disney is trying to stop women from teaming up on a pay bias lawsuit (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Nielsen says it can measure Amazon Prime Video, but only when it’s consumed on TVs in the US (Tech Crunch)
- One small step for man, one giant step for…wait, can Apple actually pull off this big step? (WIRED)
- Netflix plans to raise another US$2 billion in debt for its ongoing original content push (Variety)
- Whoops! Maleficent 2 misses box-office expectations, making half what the first one did (The New York Times)
- British retailers are cutting back on plastic toys and glitter for the holidays (The Guardian)
- Online influencers are telling everyone what to buy these days, but who is actually listening? (Wall Street Journal)
- 99.9% of eOne shareholders voted to approve the Hasbro deal (Playback Daily)
- Giving a whole new meaning to “pay to play,” Amazon charges companies top dollar to be on its holiday toy list (Ad Age)
- This year’s Best Animated Feature Oscar race might not be very kid-friendly (IndieWire)
- Get ready for a fight—kids programming is a major battleground in the streaming wars (Variety)
- Mattel has created a real-life Barbie Malibu Dreamhouse on Airbnb (NBC News)
- I know you’re sick of hearing about it, but apparently the EU has agreed on a Brexit deal (CNN)
- Buckle up, folks! It’s Oscar season and 32 films have been submitted for Best Animated Feature (Entertainment Weekly)
- New details have emerged on what went down during the ViacomCBS merger (Variety)
- To keep its app in favor, TikTok is launching an educational push in India (Tech Crunch)
- David Dobrik is leading this year’s Streamy Awards Nominations (Tubefilter)
- Netflix is poised to roll out its final quarterly report before Apple TV+ and Disney+ launch next month (CNBC)
- …Meanwhile, Bob Iger explains why he is betting Disney’s—and Hollywood’s—future on streaming (The Hollywood Reporter)
- British SVOD BritBox is looking to go global with its efforts (Digital TV Europe)
- Why do social networks keep tripping over their own social media policies? (The Verge)
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