- MGM to produce exclusive family-friendly content for Walmart’s Vudu VOD service (Reuters)
- …And as more SVODs fight for viewers, it could actually be driving audiences to pirate more content (Tech Radar)
- Tax breaks bolster record spending on UK production (Screen International)
- 25% of US digital ad spend is going to video, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s well spent (eMarketer)
- This shouldn’t be shocking, but a new study has found kids want more female superheroes (Variety)
- Talk about drama: Netflix is massively expanding its Hollywood square footage (Curbed)
- Bringing Toys “R” Us back could actually work—but are the investors the right people to do it? (Forbes)
- Disney is investing in trivia app HQ through its Accelerator program (Digiday)
- Has Google finally found a way to monetize voice assistants? (Variety)
- The latest trend for teens online is to post the same photo over and over (The Atlantic)
- Disney is diving into another live-action remake—this time it’s Lilo & Stitch (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Child advocacy groups have filed a FTC complaint against Facebook’s kids app (Financial Post)
- YouTube Kids content is weirder and more globalized than anyone could have expected (The Atlantic)
- How Netflix is forcing all of Hollywood into an expensive talent war (Bloomberg)
- Tencent’s music business has filed for a US$1-billion IPO (Bloomberg)
- Forget nanny cams—there are now daycare apps that lets parents monitor their kids all day (CNBC)
- Google is releasing a voice assistant app to help people with limited mobility (TechCrunch)
- Popular game Dance Dance Revolution is getting a movie makeover (Variety)
- Time to give it up: Augmented reality is set to overtake virtual reality this year (eMarketer)
- Bandwidth growing pains—Netflix takes up 15% of all internet downstream traffic (Variety)
- The UK’s Environment Minister is calling for a ban on plastic McDonald’s toys (The Telegraph)
- The TRU liquidation will have minimal impact on toy sales this holiday season (MarketWatch)
- Disney to shutter Club Penguin for good to cut costs (Variety)
- How Xbox may catch PlayStation by catering to family gamers (Games Industry)
- Ready for round 2? Hackers were able to access 50 million Facebook users’ data (Recode)
- Internet and social media growth has plateaued in the US after years of growth (Pew Research)
- This is a bit unexpected…how will.i.am is changing voice recognition (Sydney Morning Herald)
- US teens say politicians and social platforms are failing to protect them from online harassment (Tech Crunch)
- Netflix expands international presence with new Paris office (Variety)
- How an app for posting heavily filtered photos rose into a cultural powerhouse (New York Times)
- Fast-paced TV shows are affecting kids’ ability to concentrate (Copenhagen Post)
- Fox is selling its stake in Sky for US$15 billion, allowing Disney to invest that money in streaming (Los Angeles Times)
- Kids TV groups are banding together to tell the FCC that OTT is no substitute for broadcast (Broadcasting Cable)
- And so it begins: The UK issues first-ever GDPR notice to Facebook (ZD Net)
- The future is visual—how Pinterest, Google and Amazon are reinventing search (eMarketer)
- Rather than fearing it, what educators can learn from YouTube (Irish Times)
- Second screens may actually be to blame for distracting TV viewers the most (eMarketer)
- And maybe that’s why billboard ads are unexpectedly doing so well right now (Recode)
- How will Sky change now that Comcast has the controls (Variety)
- Telltale’s massive layoffs leave many games hanging in the balance and questioning priorities (The Verge)
- Study: Netflix and Amazon are set to double their original catalogues (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Instagram’s co-founders are stepping down…and the app will likely be further integrated into Facebook (Bloomberg)
- Snapchat is building an Amazon product search into its app (CNBC)
- Meanwhile, Google has decided the time is right to get into Stories (Recode)
- How a robotic “skin” can bring stuffed animals to life (The Verge)
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