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NEW RANGE OF APPAREL FOR MICKEY MOUSE AND KEITH HARING

In celebration of two True Originals – Mickey Mouse and Keith Haring – Disney has collaborated with the Keith Haring Studio to feature the artist’s iconic artwork featuring Mickey Mouse on an exciting range of apparel and accessories setting at retail globally through 2021. In 1980, Haring created original works of art featuring Mickey Mouse in a new style unique to New York City street culture, taking inspiration from both Pop Art and urban graffiti. His love for Mickey Mouse was rooted in his childhood experiences. Deeply influenced by Walt Disney and the incredible skill and mastery of American cartoonists of the 50’s and 60’s, Haring even aspired to be a cartoonist himself. “I always wanted to work for Walt Disney when I was growing up, when I was a kid and in some ways I think he is one of the three most important artists of the 20th century along with Warhol and Picasso.” – Keith Haring This collaboration is a continuation of Disney’s celebration of Keith Haring’s inspired artistic interpretations of Mickey Mouse which was commemorated in 2018 as part of the Mickey: The True Original Exhibition celebrating the 90th anniversary of Mickey Mouse. Haring’s artwork featuring Mickey Mouse will be featured on an assortment of products across multiple brands, with Coach unveiling a new collection highlighting two artworks that will be exclusively launched with their collection. “Keith Haring’s respect and admiration for Walt Disney, especially the beloved Mickey Mouse, served as an inspiration for some of his iconic pieces. By collaborating with Disney, we are able to bring his artwork to life through a new medium and continue to celebrate his enduring influence on the art community and future generations to come,”commented The Haring Studio New apparel and accessory collaborations with Uniqlo and Stance are available now with more global collections debuting in 2021 including Coach, Swatch and Zara.

RAZBABY DEAL FOR SOPHIE

Sophie la girafe has partnered with RaZbaby in the United States to create a new range of plush. The new unique plush holds and keeps a pacifier in place to bring calm, serenity and softness to young babies. Sophie la girafe was born in 1961 in Paris. Made from 100% natural rubber, Sophie has soothed generations of teething babies who also love to hear her squeak when squeezed for almost 60 years. Today, Sophie la girafe is still produced with 100% natural rubber derived from the latex from the Hevea tree and goes through 14 manual operations before completion. RaZbaby is a Miami based company that patents, develops, and distributes uniquely safe baby products that are inspired by nature. The company was founded in 2002 by two sisters, Aida and Lidia. Some eighteen years ago a sweet raspberry dessert was responsible for both the company’s name and very first product, the RaZberry Teether (patented and ranked #1 in the USA). The JollyPop pacifier, which is made in the USA, is distributed in hospitals nationwide.

PLANETA JUNIOR LAUNCHES PUCCA STORE

Planeta Junior is launching the Pucca Store across Europe. Her zero prejudices and great message of love based on ‘being yourself’ have made iconic Korean character Pucca a star among children and Millenials. The Pucca Store allows her fans to find exclusive Pucca fashion, design ware and accessories: from T-shirts and hoodies, to socks, mugs, mobile cases, tote bags and caps. The range of existing products is enhanced by themed collections for key dates, such as the Christmas collection which was available in December across Europe on the Pucca Store. Having achieved over 324 million YouTube views and around 1.3 million social networks followers, Pucca has a global presence and recently premiered her Season 3.

