Moonbug Entertainment Launches First Moonbug Channel in Australia with Fetch TV
- Moonbug News Team
- Aug 31, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 6, 2025
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 1 September, 2025 – Moonbug Entertainment, part of Candle Media, today announced a partnership with Fetch TV, Australia’s premier entertainment platform, to bring the Moonbug Channel to families across the country. Launching today, 1 September, the partnership marks Moonbug’s first channel launch and first local partnership in Australia.
The channel will include 315 hours of content from all shows across Moonbug’s portfolio, including CoComelon, Blippi, Little Angel, Morphle and more. A 24/7 linear channel, the Moonbug Channel is curated with care to entertain families throughout their daily routines – from meals to bath time, bedtime and more. With this expansion, the Moonbug Channel is now available in 100 countries around the world.
“We’re thrilled to be bringing the very first Moonbug Channel to Australia. Partnering with Fetch TV makes it possible for us to share the fun, music and stories that kids already love with even more families across the country. We can’t wait for Australian parents and children to enjoy these shows together,” said Nicolas Eglau, Managing Director EMEA, APAC & Global Distribution at Moonbug Entertainment.
Dominic Arena, CEO of Fetch TV, added: “I am delighted that Fetch is the launch partner for the Moonbug channel in Australia. Moonbug is a global leader in children’s entertainment and aligns perfectly with Fetch’s family friendly content proposition. Bringing hugely popular shows like CoComelon and Blippi to Australian subscription TV for the first time is a significant milestone for Fetch TV and strengthens our commitment to providing families with the very best content all in one place. This partnership highlights our focus on delivering world-class family entertainment at incredible value for Fetch subscribers.”
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 Fetch TV
Fetch TV is an Australian technology company that develops, licenses and operates a home-grown entertainment and engagement platform-as-a-service via home hub devices, known as Fetch. Fetch offers households a superior experience for discovering and engaging with their favourite content, while also providing an effective channel for brands and publishers to reach targeted audiences. By bringing together local and global content from leading entertainment providers, Fetch curates and presents it through an intelligent, all-in-one user interface on your TV, as well as via mobile devices using the Fetch Mobi companion app.
Founded in Sydney in 2008, Fetch has grown into the leading Australian-owned entertainment and in-home media technology platform. Our in-house team of talented developers has built our hybrid RDK and Android Opensource streaming technology, user interface and monetisation engine to world-class standards, earning global recognition for our innovations. Supported by major shareholders, including Telstra, Fetch TV is committed to growth and innovation, aiming to reach 3 million Australians by 2030. With over 4 hours of average daily engagement on our service per household and reaching nearly 2 million unique Australian users, we are continuously evolving with new products and plans to expand beyond TV, movies, and streaming aggregation into new areas of entertainment, gaming, and lifestyle offerings.
Our team is driven by a passion for customer experience, content, technology, and innovation. Together with our B2B ISP and D2C retail partners, we are dedicated to engaging audiences and providing Australians with genuine choices in their entertainment and lifestyle options.