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Blue Ant Media
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Factual round up: Discovery orders Sydney obs-doc; Blue Ant unveils slate; Hat Trick deals with Monty Halls’ Seadog
Discovery orders Sydney Harbour obs-doc Discovery UK and Discovery Australia and New Zealand have commissioned…
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Blue Ant’s Love Nature ups Alison Barrat to expanded commissioning role
Canada’s Blue Ant Media has promoted Alison Barrat to become SVP of production & development…
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News round-up: Insight TV lands on Pluto TV; SPI channels head to Germany & Russia; Love Nature expands in Lat Am
Insight TV heads to Pluto TV UHD broadcaster Insight TV has launched three of its…
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Appointment round-up: ITV names Media & Entertainment chiefs; Blue Ant ups Craig Junner; Rogo Productions rejigs
ITV names Media & Entertainment chiefs UK broadcaster ITV has appointed Sarah Clarke as COO…
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Blue Ant’s Julie Chang on a post-pandemic prediction
Julie Chang, VP of international co-productions at Blue Ant Media and interim EVP at Blue…
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Blue Ant preps ‘A Bee’s Diary’ for Love Nature as show wraps production
Blue Ant Media’s wildlife channel and streamer brand Love Nature is preparing to air its…
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Blue Ant Media ups Jamie Schouela to global channels boss, Carlyn Staudt to oversee Love Nature
Toronto-based producer, distributor and channel operator Blue Ant Media has promoted Jamie Schouela to president…
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News round-up: Red Arrow signs Asian deals; Brazil brings kids ‘All Together Now’; Blue Ant unveils new slate
Red Arrow strikes non-scripted deals across Asia Broadcasters in Hong Kong, China and South Korea…
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Blue Ant’s Love Nature joins Ireland’s RTÉ, Arte France on wildlife series
Blue Ant Media’s Love Nature has joined forces with Ireland’s RTÉ and Arte France on…
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Kids round-up: Blue Ant expands on Roku; Sky strikes Moonbug SVOD deal; Dandelooo to sell ‘Kosmix’; and more…
Blue Ant expands kids nature presence on Roku International media company Blue Ant Media has…
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Love Nature launches on Les Bouquets Canal+ in Africa
Online and linear wildlife and nature channel Love Nature has launched in more than 25…
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News round-up: Germany’s Redseven returns to production; BBC Two, Arte explore US foreign policy; Silverlining’s ‘Farm’ to open in July
Redseven returns for Sat.1’s The Taste Red Arrow Studios-owned German producer Redseven Entertainment has returned…
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News round-up: Sky Studios invests in Longboat Pictures; Travel Channel orders eerie doc series from Karga Seven; Love Nature lands on Xumo in US and more…
Sky Studios invests in UK prodco Longboat Pictures Comcast-owned Sky Studios has acquired a minority…
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News round-up: Love Nature unveils blue chip duo; BET+ visits eOne’s Diggstown
Love Nature greenlights blue chip duo Blue Ant Media’s Love Nature 4K has greenlit two…
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Blue Ant Media expands Love Nature channel across Europe
Blue Ant Media is expanding the reach of its Love Nature channel in Europe. The…
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Blue Ant strikes StarTimes deal to expand channels business in Africa
Blue Ant Media is launching network duo Love Nature and Smithsonian Channel on StarTimes’ broadcast…
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Beach House goes global
Donovan Chan, creative director of Blue Ant Studios-backed Singaporean production powerhouse Beach House Pictures, tells…
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Blue Ant Media expands digital drive with Stephanie Atlas
Blue Ant Media has appointed Stephanie Atlas as VP of digital content and programming for…
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MIPTV organisers reveal first batch of distributors signed up to reimagined market
All3Media, Discovery and Warner Bros. are among the distributors to have signed up for next…
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Blue Ant Media appoints Jigsaw, Sundance alum to oversee creative
Blue Ant Media in Canada has appointed Sundance and Jigsaw Media alum Laura Michalchyshyn as…
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Love Nature, Smithsonian, Arte team on ‘Stormborn’ series
Love Nature has partnered with Smithsonian Channel, France’s Arte and BBC Scotland on a blue-chip…
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Netflix boards ‘Age of Samurai’ drama doc
Netflix and Blue Ant Media-run Smithsonian Canada have commissioned Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan,…
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Exclusive: Blue Ant Int’l inks first-look deal with Zeppelin Films
Blue Ant International has struck a first-look deal with former BBC commissioner Elliot Reed’s Rich Kids…
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Blue Ant Int’l bolsters true crime slate ahead of MIPTV
Blue Ant International has bolstered its factual slate with three true crime series. The Canada-headquartered…
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Blue Ant adds six originals for Canadian channels
Blue Ant Media has commissioned six originals as well as a raft of digital content…
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Renegade’s Levi boards Antenna as creative director
Antenna Pictures has appointed former Renegade exec Jonathan Levi as creative director. Operating out of…
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MIPCOM: The Big Deals
With this week’s MIPCOM market coming to a close, TBI looks at the top deals…
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Blue Ant acquires Canada’s Saloon Media
Blue Ant Media has acquired Toronto-based company Saloon Media, which specialises in factual projects. Saloon…
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Blue Ant restructures North American operations to boost production
Blue Ant Media has restructured its North American division in a bid to strengthen its…
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Blue Ant brings CBS titles FBI & Charmed to Asia
Blue Ant Media, an international content producer, distributor and operator, is bringing fresh CBS Studios…