Brave Bunnies, a new animated pre-school series from Glowberry and Anima, is a delightful show with modern and highly relevant underlying themes of diversity and inclusivity that resonate strongly in today’s world. Brave Bunnies features two brave and curious bunny-siblings together with their family of Brave Bunny-explorers and their Bunny Bus who journey throughout their world in search of new friends and adventures. Glowberry and their co-production partners Anima have developed 52 episodes for Season 1 and Season 2 is already in development with a further 52eps which reflects the licensors commitment to the property. It’s still early days in the development of the commercial program, but the calibre of partners already attached is testament to the strong appeal and potential of the property. Aardman partnered up earlier in the year as the global content distribution partner, and has already placed the show with various leading international broadcasters including Milkshake & Nick Jr (UK), Super RTL (Germany), ABC (Australia), HOP! (Israel), Rai Yoyo (Italy), YLE (Finland), SVT (Sweden), Daekyo (Korea), PlusPlus (Ukraine) with more broadcasters to be confirmed in the coming months. The show launched on-air in some markets from Q4 2020, and a complimentary and comprehensive digital content plan is also in development with a key strategic partner. At MIPCOM last year, Brave Bunnies was the #2 most viewed show in the MIP Junior Screenings Library (#1 in its preschool target-demo). Interest is also increasing in the licensing arena. Glowberry appointed Big Picture Licensing (BPL) as exclusive licensing agent for UK & Eire and master agent across EMEA and APAC, joining BeNerd (Ukraine), DeAgostini (Italy) & Master Agent LATAM and global deal Agent LaPanaderia. BPL has already signed up the first wave of leading agents in its regions – CPLG (Nordic, CEE & Southern Europe), CLM (Africa), Centa IP (ANZ) and Mediogen (Israel) – and is now working closely with Glowberry to secure best-in-class agents in key APAC territories. Spin Master is signed as Global Master Toy partner, and they are currently developing a range of toys to roll-out in 2022. Big Picture have signed up Penguin Random House as a strategic multi-territory publishing licensee, joining Planeta Libra as publishing partners. Brave Bunnies licensed products will launch and roll-out from Easter 2022. Commenting, Dan Frugtniet, MD at Big Picture Licensing, said, “We’re extremely proud and excited to be working with Glowberry on this wonderful property, and delighted, but not at all surprised, at the strong start – without exception, everybody who we have showed Brave Bunnies to has been overwhelmingly positive about it. As well as finalising APAC agency appointments, we’re now looking to secure UK licensing partners in all major product categories.” Glowberry is a Ukrainian creative production hub which started as a publisher of children’s books in 2009, achieving success in this niche in the local market, and decided to venture further into content creation for the international pre-school market.

As we were going to press, we learned of the passing of industry legend Kelvyn Gardner. He suffered a heart attack at his home in Milton Keynes. Kelvyn was the former Managing Director of Licensing International UK, a post he held for fifteen years. Prior to this, and subsequently, he ran his own business, Asgard Media. Most recently he had started a licensing podcast series and was involved in a number of projects as a consultant. He was a regular speaker at licensing events around the world. and was a very well-known figure in the industry – instantly recognisable at trade shows and events by his array of colourful jackets which almost served as his trademark. He was also multi-talented - a musician and spoke several languages. From our personal viewpoint, Kelvyn had a special place in Total Licensing’s history – he was our very first advertiser back in 2003. A couple of years later, at a trade show in Tokyo, we met Kelvyn for dinner where he astonished us with his ability to speak, and order our meal, in Japanese! We also fondly remember Kelvyn’s book on translating ‘licensing-speak’ which brought a smile to many faces and proved, if proof was needed, just how well he understood this industry. In 2013 he won the Honorary Achievement Award at the annual Licensing Awards in London, celebrating his service to the licensing industry for well over thirty years. Kelvyn, who was 66, is survived by his wife Michelle and his son and daughter, Eliot and Regan. We will publish a full celebration of Kelvyn’s life in our next (Spring) issue of Total Licensing.

KELVYN GARDNER

HEY DUGGEE HAS NEW LICENSEES

BBC Studios report increasing interest in Hey Duggee. The UK’s largest independently owned designer and manufacturer of children’s toys HTI partnered with BBC Studios on hit preschool brand Hey Duggee for a range of licensed bubbles, outdoor patio chairs, electronic musical instruments and character cases. The bubbles and outdoor range soft launch in early 2021, just in time for the Spring/Summer season. The remainder of the categories will launch at retail in Autumn/Winter 2021. HTI’s bubbles range includes traditional favourites like bubble wands and themed bubble solution, as well as electronic bubble machines and a bubble mower, while the character cases are Duggee shaped and ideal for role play. The range includes a toy Doctors Case with a medical set and Squirrel Club Case featuring stampers in the shapes of each key character. Off the back off growing toy sales, Hey Duggee master toy partner Golden Bear is showing to buyers an innovative new range of plastic and plush toys for AW21. Fiddles Payne are BBC Studios latest food partner for Hey Duggee. They launched licensed Hey Duggee Cup Cake Mixes into Tesco in January 2021 and will roll the product ouy to more retailers later in the year. In other Hey Duggee food news, Finsbury recently launch a new Hey Duggee cake and Duggee will have its first confectionary product with Kinnerton launching at Easter 2021. 2020 has been an outstanding year for Hey Duggee. It is the most-watched kids’ show on BBC iPlayer with over 175 million requests and its official YouTube channel currently has 1.1 billion lifetime views and nearly 800k subscribers.

