KPN and Moonbug launch The Moonbug Channel
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24/7 channel on KPN featuring CoComelon, Blippi, Little Angel and more expands Moonbug’s distribution across Western Europe
April 21, 2026 - Moonbug Entertainment, part of Candle Media, today announced the launch of the Moonbug Channel on KPN in the Netherlands, bringing popular children’s series including CoComelon, Blippi and Little Angel to more families across the country.
The launch further expands the Moonbug Channel across EMEA, as the company grows the footprint for its portfolio of kids and family programming across linear and on-demand platforms.
The Moonbug Channel is programmed for preschool audiences and families, with a lineup that supports everyday routines from morning through bedtime. The channel will feature a range of Moonbug series including CoComelon, Blippi, Little Angel, Gecko’s Garage, Morphle, and Oddbods. As part of the partnership, Moonbug content will also be available on demand for KPN subscribers in both English and Dutch.
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 KPN
KPN has been the leading provider of telecommunications and IT services in the Netherlands for almost 140 years. Every Dutch person uses the KPN network on a daily basis, directly or indirectly, from the fiber optic connections in the ground to the ATMs in a shop or the matrix signs above the highway. Through the network of the Netherlands, in which KPN is continuously investing through the installation of fiber optic and the roll-out of, for example, the new 5G mobile network, KPN serves consumers and business customers with services for telephony, data, television, internet-of-things, cloud. , workplaces and security. KPN has an open network over which other providers also offer services. More information at www.kpn.com