Blippi
Blippi is an American educational YouTube channel aimed at toddlers and young children. The show features a cheerful, energetic character named Blippi, who takes viewers on adventures to places like factories, play parks, and zoos. As he tours these locations, Blippi relays his experiences directly to his audience, posing questions and explaining unfamiliar concepts. Blippi was acquired by Moonbug Entertainment in 2020, and became a subsidiary of Candle Media on November 1, 2021.
History
The show was created and the character originally played by Stevin John, who posted the first episode of the show on YouTube on June 3, 2010, which featured tractors. Aiming to keep Blippi going, John joined the multi-channel network Moonbug Entertainment in 2020, which became a subsidiary of Candle Media on November 1, 2021. The show is dubbed in Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Japanese, Italian, Hebrew, Arabic,Swedish, Danish, Welsh and Polish.
Until May 2021, the Blippi character was only portrayed by Stevin John. On May 8, Clayton Grimm, who played Blippi in live performances, performed as Blippi for the first time on the channel and hosted as an alternative Blippi with John. On October 9, 2021, Moonbug announced the addition of a new character named Meekah. The spin-off series Blippi's Treehouse started airing on December 1, 2021, on Amazon Kids+, with two more characters, Scratch and Patch.
On November 16, 2024, Ben Mayer started performing as Blippi on the new series Blippi's Vroom Vroom Vehicle Show.
Distribution
On October 13, 2022, Moonbug Entertainment partnered with Virgin Media to bring Blippi and other Moonbug programs to the United Kingdom. The show expanded to Southeast Asia in March 2021 when Moonbug partnered with POPS Worldwide to bring children's content to the POPS Kids app. Netflix acquired the streaming license to Blippi in January 2022.Licensing and merchandise
In 2019, Blippi signed a master toy deal with Jazwares to sell a variety of merchandise such as toy vehicles, plush, and other toys based on the Blippi show, beginning in spring 2020.In early 2020, Jazwares created "My Buddy Blippi," a plush toy that can recreate 15 of the character's sounds and phrases.
In January 2021, Blippi launched an additional toy line.
In addition to toys, books, and more, Blippi merchandise also includes clothing.