Global kids content firm Moonbug Entertainment will seek to create and acquire “more and better IP” following its recent acquisition by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Blackstone Group-backed investment outfit. The purchase last week was the second acquisition for the as-yet unnamed Mayer-Staggs firm, which acquired the CoComelon rights holder in a deal valued by Bloomberg […]
Global kids content company Moonbug Entertainment has been acquired by Disney execs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Blackstone Group-backed investment outfit, as the nascent firm continues its buying spree. Founded in 2018, Moonbug holds the rights to major kids franchises including Blippi, Little Baby Bum and CoComelon, which is the second-most subscribed YouTube channel, with around 120 […]
Netflix & Moonbug expand kids franchises Netflix and US-UK kids content company Moonbug Entertainment are working an new animated preschool series and specials based on the CoComelon and Little Baby Bum franchises. The shows, which will debut starting in 2022, will include 4 x 60-minute new nursery rhyme compilations and three seasons (24 x 7-minutes) […]
Amazon Kids+ has ordered a new series starring children’s performer Blippi. Moonbug Entertainment is producing the new long-form, episodic series, Blippi’s Treehouse, which will premiere exclusively on the Amazon Kids+ streaming service at an as-yet undisclosed date. Moonbug’s current Blippi series is one of its most popular titles, with the show’s YouTube channel averaging are […]
WarnerMedia APAC hires Disney alum Melissa Lim WarnerMedia has appointed Melissa Lim as the new head of content acquisitions and co-productions for its children’s networks in the Asia Pacific region, which include POGO, Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Lim will also advise on licensing content to fuel the growing slate of kids and family programming on the […]
Amazon Kids+ & Moonbug strike content partnership Amazon Kids+, the retail and streaming giant’s child-focused subscription service, and London-and-LA-based kids content company Moonbug Entertainment, have partnered to create original productions for children. The first joint streaming project will be animated series Arpo Robot Babysitter, based on the YouTube series Arpo, which will premiere exclusively on Amazon Kids+. […]
Super RTL inks Moonbug deal German FTA linear children’s network Super RTL has acquired global pre-school hit CoComelon, and a number of other series, in a wide-reaching deal struck with London-and-LA-based kids content company Moonbug Entertainment. Moonbug shows, also including Little Baby Bum, Go Buster and Playtime with Twinkle, will be brought to German-speaking markets, […]
London-and-LA-based kids content company Moonbug Entertainment has appointed NBCUniversal alum Meghan Sheridan as senior creative executive. Based out of the LA office and reporting to Moonbug’s head of creative, Richard Hickey, Sheridan tells TBI that one of the responsibilities of her new role is to serve as a “creative guardian” to its marquee CoComelon brand, […]
Streamers might be king right now but video-sharing platforms are more than holding their own, finding their place as a more natural home for viral videos and short-form content from professional studios and ‘bedroom creators’ alike. Services such as TikTok and YouTube are also providing a rich vein of creative talent for streamers in search of […]
UK-based kids animation company Moonbug Entertainment has appointed former Walt Disney Company exec David Levine as its new head of studio. Levine, who most recently served as VP of kids programming for Disney Channels Europe & Africa, and UK & Ireland, has been tasked in his new role with driving the expansion of Moonbug’s IP […]
