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• Indian Children’s Channel ChuChu TV, Which Has 20 Billion Views, Readies Global Licensing Push
• Rapper Wiz Khalifa Launches YouTube Channel For 5-Year-Old Son Sebastian

  The first video on Bash's World, posted just hours ago, is titled Sebastian’s First Day Of School (below), and sees Khalifa lovingly waking up his son with breakfast on his first day of kindergarten.

  
• Young YouTube Viewers Subjected To Graphic Pre-Rolls For ‘Insidious’ Horror Film

  Two ads for Sony Pictures' 'Insidious: The Last Key' -- one of which featured a humanoid creature probing the throat of a distressed young woman with claw-like fingers -- ran before a 'Frozen' music video, an instructional Lego-building clip, a scene from the cartoon 'PJ Masks', and two 'Minecraft' videos.

  
• Buchwald Signs YouTube Comedy Trio The GEM Sisters

  The Los Angeles-based sisters -- aged 15, 10, and 11, respectively -- have amassed more than 450,000 subscribers and 164 million lifetime views on the strength of their family-friendly comedy sketches, parody music videos, and life hacks that simultaneously seek to emphasize cultural diversity and female empowerment.

  
• YouTube Kids Amplifies Parental Controls, Including Ability To Whitelist All Videos, Channels
• Netflix Piloting Feature That Lets Kids Earn Virtual Rewards For Streaming
• Michael Buckley Releases Book, Online Course For Parents Of Aspiring YouTubers
• Seven-Year-Old Suffers Severe Burns After Attempting YouTube ‘Fire Challenge’
• Netflix Pulls Cartoon Episode After Mom Spots Stealthy NSFW Drawing
• Netflix Names Former DreamWorks Exec Melissa Cobb VP Of Kids And Family
• DaddyOFive Parents Get 5 Years Probation Following Charges Of Child Neglect
• BBC Pledges To Invest $44 Million In Digital Content For Kids Through 2020