Moonbug Entertainment was co-founded in 2018 by Rene Rechtman, the former president of international at Maker Studios, and John Robson, the former managing director of WildBrain.
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16 Facts About Moonbug Entertainment
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Moonbug Entertainment was incorporated on 9 February 2018, under the name Project ABC Holdings Limited.
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Later, on 5 November 2021, Moonbug Entertainment acquired by an unnamed company led by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs which backed by Blackstone.
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On 24 May 2022, Moonbug Entertainment acquired Singapore-based media company One Animation, producer of Oddbods.
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On 13 October 2019, Moonbug signed a content deal with Nordic Entertainment Group to create an animated series entitled Mia's Magic Playground.
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On 24 August 2020, Moonbug Entertainment announced a partnership with HBO Max to release Moonbug Entertainment's original series Mia's Magic Playground, which consists of 24 episodes.
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On 18 August 2020, it was confirmed that Moonbug had signed a deal with Cloudco Entertainment to operate the Care Bears YouTube channel and to co-produce a web series based on the franchise, titled Care Bears: Unlock the Music.
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On 23 September 2020, Moonbug Entertainment announced an agreement with Virgin Media to distribute its shows.
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On 3 February 2021, Moonbug Entertainment partnered with children's TV channel Spacetoon to distribute its shows via Spacetoon Go.
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Moonbug Entertainment partnered with Jazwares, Creative Kids, Texco, Round Room and DJ Murphy to create Blippi branded products.
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Also in January 2021, Moonbug Entertainment launched a partnership with Poetic Brands to create branded children's clothing based on Moonbug Entertainment's program Blippi.
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On 8 April 2021, Moonbug Entertainment announced partnership with Israeli company Noga Communications to launch the Moonbug Entertainment Kids channel on their on-demand platform BIGI.
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On 28 October 2021, Moonbug Entertainment secured a partnership with the costume manufacturing company Rubies, and the costumes will available as of 2022 across EMEA.
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El Bebe Productions is a Moonbug Entertainment subsidiary founded in August 2011 which owns the Little Baby Bum YouTube channel.
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Many of Moonbug Entertainment's shows were aired on YouTube and other streaming media services.
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On mid-March 2022, The Ivors Academy and Musicians' Union in the UK criticised the "letters of direction" used by Moonbug Entertainment to get composers to assign the company their performing rights royalties.
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