MOONBUG ENTERTAINMENT CONTINUES EMEA EXPANSION WITH LAUNCH OF MOONBUG CHANNEL ON D-SMART IN TURKEY

Moonbug Channel to become available on D-Smart and D-Smart GO

LONDON, 3 NOVEMBER 2023 - Moonbug Entertainment, a subsidiary of Candle Media, today announced an agreement with D-Smart to launch the Moonbug Channel on D-Smart channel 128 and D-Smart GO in Turkey. The Moonbug Channel will include content from across the Moonbug portfolio of much-loved IPs and launched 1 November 2023.

Fully dubbed into Turkish language, the 24/7 Moonbug Channel has been carefully designed to put families at the forefront, supporting parents and carers throughout their daily routines such as mealtime, bath time, bedtime and more. All Moonbug IPs will be featured including CoComelon, Blippi, Little Angel, Gecko’s Garage, Morphle, Arpo, Little Baby Bum and Oddbods. As part of the deal, there will also be VOD offerings on D-Smart GO.

“We are extremely excited to be partnering with D-Smart to launch our Moonbug Channel on D-Smart and D-Smart GO. Launching on this platform is a significant step in extending Moonbug’s offering to existing and new fans within this key territory”, said Dilek Doyran, Head of Channel Partnerships EMEA, Moonbug Entertainment. “With a growing number of young families in the country, Turkey is a very relevant market for our company as we look to inspire kids everywhere to laugh, learn and grow with our shows.”

For more information on Moonbug, visit www.moonbug.com.

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About Moonbug Entertainment

Moonbug is an award-winning global entertainment company inspiring kids everywhere to laugh, learn and grow.  The company is behind some of the biggest kids’ entertainment brands in the world including CoComelon and Blippi. Moonbug believes every child should have access to entertaining and enriching content, making its shows available on more than 150 video platforms globally including Netflix, Disney+, BBC iPlayer and YouTube Kids. The company is also a global leader in pre-school music and audio experiences, available on 100+ audio platforms globally. Moonbug brands extend far beyond the screen to include streaming music, consumer products and live events.

Moonbug is part 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.

About D-Smart

As one of the key actors of “Digital Broadcasting Platform in Türkiye”, D-Smart was founded in 2007. Devoted to continuous development of our contents and services, we provide digital content services to our customers with fully HD movie and TV series channels, documentary channels, including National Geographic and Discovery Groups, and kids, life, music and radio channels, as well as all national channels, along with hundreds of channels broadcasting through Turksat and Hotbird satellites.

In line with developments and requirements of present day, we do not restrict our “Digital Broadcasting Platform” services with television broadcasting only but also come the forefront in the market with our D-Smart Internet services (wholesaler). As a digital entertainment platform combining both internet and television services, we can offer our customers the ease of getting only one bill for both services.

D-Smart GO is an OTT platform, streaming popular movies, series and TV shows. With D-Smart GO users “watch anytime, anywhere, on any internet-connected screen”. Also they can play, pause, resume, rewind live channels up-to 3 days, record their favorite TV shows. D-Smart GO offers better viewing experience with personal profiles and also provide safe viewing experience for children with child mode and by parental control pins.