{"id":19724,"date":"2020-12-11T09:11:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/disney-alum-david-levine-joins-moonbug\/"},"modified":"2020-12-11T13:57:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T18:57:58","slug":"disney-alum-david-levine-joins-moonbug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/disney-alum-david-levine-joins-moonbug\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Alum David Levine Joins Moonbug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moonbug Entertainment has named David Levine, most recently VP of kids&#8217; programming for Disney Channels Europe and Africa, U.K. and Ireland, as head of studio.<\/p>\n<p>Levine will focus on driving Moonbug\u2019s IP expansion by taking properties like <em>CoComelon<\/em> and <em>Blippi<\/em> to new formats, markets and platforms to support the company\u2019s continued growth. During his tenure at the Walt Disney Company, Levine was a key member of the senior leadership team that built the Disney Channel brand and led all strategic and operational aspects of kids\u2019 programming across Disney Channels Europe and Africa. Prior to Disney, Levine was VP at Ragdoll USA.<\/p>\n<p>At Moonbug, he will report to Ren\u00e9 Rechtman, co-founder and CEO. \u201cDavid\u2019s track record at Disney as a visionary executive specializing in children\u2019s original content makes him uniquely well-suited to lead Moonbug\u2019s creative, production and content strategies,\u201d said Rechtman. \u201cThis is a key position for Moonbug as we look to expand our content offerings around the world and develop more IP that delivers fun, educational and relevant programming families love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKids&#8217; content is playing an increasingly vital role in early childhood development, and now more than ever parents are looking for safe, inclusive, educational content they can trust. Moonbug is at the forefront of this transformation,\u201d said Levine. \u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time to join the company, and I look forward to building on our strong producer and studio relationships while also increasing the diversity and representation in our content and on our creative teams.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moonbug Entertainment has named David Levine, most recently VP of kids&#8217; programming for Disney Channels Europe and Africa, U.K. and Ireland, as head of studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":19725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5494,4888],"class_list":["post-19724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-david-levine","tag-moonbug-entertainment","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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