- YouTube Kids scores eight-figure ad deal with Mattel, putting more pressure on commercial nets like Nick (Business Insider)
- TV viewers are increasingly subscribing all three SVOD biggies—Netflix, Amazon and Hulu—so they don’t miss a thing (eMarketer)
- Reaching the Snapchat generation—Fox to roll out first 6-second commercials during Teen Choice Awards (Media Post)
- Hasbro is no longer toying with the idea of buying Lionsgate (Reuters)
- Why renowned Esports company ESL chose Disney XD for its first foray into cable TV (alistdaily)
- It’s cute characters were the talk of Licensing Expo, now Japan’s Line App is opening a Times Square Store (Fast Company)
- Not made in America: Walmart goes on the hunt for international online vendors (Reuters)
- Another blow for Snap—people are spending more than 32 minutes a day on Instagram, and less on Snapchat (Recode)
- Disney nets among most preferred networks for US Hispanic Millennials (Rapid TV News)
- Tweens are affected by what they watch: 13 Reasons Why might have triggered suicide searches online (Washington Post)
- Even a teen Spider-Man couldn’t help it – Sony posts US$86-million quarterly loss (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Don’t count MCNs out just yet, Japan’s leading MCN files for IPO (TubeFilter)
- Netflix is preparing to make a lot more shows by setting up a US$500-million line of credit… (Sydney Morning Herald)
- …but how is the streaming giant managing its already accrued US$20 billion debt? (L.A. Times)
- Has CBBC reimagined The Worst Witch for an age of immigration raids and public attacks? (Slate)
- How Disney’s using AI facial-recognition tech to predict how much viewers will like its movies (Mashable)
- It turns out that kids get just as excited watching an unboxing video as they do receiving a toy (ABC Australia)
- Privacy fail: More than half of Google Play kids apps don’t protect personal data (The Washington Post)
- Amazon is moving full steam ahead, despite a Q2 profit plunge (The New York Times)
- Social VR platform Altspace is shutting down (Fast Company)
- The constantly evolving nature of today’s digital moms (eMarketer)
- It’s time to face the music: Apple is discontinuing the iPod Nano and Shuffle (CNET)
- Peak summer vacations: iPlayer, Amazon and Netflix expect their downloads to surge this week… (The Guardian)
- …And as streaming soars, the animation industry readies for a job boom (Variety)
- Disney is creating a new mixed-reality magic bench, and you won’t need a headset to see it come to life (CNET)
- How did Mattel go from a US$500,000 company to a US$8.5-billion one? (CNBC)
- WhatsApp reaches one billion users and its Snapchat knock-off surges to 250 million (Tech Crunch)
- Its stickiness goes well beyond slime: The algorithm that makes kids so obsessed with YouTube (The Atlantic)
- When it comes to internet video consumption, more Americans turn to Roku over Google’s Chromecast (Recode)
- Nintendo has the Switch to thank for its US$145 million in Q1 2017 profits (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Meanwhile, Niantic’s Pokemon GO fest didn’t pan out quite as planned (The Verge)
- Wonder Woman 2 will officially hit theaters in December 2019 (AV Club)
- Netflix is the top-grossing iOS app of Q2, with mobile revenue up 233% (Tech Crunch)
- Nielsen steps into the future as ratings will now include Hulu and YouTube TV (Reuters)
- Meanwhile, big-screen viewing helps YouTube reach 1.5 billion monthly viewers (Digital TV Europe)
- Hasbro’s CEO says the company is getting a big boost from eSports (CNBC)
- Who says Barbie needs to be blonde? Anne Hathaway may play the iconic doll in Sony’s upcoming feature (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney’s split with vlogger Jake Paul highlights the tricky business of appeasing two audiences (Variety)
- Why Lego and Warner Bros. click (The New York Times)
- Sink or swim: Financial-themed summer camps are growing in popularity (CNBC)
- Larger smartphones are driving down the tablet market (Recode)
- Aussie commercial TV nets want to scrap kids content quotas (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- YouTube TV is expanding across the US to 10 new markets (TechCrunch)
- Fairly OddParents creator Butch Hartman plots new YouTube-exclusive animated series (Polygon)
- Apple’s video-creation app Clips adds Disney and Pixar characters (CNET)
- Meanwhile, Disney Accelerator selection Kahoot! nabs an additional US$10 million in funding (Games Industry)
- They’ll grow into it: New expandable kids clothing line is designed to last six sizes (Fast Company)
- Abercrombie is cashing in on being cool in China (Bloomberg)
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