- Star Wars rollout being executed in “a very careful way” according to Disney’s CEO (Hollywood Reporter)
- American Girl makes Canadian debut in Indigo stores (Financial Post)
- Infographic: The rise of streaming in the US home entertainment market (AdWeek)
- The rise of VR: Oculus Rift to start shipping early next year (The Guardian)
- How talent agencies are changing the business of streaming (Stream Daily)
- Is YouTube ready to enter the long-form movie biz? (Video Ink)
- Digital content consumption study: Why sub/streaming trumps ownership (Gamesindustry.biz)
- Hulu expands its footprint through five deals with cable operators (Variety)
- Newly launched Periscope and Meerkat ruffle the TV and movie industry’s feathers (NationalJournal)
- As more consumers cut the cord, Nielsen starts tracking video ads on Roku (TechCrunch)
- Bridesmaids and upcoming Ghostbusters 3 director Paul Feig explains why he’s on board for a Play-Doh movie (Collider)
- Will Mattel be able to fill the girls’ superhero gap with its new live-action figures? (Bloomberg)
- Why 2015 is year of the dinosaur for the toy industry (National Monitor)
- Empty Target spaces in Canada struggle to attract retailers (Globe and Mail)
- Study finds viewers engage more with traditional TV ads than video ads (MediaPost)
- Lego endeavors to show parents what a Kronkiwongi is in its new global Facebook campaign (The Drum)
- The new IT crowd: Silicon Valley interpreted in the style of Richard Scarry (Quartz)
- All about the execution: Can Warner replicate Disney’s Marvel strategy to turn DC into a super platform? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney to release first Star Wars video game since LucasArts was shuttered in 2013 (Fortune)
- Sony looks to return to profit in 2015 (Variety)
- Disney’s Maker Studios set to produce original content based on Marvel (Stream)
- Looking at the drawbacks of free-to-play apps for kids and how companies can make money without in-app purchases (Gamesindustry.biz)
- Android apps finally surpass iOS apps in total revenue (alistdaily)
- Ahead of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Sesame gives you Aveggies: Age of Bon Bon (YouTube)
- Netflix accounts for 43% of the ratings decline TV nets experienced last quarter: Analyst (Recode)
- A super story: How Marvel went from bankruptcy to billions (MarketWatch)
- YouTube’s original-content program to fund AwesomenessTV movies and new shows by Smosh and Fine Bros. (Variety)
- As YouTube celebrates its 10th anniversary, Facebook’s video-sharing momentum accelerates (Reuters)
- Original programming boosts Amazon.com’s sales growth (Stream)
- Ontario’s provincial budget reveals increased government support for digital media funding (Playback)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron slays the foreign box office with massive US$201.2 million opening weekend (Variety)
- New YouTube offering Wonder Quest blends Minecraft and education (The Guardian)
- Comcast walks away from Time Warner Cable deal due to mounting opposition (Bloomberg)
- Scholastic selling off educational tech business to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for US$575 million (Reuters)
- Animation and SFX credit in Ontario, Canada clipped to 18% from 20% (Playback)
- AwesomenessTV courts millennial moms with new online channel Awestruck (Stream)
- Lego Movie creators to inject awesome into a new animated Spider-Man movie for 2018 (CNET)
- A mockumentary for the ages: Muppets reboot to explore the deeper lives of the characters in docu-style series (Entertainment Weekly)
- Verizon FiOS makes move toward unbundling channels (The Hollywood Reporter)
- As Disney continues to build its cinematic empire, competition from Warner Bros. and Sony could see the House of Mouse crack down on licensing (Variety)
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