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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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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New Channel Alert: Candle Entertainment-Owned Moonbug Entertainment Has Unveiled Its New Preschool Comedy Channel Minibods

Minibods debuted on YouTube April 15 aimed at young kids and families. The channel is a non-dialogue, slapstick comedy series which follows the …

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Moonbug Entertainment Enters A New Era With A Vibrant And Dynamic Rebrand

Moonbug Entertainment, a subsidiary of Candle Media, unveiled a fresh new look, featuring a new corporate style and logo that will be recognized…

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Roundups #136: CoComelon's Nina To Get A YouTube Spinoff, Ultimate Braai Master Returns For An 8th Season On e.tv And FilmRise & Blue Ant Int’l Producing True Crime Series With CBS Reality

CoComelon to recieve another spinoffMoonbug Entertainment is showcasing Mexican culture with Nina (working title), a spinoff of its popular CoCo…

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Roundups #132: Moonbug Kids To Distribute New STEAM Focused Series Ocean Explorers, MultiChoice And M-Net Likely To Unveil Two New Channels Titled SWITCHED ON And Gossip Girl Cancelled After 2 Seasons On HBO Max

Moonbug Kids unveils its first new series of 2023Kids2, a global company that designs holistic solutions to help early-stage parents and familie…

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Moonbug’s Revenues Grew 148% In 2021

Moonbug Entertainment has become one of the biggest players in children’s music and YouTube videos, having rolled up brands including CoComelon,…

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Roundups #118: Moonbug Kids Now Has A Dedicated Cameo Account, SpongeBob SquarePants To Rollout New Mobile Game In Nordic Region And Pet Rescuers And How To Do Stuff Good Return For New Episodes On Da Vinci Kids Africa This January

Moonbug found more ways to keep the little ones entertainedCameo, the marketplace that connects global talent with fans and brands, has launched…

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Roundups #113: Moonbug Kids' Blippi Expands Its Universe With New Content, Disney Junior Greenlit Two New Animated Series And Garbage Boy And Trash Can Still In Development On Cartoon Network

Blippi expands its universeMoonbug Entertainment is double-dipping into the world of Blippi, with a new franchise plan for his TV pal and co-hos…

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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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#BoycottMoonbugKids: The Possible Outcome To The Demise Of Da Vinci Kids On The DStv And GOtv Platform

With only a few days left on the DStv and GOtv platforms, MultiChoice has decided to axe the educational channel, Da Vinci Kids and this comes a…

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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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