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Blue Ant Media
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Silverlining Rights hires Drive exec to lead sales & acquisitions in North America & Europe
UK-based financier and distributor Silverlining Rights has hired an exec from Drive to work across…
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Love Nature expands originals with Big Wave & WildBear commissions
Blue Ant Media’s global wildlife and nature brand Love Nature has unveiled a slate of…
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Blue Ant’s Beach House expands in India with ex-Netflix docs chief
Blue Ant Media’s Singapore-based Beach House Pictures has launched a new prodco with the former…
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News round-up: Love Nature enters Poland; Keshet Int’l lands Reeva Steenkamp series; DFW readies ‘Long Gone’
Love Nature enters Poland Blue Ant Media’s streaming and channel brand Love Nature is expanding…
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London TV Screenings sets 2023 dates, goes up against BBC Studios Showcase
London TV Screenings, the fast-growing event organised by All3Media International, Banijay Rights, Entertainment One, Fremantle and…
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Blue Ant expands FAST with acquisition of library from host of DIY’s ‘Holmes Buys Homes’
Blue Ant Media is expanding its rapidly-growing FAST network after striking a deal to buy…
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Blue Ant Media ups long-time duo for FAST push
Canada’s Blue Ant Media has promoted Craig Junner to SVP of programming & content strategy,…
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News round-up: Vice joins Vuulr; Blue Ant expands FAST channels; ZDFS snags Irish thriller
Vice joins Vuulr Vice Distribution has struck a deal that will see 1,000 hours of…
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Love Nature, PBS & Arte explore climate change with ‘Evolution Earth’
Love Nature has partnered with PBS in the US and European broadcaster Arte on a…
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TBI Weekly: What BANFF & MIFA tell us about 2022 so far
TBI has been on the road this week, taking in the mountainous surroundings of Annecy…
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Corus, Bell & CBC urge reform to stop US streamers ‘sucking dollars to Hollywood’
Canadian broadcasters including Bell Media, Corus Entertainment and CBC have urged upcoming regulatory reforms to…
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Saloon Media ups new head of unscripted development & hires production exec
Blue Ant-owned Canadian prodco Saloon Media has upped Nick Crowe to head of unscripted development…
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Blue Ant Media brings A+E Networks’ ‘Hoarders’ to Canada in first int’l adaptation
Canada’s Blue Ant Media has commissioned a local version of Hoarders for its specialty channel…
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Beach House acquires Momo Film for scripted expansion
Blue Ant Media’s Asian indie Beach House Pictures has acquired a majority stake in Singapore-based…
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Unscripted round-up: Red Arrow Int’l takes ‘Controlling Britney’ rights; Love Nature & WNET launch sardine doc; ‘Project Cupid’ strikes in Poland
Red Arrow Int’l takes ‘Controlling Britney’ rights Red Arrow Studios International has acquired global distribution…
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Round up: Blue Ant’s HauntTV lands on Roku; Vuulr hits 2k hours in Q3; Prime snags cinema docs
Blue Ant’s HauntTV lands on Roku Canada’s Blue Ant Media has launched its FAST (free…
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Smithsonian delves into engineering secrets in new factual original
ViacomCBS’ Smithsonian Channel has ordered a new original factual series, Impossible Repairs, which explores the…
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Love Nature links with Samsung TV for FAST launch in Spain
Blue Ant Media and Smithsonian Networks wildlife brand Love Nature has become available in Spain as…
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CuriosityStream orders ‘Evolve’ docuseries from Beach House
Factual streamer CuriosityStream has ordered a six-part docuseries exploring biomimicry from Blue Ant Media’s Beach…
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Love Nature, PBS & Sky join for ‘Osprey’ special
Blue Ant Media’s Love Nature, PBS in the US and Sky Nature in the UK…
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CuriosityStream orders Blue Ant & Jupiter docuseries
Factual streamer CuriosityStream has ordered a 20-part docuseries that explores numerical facts linked with major…
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Round-up: Love Nature builds ‘Otter Dynasty’; Ampersand adds ‘Building Bastille’; Endeavor joins Nordic ‘Congregation’
Love Nature builds Otter Dynasty Blue Ant Media and Smithsonian Networks joint venture Love Nature has…
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Round-up: Blue Ant expands FAST network; ‘Law & Order’ extends reach; Apple preps ‘Mr Corman’
Blue Ant expands FAST network Canada’s Blue Ant Media has launched new FAST channels, HauntTV…
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Blue Ant Studios inks partnership with ‘Surviving R Kelly’ producer Tamra Simmons
Blue Ant Studios, the production arm of Canada’s Blue Ant Media, has signed a development…
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BBC Studios preps BBC First in Canada with Blue Ant, replacing HIFI channel
BBC Studios (BBCS) is to launch its scripted and factual network BBC First in Canada…
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TBI In Conversation: How Netflix’s new samurai docudrama embraced action & authenticity
Cream Productions CEO David Brady tells Mark Layton about blending visceral action and historical accuracy…
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Canada’s Blue Ant Media sells majority stake in Kiwi prodco NHNZ to Julie Christie
Blue Ant Media has sold a majority stake in its New Zealand-based factual production company…
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Blue Ant & CCF partner to produce female-generated unscripted content
Canada’s Blue Ant Media has teamed with development and funding company Content Catalyst Fund (CCF)…
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Deals round-up: Beyond engineers raft of sales; ZDF Enterprises gets Naked; Nippon TV & WBITVP expands ‘Mute it!’; Sony snags Beta series
Beyond engineers raft of sales Blue Ant Media in Canada, RTHK in Hong Kong, Discovery…
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Blue Ant promotes Julie Chang to lead on int’l co-pros
Canada-based content producer, distributor and channel operator Blue Ant Media has promoted Julie Chang to…