POCOYO ON YOUTUBE

Spanish animation series Pocoyo has registered its YouTube playback record after reaching 5.5 billion views in 2020, 70% more than last year. Consumption of the character’s content on this platform increased notably during the months of lockdown, with April registering a record 540m views, although this upwards trend has been constant throughout the year. In addition to an increased number of playbacks, last year witnessed a trebling of views on Pocoyo’s official channels compared to 2019, reaching nearly a million hours of content played. The number of subscribers also grew by 7.5m, reaching 26.3m. Commenting, Víctor M. López, General Manager of Zinkia, producer of the series, believes that “the change in strategy adopted around the brand is starting to bear fruit. We are growing strongly on YouTube and other digital media, but our presence on TV and platforms is also increasing. The strategy for toys and licenses, as well as our international expansion have placed us in an ideal situation to relaunch the brand.” Zinkia is also working on other digital channels, such as Instagram and Facebook (where it has more than 2 million fans), and has recently debuted on TikTok.

PET PRODUCTS LICENSED TO PREMOLI + DI BELLA

Maurizio Distefano Licensing, who manage the licensing programme for the fashion brand Premoli + Di Bella, has announced the arrival at retail of the collection Premoli + Di Bella Pet Design, produced and distributed under licensing agreement by Ferribiella Spa, a name synonymous with Italian excellence in the world of pet comfort. Available in Italy’s leading pet stores since late 2020, the first collection from Premoli + Di Bella Pet Design, with the theme ‘Iconic’, underlines the bold creativity of the Giovanni Premoli and Dario Di Bella partnership in a number of ways: sumptuous velvet beds for dogs and cats, soft velvet blankets for home pet use, raincoat ponchos, gym-style suits and ceramic bowls with matching placemats. And the evocatively named design styles look amazing: Snowfall print’s polka dots, Millediquesterighe’s fashion stripes, the street art graphics of Polyphemus 5.0, and the Greek mythology-inspired Hephaestus. The designs mainly use black and white tones, with a few exceptions where there are touches of Lake Blue and Veiled Rose. And of course, the recognizable but lightly applied Premoli + Di Bella brand is integrated into the graphics, giving each product a cosmopolitan style to go with the strong craftmanship. Several other releases are on the way, each one offering a specific new theme created by the two young designers whose bold creativity has seen them dubbed ‘the Stylists of the Third Millennium’. All will bring together products that combine the innovative and the functional for their target audience of animals and their owners, the result of years of studies, research and know-how from Ferribiella Spa combined with the very best the world of interior and home décor can offer from Giovanni Premoli and Dario Di Bella.

WILDBRAIN FORGES PARTNERSHIP WITH SAMSUNG

WildBrain has forged a partnership with Samsung to launch multiple new kids’ and teen channels featuring a range of series from its content library on Samsung TV Plus, a free ad-supported video service distributed exclusively on Samsung smart TVs. The first new linear channels have now launched to millions of Samsung users, with Caillou and Friends in Spain and France and Teletubbies and Friends in Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. These will be followed in Spring and Summer 2021 by Degrassi channels for teens in the US and Canada, plus additional kids’ channels across European territories featuring Strawberry Shortcake, Bob the Builder and other favourite series from WildBrain’s library. The partnership with Samsung represents the first time WildBrain has launched ad-supported linear channels on a connectedTV service in Europe and comes as new research shows smart TVs and adsupported video streaming have become favourite viewing options in both US and European homes. The recent ScreenMedia report “Making Screen Time Family Time”, which was sponsored by WildBrain’s premium, kid-safe AVOD network, WildBrain Spark, found that 62% of 3,000 US parents surveyed choose smart TVs as the most popular devices for co-viewing with children in the home. Seventy-five percent (75%) watch content with their children several times a week or more, and 90% said ad-supported video is an important entertainment source for their children. Meanwhile, Samsung’s “Behind the Screens” report on accelerating viewership trends found that ad-supported video-on-demand consumption grew by 29% since January 2020 across over 30 million Samsung smart TVs in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Samsung is the clear leader in global smart TV sales, with over 14 million units sold in Q3 2020, almost double their nearest competitor, according to market research firm Trendforce.

