- While everyone was focused on prestige dramas, kids TV became the most competitive arena for the streaming wars (Variety)
- Peacock is actually doing pretty well—it hit 33 million signups before The Office even dropped (The Verge)
- HBO Max is considering making an animated Game of Thrones (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Emperor’s New Groove almost didn’t happen, and Disney will never make another movie like it again (Vulture)
- How gaming is helping people connect outside their homes during lockdown (BBC News)
- A volcanic agate rock was cracked open to reveal…Cookie Monster? And it could be worth US$10,000 (CNET)
- Not something you see often in the world of streaming: Disney has licensed one of its biggest hits to both Hulu and Peacock (TBI Vision)
- One of the first video game workers unions went from a Facebook group to a reality (WIRED)
- ByteDance is still looking to sell TikTok, but now it wants double the original asking price (Bloomberg)
- Why Hilda is the perfect show for winter (Vulture)
- Disney is removing “negative depictions” of some cultures from its Jungle Cruise ride…but it also made a movie about that ride (The Guardian)
- …And the media giant is acknowledging racist content in several of its movies (The Hill)
- Before he died, Kobe Bryant had a lot of plans for the entertainment world—including animation (Variety)
- Some people thrive on Zoom: Who are the top pandemic dealmakers in film and TV? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Pixar’s Soul beat some stiff competition to become last month’s most popular streaming title (Business Insider)
- Peacock is ready to rumble after snagging exclusive WWE streaming rights (CNBC)
- When it comes to unscripted content, there are a few networks producers love working with (Deadline)
- Fornite developer Epic Games is funding a new animated film (Tubefilter)
- Hollywood is rewriting its own rules, since COVID and streaming broke everything anyways (Wall Street Journal)
- Kids are using this extra screen time to connect and explore creatively…we should let them (The New York Times)
- How YouTuber Marcus Brownlee is scaling up his influence (The Verge)
- Execs from ViacomCBS, Univision and Canal+ have adopted new strategies for reaching audiences (Variety)
- Kidcos need to shift their definitions of “normal” to support gender-atypical kids (CNN News)
- That’s, like, crazy: Across her multiple channels, Like Nastya has hit 200 million YouTube subscribers (Tubefilter)
- The UN thinks it can teach kids about climate change through a new mobile adventure game (Engadget)
- Kids are flocking to local news to try and make sense of everything that is going on (Variety)
- Cinedigm has acquired indie streaming home Fandor, with plans to add a free tier to the service (Deadline)
- NBCUniversal’s chairman says its content operations overhaul was a lot of work, but it was necessary (TBI Vision)
- The EU is fining a handful of video game publishers for geo-blocking titles (The Verge)
- Let’s chill out about screen time for kids—they’ve had a tough year (The Verge)
- Paramount+ will launch on March 4 in the US and LatAm (Variety)
- Foreign streamers might be what Canada needs to save its struggling media industry (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Is it time to talk about churn? People won’t stay subscribed to all of these SVODs forever (Bloomberg)
- Faced with rising COVID numbers, the UK says film/TV jobs no longer qualify for travel exemptions (Variety)
- Joe Biden’s inauguration will include some programming just for kids (USA Today)
- Not enough people watching? Apple TV+ is extending its free trial, again (Digital TV Europe)
- It’s hot to be cold: A pod-based ice-cream maker and more CES tech trends (The Verge)
- Joanne Rogers has passed away at 92 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Peacock is supposed to hit 52 million subs by 2024…is it enough to compete? (Digital TV Europe)
- In a bid to bolster its subscriber base, Apple TV+ has gotten a face lift (9 to 5 Mac)
- ASMR toys are growing in popularity, even though they may just be a spin on fidget toys (Mashable)
- And for a bit of levity: Why are sea-shanties so popular right now? (The New Yorker)
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