- Classic brands like Barbie go high-tech at Toy Fair 2015 (New York Post)
- Teletubbies creator favors original productions over remakes of classic UK kids shows (The Hollywood Reporter)
- To avoid plot spoilers, Star Wars toys kept under-wraps at Toy Fair (International Business Times)
- From puzzle to mobile game: Kickstarter campaign launches to bring Zoombinis to iOS and Android (VentureBeat)
- Lego X program turns physical bricks into virtual reality creations (alistdaily)
- Major YouTube producers and MCNs already on board startup Epoxy’s online video management platform (Springwise)
- How DreamWorks’ new Apollo software made animators’ lives easier on How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Variety)
- How online video has changed in the 10 years since YouTube went live (The Guardian)
- With Niche acquisition, Twitter gains a sponsorship-based revenue stream (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Why Mattel’s mystery product with Google needs to be a hit (The Washington Post)
- After successfully selling its Nerf products to boys and girls, Hasbro goes after high school demo (Forbes)
- Will 2015 see King Digital Entertainment broadening its portfolio? (Wall Street Journal)
- With Target out, Walmart plans massive Canadian expansion (Toronto Star)
- 2017 will be big for Disney, with the next installments of the Avengers, Star Wars and Spider-Man rolling out (Business Insider)
- Hasbro takes board games digital with new handheld Scrabble device (Mashable)
- Technical note: The top issues developers face in designing for virtual reality (gamesindustry.biz)
- Why Netflix is expanding to Cuba (Quartz)
- Sony enlists Marvel to help reinvigorate the Spider-Man franchise (Los Angeles Times)
- Meanwhile, other films in Marvel’s cinematic universe get delayed to make room for Spidey (Digital Trends)
- Study finds only 12% of protagonists were female in the top-grossing films of 2014 (Variety)
- Netflix to make first foray into Asia with fall launch in Japan (Wall Street Journal)
- Full stream ahead: Nielsen data shows streaming on the rise as TV viewership in the US dropped by 12% in January (CBC)
- YouTube tries out multi-cam option, lets viewers switch between viewing angles (TechCrunch)
- To celebrate Monopoly’s 80th anniversary, Hasbro sells game packaged with more than US$23,000 in real cash in France (Mashable)
- Teens continue to ditch Facebook and migrate to Instagram and other social sites (alistdaily)
- The force will be strong at Disney theme parks (Variety)
- How Spin Master got its groove back (Globe and Mail)
- Disney Interactive, Humble Bundle to offer pick-what-you-pay bundle offering for recent Star Wars titles (Mashable)
- UK film production spend hit an all-time high in 2014 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Target could start liquidation sales in Canada as early as this Thursday (CBC)
- Spend more, make more: Netflix’s big plan to invest in more content (Variety)
- Sony sells off MMO gamer maker Sony Online Entertainment (Forbes)
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