MAY GIBBS TODDLER RANGE IN BIGW

Merchantwise Licensing’s May Gibbs brand has launched its first ever licensed toddler boys and tween girls ranges exclusively for Australian retailer, BIG W. The boys range features an animal print tee, kookaburra print shorts and a print shirt, while the delightful May Gibbs tween girls range includes a print skort, print playsuit, Australia tee and crop tee. This latest range of licensed apparel compliments BIG W’s first ever May Gibbs range which launched earlier this year and consisted of iconic Australian and nostalgic designs across apparel, sleepwear, nursery home décor, infant feeding and publishing. “May Gibbs continues to be a solid performer at retail for BIG W and we anticipate this latest collection dedicated to toddler boys and tween girls to be equally as popular with fans of the brand as the first launch of product earlier this year. 2020 has been a great year for the brand and we are looking forward to many more new brand collaborations and product launches in the new year,” said Merchantwise Licensing’s May Gibbs Brand Manager, Rosalie May.

TEAM HERETICS APPOINT CARAVANSERAI

Team Heretics has announced the appointment of Caravanserai Partners to strategically grow and expand its licensing program across key territories. Team Heretics, founded in 2016 by content creator Jorge ‘Goorgo’ together with Antonio Catena and Arnau Vidal, is the most followed Spanish speaking Esports team in the world with a reach of more than 85 Milion users among all the social media platforms and thanks to the esports players, content creators, ambassadors and influencers within the team. Team Heretics is one the fastest growing and most promising esports clubs focusing on both competition and entertainment to reach a young target. The staff and the collaborators from the team are offering all their experience in the Esports industry for Team Heretics to become a leader in this world and allow them to partner with the best brands and sponsors to create the best quality products and offer the best entertainment content for its audience. Team Heretics has now agreed a deal with Caravanserai to capitalize on the immense engagement and love for the team and the brand by creating profitable licensing programs on major consumer products and brand promotion in the Spanish speaking territories. Pablo Canosa, Commercial Director at Team Heretics said: “For the Club, this is a natural step if we want to expand our image and range of products. Caravanserai will provide us with that excellence that we seek thanks to its knowledge and experience.” Guillem Rey, Managing Director at Caravanserai said: “We are thrilled to be involved into the esports world thanks to Team Heretics by helping them to expand its lifestyle and entertainment brand.”

2021 will be the year of Asterix with a new comic book album in October 2021, and a TV series around the character of Idefix/Dogmatix on France Télévisions in September 2021 and on Super RTL (Germany) at the end of 2021. In addition, in 2022 a new live movie will see Asterix and Obelix travel to China on an unprecedented adventure, directed by Guillaume Canet. There are also new partnerships and licensing opportunities with Asterix. Asterix enjoyed unparalleled success in 2020. The latest album, The Chieftain’s Daughter, benefited from exceptional sales: more than 5 million copies have been sold all over the world since its release, including 2.4 million in French. These growing numbers represent a record for an Asterix album since the series’ takeover in 2013. The illustrated album Le Menhir d’Or, published in October 2020 is about to exceed 150,000 copies in France, which is also a record for an illustrated album. The albums from the backlist also sold nearly 800,000 copies, an increase of 5% compared to 2019, and more than 35% compared to 2018! According to Ipsos, Asterix is by far the favorite French comic strip, for adults and children alike. On the licensing side, major licenses have been equally successful. Lidl supported Asterix once again in 2020 for a powerful loyalty program over ten weeks, and new deals have already been signed for 2021. Asterix is thus the favorite character for boys aged 7-14, and in the overall top 10 licenses in France (BrandTrendz study, November 2020). In 2020, Parc Astérix experienced exceptional popularity during its opening periods, and its new four-star hotel, the Quais de Lutèce, received the prize for the best themed hotel in the world at the 27th edition of the Thea Awards. This award recognized the creativity and originality of this new hotel, which has already attracted more than 40,000 visitors since its opening.

EMOJI EXPANDS EMEA MARKET

WildBrain CPLG is significantly expanding its representation in EMEA of emoji – The Iconic Brand. Starting this month and building on an established successful partnership, the UK & Eire; Germany, Austria, & Switzerland; Benelux; and Turkey will be added to WildBrain CPLG’s existing remit, which currently covers CEE, Iberia, Russia, France, MENA, Nordics, Italy, Greece, Poland, and Ukraine. The new five-year deal will see WildBrain CPLG representing the brand on behalf of the emoji company GmbH across key consumer products categories to build merchandise offerings for kids, teens and adults. Within existing markets, WildBrain CPLG Middle East has secured a new partnership with leading Kuwaiti sports and high-street fashion retailer, Al Nasser, for an emoji brand apparel range targeting girls and women, and in a previously announced deal, high-end retailer RIVA is gearing up to launch its first emoji fashion collection for teens and women next month. Since the beginning of its representation of the emoji brand in 2018, WildBrain CPLG has brokered over 100 deals for the brand.

