Moonbug Entertainment To Debut New Hello Kitty & Cocomelon Crossover Series

Hello Kitty owner Sanrio has struck a multi-year deal with CoComelon outfit Moonbug Entertainment including a new show with characters from both…

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News Shorts: Moonbug Short PeaKeeBoo Gets Full Series Order At CAKE, Rebroadcast Of Zee World's I Do And My Heart Knows Release Dates, And Mzansi Magic Debuts Outlaws And Ekhaya

PeaKeeBoo breathe new life
London-based distributor CAKE has inked a deal with Toikido to develop an animated PeaKeeBoo series (TBD x five minute…

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Candle Media Restructures, Folding Animation Into Moonbug As Hello Sunshine Chief Sarah Harden Takes Over Rebranded Studio

Blackstone-backed “next generation” entertainment group Candle Media is tightening belts amid the streaming downturn, enacting a series of cost-…

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Moonbug Entertainment To Rollout New Children's Channel Blippi & Friends In MENA With More International Territories To Be Added Soon

Candle Media-owned kids’ entertainment outfit Moonbug Entertainment has launched its second linear channel, Blippi & Friends, catering to yo…

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Moonbug Entertainment Extends Its Reach To More Asian Households With U-Next And Taiwan Mobile

Moonbug new partnership with Taiwan Mobile
In a new partnership with telecom company Taiwan Mobile, Moonbug Entertainment is looking to establish…

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News Shorts: Moonbug To Create New Animated Series Based On VeeFriends Franchise And America's Backyard Gold Debuts On Discovery Channel In April Alongside New Season Of Hier Sit Die Manne

Moonbug & VaynerWatt to co-create animated series

The companies have struck a strategic partnership deal and will work together to create a 2…

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Development Alert: Moonbug's Morphle And The Magic Pets To Rollout On Disney Junior And Disney+ Internationally, Zeptolab's Om Nom Stories To Debut On Disney+

Disney+ is getting more involved with internet-native animated series and has picked up global (excluding China) streaming rights to Moonbug’s n…

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2024 On Regular Nick (Upcoming Kids And Family/Animated Series) | Cartoon Network | Disney Channel | Nickelodeon | More Brands Including DreamWorks, Netflix, eToonz And Play Room

Cartoon Network/Max/Cartoonito• Ijanu: Child Of Wonder: A teenage orphan girl with no recollection of her past who suddenly discovers that she h…

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News Shorts: Moonbug And Toikido Commune For PeaKeeBoo, Cape Town TV To Debut New Edutainment Series Side Hustle Susters And Doodsondes Season 5 (And Likely Season 6) Linear Release Date Reportedly Revealed

A new short form series debuts on YouTube
London’s Moonbug Entertainment and British toyco Toikido are embarking on a franchise-building partners…

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“Moonbug Kids” Linear Channel Rebrands And Changes Name To “Moonbug” As It Aims To Expand Global Access To Popular Kids’ Content

Moonbug Entertainment, a subsidiary of Candle Media, today announced a new refreshed look of the company's 24/7 linear channel, “Moonbug KID…

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Recap To The Year: Moonbug Kids To Fold Under The Moonbug Brand, Dumps Kids From The Name

Moonbug Kids (DStv 314) is a preschool channel owned by Moonbug Entertainment (a subsidiary of Candle Media). It supplies shows such as CoComelo…

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Moonbug Expands Into New Demos And Content

Since being bought by Candle Media last year and igniting its own M&A strategy, the company is moving forward by focusing on digital-first I…

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How Moonbug CEO Created A $3bn Empire?

Moonbug CEO Rene Rechtman tells Mark Layton about the firm’s expanding ambitions following its $3bn takeover by Candle Media and the rights stra…

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Moonbug Kids: What We've Heard So Far About The Upcoming DStv Channel?

What is Moonbug Kids?Moonbug Kids is a new preschool destination operated by UK and LA-based entertainment company, Moonbug Entertainment. The b…

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MultiChoice Delays The Launch Of Another New Channel In 2022

During the week, it was reported by MultiChoice that Moonbug Entertainment's preschool channel Moonbug Kids would be rolling out on Thursday…

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MultiChoice Made A Minor Error With Moonbug Kids

During the week, MultiChoice has been sharing several advertisements to the upcoming preschool channel, Moonbug Kids from Moonbug Entertainment …

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Moonbug Entertainment Plans To Launch A Second Kids Channel With Its Own Set Of Entertainment

During the week, it was reported that the Moonbug Kids channel will be made available to DStv subscribers across 45 African countries this Octob…

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What To Expect On The New Addition To DStv's School Of Laughter, Moonbug Kids?

During the week, Moonbug Entertainment and MultiChoice unveiled the new preschool channel which is scheduled to launch in October alongside a ja…

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New Channel Alert: As Expected, CoComelon Will Be Getting His On TV Channel With The Launch Of Moonbug Kids This October On DStv

MultiChoice will be adding the Moonbug Kids TV channel to DStv in October, bringing content from several well-known YouTube shows to subscribers…

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Redraw Your World: Boomerang Africa Investing In More Preschool As Cartoonito Becomes International Success

In an interview at the TV Kids Summer Festival, Amy Friedman the head of kids and family programming at Warner Bros. highlighted the successful …

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