MOONBUG ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF MOONBUG KIDS CHANNEL IN INDONESIA
Moonbug Kids Channel to become available on Telkom Indonesia
LONDON, 1 FEBRUARY 2023 - Moonbug Entertainment, a subsidiary of Candle Media, today announced an agreement with Telkom Indonesia and IndiHome to launch the Moonbug Kids Channel in Indonesia. The new Moonbug Kids channel will include content from across the Moonbug portfolio of much-loved IPs and is scheduled to launch today, 1 February 2023.
The channel will be available to more than 9 million IndiHome subscribers across Indonesia and will air in English and Bahasa Indonesia. The channel is also accessible anytime, anywhere on the IndiHome TV app and web.
The Moonbug Kids channel schedule has been carefully designed to put families at the forefront, supporting parents and carers throughout their daily routines such as mealtime, bath time and more. All Moonbug IPs will be featured including CoComelon, Blippi, Gecko’s Garage, Morphle, Arpo, Little Baby Bum and recent acquisitions Little Angel and Oddbods.
“We are extremely excited to be partnering with Telkom Indonesia and IndiHome to launch our Moonbug Kids channel in Indonesia. This is a significant market for us and marks the first of our channel launches in this territory,” said Nicolas Eglau, Managing Director EMEA & APAC, Moonbug Entertainment. “We look forward to working with the team at Telkom Indonesia and IndiHome and sharing our content with preschoolers across the region.”
For more information on Moonbug, visit www.moonbug.com.
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About Moonbug Entertainment
Moonbug Entertainment is an award-winning global entertainment company behind some of the most popular kids’ titles in the world. Moonbug’s line-up includes global sensations CoComelon, Blippi, Little Angel, Oddbods, Little Baby Bum, My Magic Pet Morphle, Supa Strikas, Go Buster, Playtime with Twinkle, Gecko’s Garage, ARPO and many more.
Moonbug’s shows are on more than 150 platforms globally, including YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Sky, Super RTL, BBC iPlayer, HBO Max, Tencent, Youku and Roku. The company’s portfolio currently stands at 29 IPs and its content is available in 34 languages (including ASL).
Moonbug is a subsidiary of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. By bringing together elite talent operating at the intersection of content, community, and commerce, it helps to position leading entertainment businesses for accelerated, sustainable growth in the current market and beyond. Candle is run by its Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs, leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone’s flagship private equity business.
