- Why m-commerce is becoming a necessary business tool for entertainment marketers (MediaPost)
- Statistics reveal iPads are increasingly popular with kids in and out of school (Mashable)
- Could Sony turn TV ads into interactive gaming experiences? (thealistdaily)
- Amazon.com’s Kindle books move past the 100 million download mark (The Wall Street Journal)
- Why Netflix plans to pursue more global licensing deals (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How in-app indoor navigation tools have helped Walmart consumers shop more efficiently (USA Today)
- Will the sixth director of Sony’s Hotel Transylvania, Genndy Tartakovsky, bring the goods? (Los Angeles Times)
- Disney hopes to milk the success of its long-term investments and The Avengers (The Wall Street Journal)
- Less viewership means more ads for Viacom, but don’t worry, it’s temporary (The Wall Street Journal)
- Why Hasbro’s missing out on toy sales from The Avengers (Bloomberg)
- If curiosity can go to Mars, so can Rovio’s Angry Birds (alistdaily)
- Would a Nickelodeon classic channel resonate with a modern audience? (Houston Press)
- Why more TV animation directors are making the switch to movie production (Los Angeles Times)
- Former Dora the Explorer child star reignites ongoing legal spat with Nickelodeon (The Hollywood Reporter)
- China tops the US as largest consumer of online TV content, says new study (Electronic House)
- How Nintendo plans to turn its Miiverse into a social network for gamers (Kotaku)
- New survey finds UK children spend three hours per day playing video games, watching TV or using smartphones (Digital Spy)
- Why more licensed books for kids are making their way back to libraries and classrooms (Publishers Weekly)
- How a new company plans to turn 2D TV content into 3D imagery (Xconomy)
- Is the fall back-to-school shopping period for teens losing its lustre? (Boston.com)
- Will new physical toys that connect to iPads resonate with kids this holiday season? (INM)
- New survey reveals Canucks are spending less time with tablets and smartphones (CTV)
- Thirty eight years on, the Rubik’s Cube still finds mass appeal (The New York Times)
- Could SpongeBob actually be gay? Not that there’s anything wrong with that (The Guardian)
- Viacom, Turner, and 10 other child-targeted websites may be in trouble with online privacy laws (Adweek)
- The odds are in favor with The Hunger Games’ home entertainment sales (Los Angeles Times)
- New survey finds 83% of IPTV operators plan to offer some type of multiscreen viewing by 2013 (MediaPost)
- Sure, Bambi brings the tears, but these kids’ reactions to The Odd Life of Timothy Green are priceless (Huffington Post)
- Katniss Everdeen defeats Harry Potter as The Hunger Games becomes Amazon’s bestselling book series ever (The Wall Street Journal)
- With a US$620 billion stock market value, Apple becomes the most valuable company in history (Forbes)
- Will Disney XD’s new Crash and Bernstein series find a winning live-action/puppet formula? (Wired)
- New study finds unhappy tweens may feel the effects of materialism from TV ads (CBS)
- How Disney Channel’s Gravity Falls walks on the darker side of kids animation (The New York Times)
- Why Nintendo is banking on a bigger, dual screen experience with handheld gaming (The Wall Street Journal)
- New research finds parents with kids under 18 years old most likely to shop with smartphones (MediaPost)
- Different monsters, alternate lyrics, but the Sesame Street TV intro remains universal in appeal (Mashable)
- New study reveals 92% of kids ages six to 12 have played with Lego in the past year (Toy News)
- So kids will eat healthier fast-food meals…just make sure to include a toy (National Post)
- Why tweens may have to dig deeper to find good educational TV programming (The Washington Post)
- Kids in ’90s PSA predict the future of the internet surprisingly well (Business Insider)
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