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Moonbug
Moonbug Entertainment (also known as just Moonbug, stylised as all-lowercase moonbug) is a British children's media company and multi-channel network headquartered in London, with an overseas office in Los Angeles, United States which creates, produces, and distributes children's video and audio content. It is currently owned by Candle Media, an American media company led by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs. Moonbug distributes children's entertainment intellectual property, including the YouTube channels Cocomelon and Little Baby Bum and YouTube series such as ''Mia's Magic Playground'', ''Blippi'', and ''My Magic Pet Morphle''. Since being founded in 2018, the company has distributed many series and franchises across animation, live-action and puppet shows. Moonbug shows can also be found on many streaming services. Moonbug programming is distributed on more than 100 platforms and is available in 26 languages around the world. History Moonbug Entertainment was co-founded in 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blippi
''Blippi'' is an American educational YouTube channel/video live-action program for toddlers and children up to the age of about five years old. History The show was created and the character originally played by Stevin John, who posted the first episode of the show on YouTube on February 18, 2014. Aiming to keep Blippi going, John joined the multi-channel network Moonbug Entertainment in 2020, which funds the series and other children's programs. It is dubbed in Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Hebrew, Arabic, Swedish and Polish. Until May 2021, the Blippi character was only portrayed by Stevin John. On May 8, Clayton Grimm, who played Blippi in live performances, performed as Blippi for the first time on the channel and would host as an alternative Blippi with John. On October 9, 2021, Moonbug announced the addition of a new character named Meekah (played by Kaitlin Becker). The spin-off series ''Blippi's Treehouse'' started airing on December 1, 2021, on Amazon K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Magic Pet Morphle
''My Magic Pet Morphle'' (also known as ''Morphle'') is a preschool animated series created in 2011 by Dutch animator Arthur van Merwijk. Produced by YouTube channel Morphle TV, which was acquired by Moonbug Entertainment in 2018 and announced in February 2019 that the series premiered on Netflix on January 10, 2019. The show is about a girl named Mila and her magic pet Morphle who can transform his appearance at Mila's will, and teaches themes of friendship, problem-solving and creativity to its preschool audience. ''Morphle'' is hosted on digital platforms including Netflix, Apple TV+, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video. Van Merwijk maintains creative oversight of the show and works with the production team in Amsterdam. Characters *Mila is a young blonde girl who often wears blue clothing (originally a strapped dress with a long-sleeved shirt underneath but that eventually became an actual dungaree or an overall dress and long-sleeved shirt) or blue bikini, summer hat and a blue hat. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cocomelon
''Cocomelon'' (stylized as CoComelon) is an American YouTube channel and streaming media show acquired by the British company Moonbug Entertainment and maintained by the American company Treasure Studio. Cocomelon specializes in 3D animation videos of both traditional nursery rhymes and their own original children's songs. , they are the most-viewed YouTube channel in the United States and most-subscribed children's channel, second most-viewed channel and second most-subscribed channel in the world, behind T-Series. Content Cocomelon's videos include children, adults, and animals who interact with each other in daily life. The lyrics appear at the bottom of the screen in the same way on all displays. In 2020, Treasure Studio added Cocomelon content to Netflix, Roku, and Hulu. The company also delivers music through popular streaming services. YouTube content consists of standalone music videos, compilations, and livestreams. History Videos checkgate aka ThatsMeOnTV.co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Baby Bum
Little Baby Bum (also known as LBB and LittleBabyBum) is a British children's CGI-animated web series created in 2011 by Cannis Holder and her husband, Derek Holder. The show revolves around Mia, a young girl, her family, peers and a group of anthropomorphic characters. The format of the show is 3D animated videos of both traditional nursery rhymes and original children's songs, but with a modern aesthetic, supporting child development of language through song and repetition. It was acquired by Moonbug Entertainment in 2018. The show is available on YouTube, BBC iPlayer, and distributed across SVOD and AVOD players, and over 40 platforms including Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu. Little Baby Bum is available in English, Spanish, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Polish, German, French, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Turkish. History Cannis and Derek uploaded their first video, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, to YouTube on 29 August 2011. This was followed up, four m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candle Media
Candle Media is a Blackstone-backed, Los Angeles-based media company co-founded by former Disney executives Kevin A. Mayer and Thomas O. Staggs. Candle Media owns the companies Moonbug Entertainment, Hello Sunshine, and the production company of Israeli thriller series ''Fauda'', Faraway Road Productions. It also owned a minority stake on Westbrook Inc. History Before co-founding Candle Media in 2021, Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs originally led a blank-check company Forest Road Acquisition Corp. In August 2021, the company began acquiring content companies starting with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine. In November 2021, Candle Media acquired Moonbug Entertainment Moonbug Entertainment (also known as just Moonbug, stylised as all-lowercase moonbug) is a British children's media company and multi-channel network headquartered in London, with an overseas office in Los Angeles, United States which creates ..., a children’s entertainment company that has produced s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supa Strikas