PLANETA, PEPCO AND DISCOVERY

Discovery, Inc. is teaming up with Planeta Junior and European discount retailer Pepco to launch a new children’s clothing collection featuring Animal Planet inspired designs. Expanding Pepco’s children’s offerings, the partnership will cover a variety of categories including clothing, footwear, accessories, luggage, stationery, home goods and home textiles. The collection, for younger and older children, will hit the market in the first quarter of 2021 and will be available at over 1,900 Pepco stores in Central and Eastern European countries, as well as in Spain, Italy and Portugal. The initial product launch will include an assortment of children’s t-shirts, pajamas, socks, underwear and more with designs featuring children’s favorite Animal Planet themes including wild cats, sharks and sea creatures. PEPCO is a European network of discounters. Established over twenty years ago in Poland, the company offers clothing, toys and home products at low prices and is the most popular children’s clothing dealer and a leading supplier of decorative articles. PEPCO’s client is most often a woman, a mother, according to whom the biggest advantage of the chain is a very wide range of products at available prices, comfortable, close to home shops distinguished by high standard of service. Today, PEPCO has over 2000 shops loved not only by Poles, because they can already be enjoyed by customers from outside our country, for example in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, Estonia, Serbia, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia and Hungary.

Acamar Films are fortifying their direct-to-consumer relationships with the launch of their first e-commerce store for Bing; the pre-school show which is currently winning global audiences. Developed in partnership with Event Merchandising, specialists in managing and building licensed e-commerce stores, the new online retail hub is a one-stopshop for all things Bing and is initially launching in the UK. The exciting Bing Store range includes new and exclusive personalised product across apparel, gifts and homeware categories, alongside a selection of toys, books, dress up, clothing and party accessories from existing licensing partners. Seasonal lines will be added to the store to delight returning visitors. Acamar Films has recognised both the importance and value of effective e-commerce, particularly following this year’s unprecedented events, and has focused on digital development to meet the significant appetite for Bing. Louise Simmonds, Head of UK Licensing and Merchandising at Acamar Films, said: “It is hugely exciting to see The Bing Store launch in the UK where grown-ups and Bingsters can find Bing product all in one place. The development and launch of our new e-commerce site demonstrates our deep commitment to digital growth and the importance of having a direct dialogue with our audience.” According to Acamar, early results have been impressive with thousands of fans visiting the store in the opening week.

NEW HEAD LICENSE FOR INDIA

S. P. Retail Brands Ltd in India has announced the signing of a license agreement with HeadSport Gmbh. The multi-year license for footwear and apparel covers sports/ fitness, lifestyle, casuals, yoga wear, casual and performance shoes for men, women, and kids. The agreement allows S. P. Retail Brands Ltd. to manufacture, advertise, promote, sell, and distribute Head branded products in India. The partnership was facilitated by LicenseWork. As gyms remain closed, consumers are resorting to home workouts and following the trend, by turning to online videos and fitness sessions from apps. As there has been heightened awareness about health and fitness in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. This has fuelled the demand and increase in trend for workout apparel, athleisure, footwear, and accessories. Giuseppe Faranna, Vice President and Division Manager Licensing at HEAD Sport GmbH commented, “We are delighted to have found with SP Retail a great partner to launch an innovative collection of Head branded athleisure and footwear lines. SP Retail has shown with their own brands as well as working with other world class brands that they know best the newest trends, where to produce high quality products and especially how to retail them to conquer the Indian market. The strength of also being a very successful retailer motivated us to choose SP Retail.”

