- Mockingjay has biggest US opener of 2014, but worst of the franchise (Wall Street Journal)
- Rumors of an ad-supported Amazon streaming service that will be cheaper than Netflix surface again (The New York Post)
- Children’s Technology Review sets up tech database to improve product discoverability (Games and Learning)
- A new internet media giant has surfaced in China thanks to Shanghai Media Group (The Hollywood Reporter)
- End of the line for Aereo as TV streaming service files for bankruptcy (CNET)
- Disney strengthens its relationship with China’s Shanghai Media Group (Variety)
- Code.org and Disney Interactive team up to get girls coding, with the help of Frozen’s Elsa (Mashable)
- Why Apple changed App Store app labels from ‘free’ to ‘get’ (Engadget)
- Children’s book publisher Ladybird to stop branding books for boys or girls (The Guardian)
- How Mockingjay, Part 1 and Hunger Games three-finger salute is causing a political disturbance in Thailand (Los Angeles Times)
- Study finds Netflix accounts for most downstream traffic in North America, twice the amount of YouTube (Variety)
- China deepens its relationship with New Zealand for TV and feature film co-productions (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Secretive no more: Nielsen to measure viewership for Netflix and other streaming services (Variety)
- Netflix brings service to Australia and NZ, including kids titles (Bloomberg)
- Girls rule in reading, Dr. Seuss and Wimpy Kid titles among top favorites: study (Publishers Weekly)
- Were the DreamWorks/Hasbro deal talks sabotaged by an anonymous letter? (Hollywood Reporter)
- Indecision continues for DreamWorks as animated tentpole B.O.O. gets delayed (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Turning Frozen into a cash cow (New York Times)
- While the DreamWorks-Hasbro deal isn’t happening, expect more of these M&As (Forbes)
- Snoopy ‘leaks’ first pics for the upcoming Peanuts feature (Wall Street Journal)
- With new office in Beijing, Universal looks to expand Chinese co-productions and CP sales (Variety)
- SoftBank launches new pay TV service in Japan, lets users choose channels like Disney (Hollywood Reporter)
- The Lego Movie sequel gets more female characters (Comickbook.com)
- Internet of Toys: New project aims to create programmable, connected toys (Kickstarter)
- It’s baaaack…Dismissal of MGA’s US$1 billion lawsuit against Mattel denied (My News LA)
- Service providers (minus Netflix and YouTube) form Streaming Video Alliance to create standards (Variety)
- Mind Candy’s annual revenue falls, putting pressure on new brands (Games Industry)
- Japanese mobile game-maker Gumi announces IPO valued at close to US$900 million (TechCrunch)
- New report examines the dangers of InstaFame on youth culture (CBC)
- Sony’s new web TV service, PlayStation Vue, is set to launch (Variety)
- Spidey rules Batman in global licensing revenue (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Facebook turns to animated characters to help users adjust their privacy settings (Bloomberg)
- Disney’s animated films Moana and Zootopia get 2016 release dates (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba hauls in US$1 billion in sales in 17 minutes on its version of Black Friday (Mashable)
- Major console makers and publishers to back new video game awards show (Variety)
- How licensing deals can help supress the threat of 3D consumer printing (World Trademark Review)
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