YouTube for kids edges closer as Google buys
apps firm launch pad toys
This article is about how youtube is expanding and is now aiming to show
videos for kids and kids only. The allows parents the oppurtunity to keep their
children safe.
Google has bought children’s apps developer Launchpad Toys for an
undisclosed amount, in a deal that may well be related to its plans to launch a
new version of YouTube aimed at kids.
ToonTube was essentially a mini-YouTube where all the videos were
created by children, with Launchpad Toys also providing the tool – TeleStory –
used to make those videos. Google buying the company is a big hint at its
ambitions to do more with children’s videos on YouTube.
Some of the most popular channels on YouTube are already aimed at
children. Toy-unboxing channel DC Toys Collector and Minecraft gamer Stampy
were its second and fourth most popular channels in 2014 with 3.3bn and 2.2bn
views respectively.
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