NEW PUBLISHING DEALS FOR THE RED HARLEQUIN

Pantomimus Media has announced two new publishing partners for its YA book series The Red Harlequin, by Roberto Ricci: China’s Lazy Joy Digital Technology Company, Ltd. and Saga Egmont France. The book series is now available to download in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Mandarin, Russian, and Turkish. Beijing based audiobooks platform Lazy Joy Digital Technology Company, Ltd. will distribute audio, print and eBook versions of all five books in the The Red Harlequin series to the Chinese market, including the Chinese mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and anywhere Chinese language books are sold, starting in 2021 in China. Lazy Joy now distributes over 390,000 ebooks and 130,000 audiobooks in 54 languages all over the world. Digital publishing specialist Saga Egmont France has acquired the French audio rights to the first three books of the series. Book 1 of the audiobooks, De Masques et de Chromes, is already on sale across all digital outlets, with book two following on February 8th, and Book three on March 1st. Founded in Denmark in 2014, Saga Egmont has expanded into seven European markets with a catalogue of over 27,000 audiobooks and 50,000 eBooks from across the globe. The deals follow the launch of Dreamscape’s Red Harlequin audiobooks in English, Fabler Audio’s Red Harlequin audiobooks in Italian and SonoLibro’s The Red Harlequin audiobooks in Spanish, which were produced with high-end actors, custom music and realistic sound effects that give the stories an exciting cinematic feel, and an extra layer of drama. Backed by Finnish Media Fund, IPR, the series is being developed as a TV show with Showrunner Robert Butler and Rick Porras.

Following their 35th anniversary in August last year, Microsoft Rare studios has signed multiple new partners, with deals brokered by Tinderbox, Beanstalk’s digital division, to extend Rare’s world-famous videogame brands into a range of consumer products including arcade games, collectibles, apparel, board games and books. Earlier this year, Rare launched their own dedicated eStore which celebrates their rich gaming heritage and gives fans the opportunity to get their hands on exclusive and limited edition apparel and accessories, as well as product from Rare’s licensing partners.

TRIO OF AGENTS FOR KID-E-KATS

APC Kids, the children’s entertainment division of co-production and distribution company APC Studios, has appointed a trio of new local licensing agents for CTC Media’s animated preschool series Kid-E-Kats. The new partnerships will see the property represented by El Ocho in Spain and Portugal, Lisans A.S in Turkey, and WP Brands in Australia and New Zealand. Kid-E-Kats has aired on Minika in Turkey since August 2020, RTVE’s Clan in Spain since last May and on Nick Jr in Portugal and Australia since 2018 as part of APC Kids’ deal with the broadcaster that covers over 170 territories. The new licensing agents will look to build on the series’ broadcast success in their respective regions, and build cross-category licensing programmes for the popular preschool brand. Lionel Marty, Managing Director of APC Kids, says: “Kid-E-Kats is hugely popular across Europe and Australia, and we are committed to building on this success with new licensing partnerships that will give children the chance to further engage with the show off-screen. We are delighted to have such wellestablished agents on board to help build the Kid-E-Kats consumer products offering in these important territories.” Kid-E-Kats, owned and managed by CTC Media and produced by Studio Metrafilms, is one of the leading preschool series in Russia. The third season is completed and series one and two are currently available on Nick Jr internationally. In addition, eight new special episodes will soon be available. The series tells the story of three kittens: Cookie, Pudding and their kid sister Candy who are forever ready to jump into action with endless enthusiasm and energy. Their imagination also knows no bounds.

FUTURE TODAY PARTNERS WITH MOONBUG

Future Today, the full-stack streaming solution that packages branded channels and delivers audiences to watch them, has announced a significant expansion of its partnership with Moonbug Entertainment Ltd., one of the largest digital media companies in the world, with the launch of five new omni-platform streaming channels dedicated to Moonbug’s most popular children’s series. The new channels from Moonbug and Future Today offer more than 750 episodes of Moonbug’s original programming and over 100 hours of content from hit shows including Blippi, CoComelon, Little Baby Bum, My Magic Pet Morphle and Supa Strikas. With these entirely free, COPPA compliant channels, Moonbug’s content can be ubiquitously enjoyed wherever, whenever, and on nearly every major streaming platform including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and more. “We want our content to be widely accessible for families around the globe and, in today’s evolving video landscape, streaming platforms are more important than ever,” said Andy Yeatman, Head of the Americas at Moonbug. “We couldn’t ask for a better partner than Future Today to seamlessly elevate and monetize our vast and growing library of content.” The new branded apps for Moonbug include Blippi, CoComelon, Little Baby Bum, My Magic Pet Morphle, and Supa Strikas. In addition to launching the new branded channels, Future Today also offers more than 130 episodes of Moonbug’s kids’ intellectual properties, such as ARPO, Care Bears, Cozy Coupe, KiiYii, The Ring-a-Tangs, The Sharksons and TRex Ranch on its flagship FAST and AVODsupported kids and family-themed channel HappyKids.