Moonbug Entertainment, a part of Candle Media, has announced the appointment of Courtney Holt as the company’s first Global Head of Music and Strategic Audio Initiatives. As part of his role, Holt will foster the growth of Moonbug’s music label through strategic partner alliances and strengthening relationships with established and emerging artists. Holt will also […]

Moonbug Entertainment, a subsidiary of Candle Media, along with Disney Branded Television, will debut a new CGI original series, Morphle and the Magic Pets, on Disney Junior and Disney+ on March 20th in the US. The series will include 52 x 7-minute episodes and 50 x 3-minute shorts. This series, an evolution from the original […]

Sesame Street favourites Big Bird, Elmo and Abby, along with Herb the Dinosaur, are set to join the Blippi-verse in new episodes and music videos heading to the Blippi and Sesame Street YouTube channels beginning on February 3rd. “We’re beyond excited to work with Sesame Street to bring some of their beloved characters into the […]

Crayola Studios has announced two new partnerships that aim to further the creativity brand’s drive into kids and family entertainment content. In collaboration with Marwar Junction and Moonbug Entertainment, Crayola Studios will launch a competition format and an animated digital series. The Crayola Studios-Marwar Junction Productions (Play-Doh Squished, Earth to Ned) duo will produce a family […]

Moonbug Entertainment, a subsidiary of Candle Media and a kids entertainment company, and Cinemark, one of the world’s largest and movie theatre companies, are partnering to bring Blippi to the big screen this summer. Blippi, the popular live-action preschool brand, will bring its signature curiosity, playful and educational fun to select US theatres in a […]

Moonbug Entertainment, a part of Candle Media, has announced the appointment of Yasmin Zahid as the company’s new head of distribution and brand partnerships, APAC. Reporting to Nicolas Eglau, managing director of EMEA and APAC, Zahid will be responsible for strategising Moonbug’s long-term growth in APAC to build out global franchises. Zahid replaces Kelly Cooke […]

SiriusXM, the US pay-radio service, has announced the launch of Moonbug Radio, an exclusive new year-round channel in collaboration with Moonbug Entertainment, a subsidiary of Candle Media. Moonbug Radio is available immediately and features hit music from kids’ favourite shows such as CoComelon,Blippi and more. The channel is available to subscribers in their cars (channel […]

Audible, a provider of spoken word entertainment, and Moonbug Entertainment, the entertainment company behind popular kids’ content, have announced two original family listening podcasts, Little Baby Bum: Time to Dream and Lellobee City Farm: Grandma Mei’s Fantastic Folktales. The two series, based on Moonbug’s hit shows, will feature a unique format, blending podcasts and audiobooks […]

HappyKids, the AVoD kids and family-themed service powered by Future Today, has announced a content partnership with Moonbug Entertainment, a subsidiary of Candle Media, to exclusively premiere 20 new episodes of hit series Blippi/ Blippi is a live action, presenter-led programme that takes kids on a series of field trips where they explore kid-friendly and […]

Canela Media, the technology driven company providing digital media experiences for the Hispanic community, has bolstered the content line-up for Canela Kids through a partnership with Moonbug Entertainment. Canela Kids, a section on Canela.TV curated for children ages 2-12, now features three new linear channels, entirely in Spanish: Moonbug Kids, Love Nature amd Mundo Pequeño. […]