Blue Ant Media is a privately held, international content producer, distributor and channel operator. The company owns and operates numerous production companies in North America and Asia-Pacific under the Blue Ant Studios banner, creating content for broadcasters and streaming platforms in multiple genres including factual entertainment, natural history, documentary, adult animation and drama. Its distribution business, Blue Ant International, offers a substantial catalogue of content, including one of the world's largest 4K natural history offerings. Blue Ant Media operates channels under nine brands including Love Nature, Smithsonian Channel Canada, BBC Earth (Canada) and more. Blue Ant Media is headquartered in Toronto, with eight international offices in Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, London, Dunedin, Washington DC and Beijing.
History
The company was formed in 2011 by Michael MacMillan, former Chairman of Alliance Atlantis, with the acquisition of indie broadcaster Glassbox Television. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its name was chosen in reference to William Gibson's informal "Blue Ant" trilogy.[1]
Assets
Television and media properties
Domestic
- A.Side TV
- BBC Earth (Canada)
- Cottage Life
- HIFI
- Love Nature (Canada, Asia-Pacific, EMEA)
- Makeful
- Smithsonian Channel (Canada)
- T+E
International
- Blue Ant Entertainment (Southeast Asia)
- Blue Ant Extreme (Southeast Asia)
- ZooMoo (Asia-Pacific and Latin America)
Production companies
- Beach House Pictures (Singapore)
- Blue Ant Studios USA (Los Angeles)
- Look Mom! Productions (Toronto)
- NHNZ (New Zealand)
- Saloon Media Inc. (Toronto)