Supa Strikas is a pan-American association football-themed comic,Pilcher, Tim and Brad Brooks. (Foreword: Dave Gibbons). ''The Essential Guide to World Comics''. ''Collins and Brown''. 2005. 292-293. about the titular football team dubbed "the world's greatest." Despite their enormous talent, the players must adapt in a game where being the best is only the beginning and where the opposition is always full of surprises—the Supa Strikas comic prints 1.4 million copies per month in 16 countries. Supa Strikas also appeared on Caltex and Texaco as an ad. As of 2019, the franchise is currently owned by Moonbug Entertainment. The comic's global headline sponsor is Chevron (the Caltex and Texaco brands appear on Supa Strikas' match and training apparel), with other headline sponsors including Visa, Guaranty Trust Bank and Henkel. Partner sponsors also feature depending on region, including Grassroot Soccer, Metropolitan Life, Spur Steak Ranches, Visa, South African National Roads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xigua Video
Xigua Video () is a Chinese online video-sharing platform owned by ByteDance. Originally serving primarily as a sharing platform for Toutiao's user-created short videos, Xigua now also produces film and television content. As of June 2020, the platform has 131 million monthly active users. History Xigua Video was initially launched as Toutiao Video in May 2016. On June 8, 2017, Toutiao Video officially changed its name to Xigua Video and redesigned its logo. The name "Xigua" means "watermelon" and refers to the Chinese concept of "watermelon-eating crowd" ( zh, labels=no, t=吃瓜群众, p=chīguā qúnzhòng, l=eat melon group congregation), meaning "onlookers who just casually enjoy their melons and watch events unfold without wanting to get involved." On November 25, 2017, Xigua Video established a co-production fund to encourage content creation with an amount of RMB 2 billion. In January 2018, Xigua Live went online. In the same month, Xigua Video launched the first seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oddbods
''Oddbods'' (also known as ''The Oddbods Show'') is a Singaporean computer-animated comedy television series produced by One Animation. The series centers on seven characters—Bubbles, Pogo, Newt, Jeff, Slick, Fuse and Zee—wearing furry suits of different colors. The characters make sounds but there is no dialogue, making the series easily translatable and international. The series debuted in 2013, and the first season ended in 2015. Each season has 60 episodes. Season two followed in 2016. Season three released in April 4, 2022 on Netflix. Each episode is relatively short, and various formats have been broadcast, including one-, five-, and seven-minute episodes. The series has won several awards since its debut, including the Asian Television Awards, Apollo Awards, Gold Panda Awards, and Web TV Asia Awards. In 2017, it was nominated for an international Kids Emmy Award. Plot The series focuses on seven creatures in colorful furry suits called ''the Oddbods'': Fuse, Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Digital Network
Disney Digital Network is an American multi-channel network located in Culver City, California. It was originally the successor to Maker Studios, co-founded by Lisa Donovan, Danny Zappin, Scott Katz, Kassem Gharaibeh, Shay Carl, Rawn Erickson II, Ben Donovan, and Philip DeFranco in 2009. Maker Studios was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2014 for $500 million, and was absorbed into the newly formed Disney Digital Network in 2017. Outside the United States, the former Maker Studios had significant audiences in the United Kingdom, Brazil and Australia, and was aiming to expand its Asian operations, where it once had 700 million monthly unique views. Ran by René Rechtman (who now runs Moonbug Entertainment), president for the international division, Maker had plans to build a headquarters in London for its commercial, production and marketing activities outside the USA. An Asian hub had been established in Singapore, which offered limited commercial and marketing support bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HBO Max
HBO Max is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in the United States on May 27, 2020, the service is built around the libraries of HBO, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and their related brands. The service also carries first-run programming from the HBO pay television service, original programming under the "Max Originals" banner, and content acquired via third-party library deals (such as those with film studios for pay television rights) and co-production agreements (such as those with BBC Studios and Sesame Workshop among others). The service succeeds both HBO Now—a previous HBO SVOD service, and HBO Go—the on-demand streaming platform for HBO pay television subscribers. In the U.S., HBO Now subscribers and HBO pay television subscribers were migrated to HBO Max at no additional charge, subject to availability and device support. HBO Max also supplanted the streaming componen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordic Entertainment Group
Viaplay Group AB, formerly known as Nordic Entertainment Group AB (NENT Group), is a Swedish media and entertainment company headquartered in Stockholm. The company operates the namesake video streaming services Viaplay and Viafree, advertising-funded TV and radio channels, the V pay-TV channels, as well as the studio production company Viaplay Studios. Viaplay Group was founded in 2018 as a spinoff from MTG. Viaplay Group's first day as a publicly traded company was on 28 March 2019 listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. History In March 2018, the Stockholm-headquartered entertainment company Modern Times Group (MTG) initiated a process to split into two companies by spinning off its then Nordic Entertainment and MTG Studios business segments plus Splay Networks into a new company. This was initiated after Danish telecommunications operator TDC A/S, which had proposed to buy these assets a month earlier, was itself acquired by the Australian private equity investor Macquarie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MGA Entertainment
MGA Entertainment Inc. (short for Micro-Games America Entertainment; sometimes referred to as MGA) is a manufacturer of children's toys and entertainment products founded in 1979. Its products include, Bratz, L.O.L. Surprise!, Num Noms and Rainbow High. MGA also owns Little Tikes and animation studio MGA Studios. MGA is headquartered in a Mixed-use development, mixed use corporate campus in the Chatsworth, Los Angeles, Chatsworth area of Los Angeles. In 2018, the chairman and CEO of MGA Entertainment, Isaac Larian, announced that an Australian office of the business would be opening in early 2019. Products Bratz Introduced in 2001, Bratz is MGA's most successful product line, with various spin-offs from the original teenage dolls, including miniature versions (Lil' Bratz), kid versions (Bratz Kidz) baby dolls (Bratz Babyz), pets (Bratz Petz), tiny baby dolls with pets (Lil' Angelz), TV series (Bratz (TV series), of the same name), live-action feature film (''Bratz: The Movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
