2021年3月30日

图片来源:指纹数据的力量在游戏的火热的市场了解如何抓住数据来吸引和留住玩家的力量,创造个性化的游戏体验,利用行业的地震的增长。联接转换2021企业AI &数据最重要的主题。学习更多的知识。沙箱& co .)收购了儿童游戏和娱乐(象娱乐一样)公司指纹。交易条款没有披露。结果是指纹的近10年的旅行CEO南希·麦金太尔,谁开始公司,专注于为孩子们创造数字教育和游戏内容。伦敦沙箱关注教育和它买了13个孩子教育公司,例如代码王国和流行Tropica,多年来。麦金太尔现在将作为新创建沙箱的CEO的孩子,其中包括现有的沙箱Hopster和好奇的世界与指纹Kidomi属性。总部位于旧金山的指纹,其重点是12岁以下的孩子,大约有25人。沙箱孩子的焦点将是提供随需应变、多媒体、多平台、数字订阅服务世界各地的儿童和家庭。 “When I started the company, I really thought we were building kind of a Netflix for apps with the idea that we would create a platform that aggregated game, book, and video apps for kids that we could sell on a subscription basis,” MacIntyre said in an interview with GamesBeat. “And the product really kind of evolved over the past few years to be more like a multimedia on-demand product. Our service has games, books, videos, podcasts, music, all within one umbrella.” Above: Kidomi reaches a million families in the U.S. Image Credit: Fingerprint Sandbox’s growing portfolio of global brands reaches more than 55 million families monthly. MacIntyre sees a lot of potential in serving digital content to the more than 1.14 billion kids who have access to mobile devices. “Mobile has has really become the kid’s platform of choice,” MacIntyre said. “In the mobile games business for kids, there are always concerns about in-app purchases and advertising that parents get worried about, as well as what is the content is the content that is appropriate for kids. We curate every piece of content that goes to the platform. And we have no ads, we have no in app purchases. It’s just a subscription.” The Sandbox Kids suite of products “grows with a child” and includes Hopster for ages one to four, Curious World for ages four to eight and Kidomi for ages three to 12. MacIntyre said that 50% of Fingerprint’s users — about a million active families in the U.S. — log in 150 times every month. Fingerprint gets kids content for Kidomi from more than 200 content creators. Above: Fingerprint CEO Nancy MacIntyre in 2015. Image Credit: Fingerprint Digital “We have known Sandbox for probably six or seven years because they had acquired several different kids companies,” MacIntyre said. “We were actually licensing content from Poptropica, Hopster, and Curious World. We knew the management teams and we had a good commercial collaboration already. About a year ago, we began to think about what what opportunities there might be if we combine these businesses.” Collectively these products offer more than 8,000 premium, award-winning videos, games, interactive books, songs, podcasts, and audio stories that are available globally in over 100 countries and 23 languages. The Kidomi app has had more seven million app downloads. As kids’ access to devices and time spent online continues to grow, so does the need for age-appropriate, safe content, said Bhav Singh, CEO of Sandbox, in a statement. Sandbox Kids products can be localized for any market and are optimized for any device or platform. They support any go-to-market strategy for manufacturers, mobile carriers, and over-the-top or pay-TV companies. Sandbox Kids has content partnerships with more than 200 creators in more than 60 countries and commercial partnerships with Amazon, Comcast, T-Mobile, Verizon, TCL, Roku, Mondia Media, Vodafone, and more. Fingerprint is the latest acquisition for Sandbox and the third in the last six months, following Teachit in the fourth quarter and Code Kingdoms earlier this month. Fingerprint’s Kidomi subscriptions cost $5 a month. GamesBeat GamesBeat's creed when covering the game industry is "where passion meets business." What does this mean? We want to tell you how the news matters to you -- not just as a decision-maker at a game studio, but also as a fan of games. Whether you read our articles, listen to our podcasts, or watch our videos, GamesBeat will help you learn about the industry and enjoy engaging with it.How will you do that? Membership includes access to: Newsletters, such as DeanBeat Networking opportunities Chatting with community members, GamesBeat staff, and other guests in our Discord And maybe even a fun prize or two Introductions to like-minded parties