Philo has added six new channels from Lionsgate and Blue Ant Media to its standalone, free channel lineup — growing the collection to 130+ live, ad-supported channels available to anyone in the US, no subscription required. These channels are also included in Philo’s paid plans, Essential ($25/month) and Bundle+ ($33/month). The new additions are: Heartland: […]
Blue Ant Media, the streamer, production studio and rights-management business, has acquired MagellanTV, a digital streaming company that delivers factual content to consumers across the globe, for $12 million (€10.2bn). Founded in 2018 by Greg Diefenbach and Thomas Lucas, veterans of National Geographic, PBS and Discovery, MagellanTV operates an SVoD service and a portfolio of […]
Production studio, rights business and channel operator, Blue Ant Media, has announced the launch of its free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel, Declassified, on VIZIO WatchFree+ in the US. Declassified features stories and revelations that have shaped our world, from conspiracies and catastrophes to engineering and ancient civilisations. The deal, led by Julio Sobral, SVP, […]
International production studio, rights business and channel operator, Blue Ant Media, has chosen Blue Lucy’s BLAM platform for media supply chain automation. The multi-year contract announced today follows a competitive discovery process involving various vendors and a rigorous proof of concept in collaboration with independent technology consultants, Chromata Solutions. Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in […]
Sky Nature and Love Nature have announced the greenlight of Airborne (4 x 60’), a series that celebrates the unique challenges and ultimate freedom of animals that use the air to survive and thrive. Produced by Humble Bee Films, the series will give viewers a true bird’s-eye view from airborne birds and animals as they catch […]
International production studio, rights business and channel operator, Blue Ant Media, has announced new leadership across the company’s yet-to-be named studio and rights business, led by Co-Presidents, Mark Bishop (pictured) and Matthew Hornburg. News of the company’s studio and rights leadership team arrives after Blue Ant Media’s recent acquisition of marblemedia, which saw the two […]
International producer, distributor and channel operator, Blue Ant Media, is partnering with content data platform, IRIS.TV, to enable video-level contextual advertising across the company’s portfolio of free-streaming channels. As an IRIS-enabled partner, Blue Ant Media provides brands the ability to target audiences through relevant content at the right moment. It does so by allowing advertisers […]
International media company, Blue Ant Media and the production and distribution company, marblemedia, have announced the merger of the two companies’ production and distribution operations into one unified studio and rights business. Mark Bishop and Matthew Hornburg will take the helm of this business, serving as co-Presidents and reporting into Michael MacMillan, CEO and co-founder, Blue Ant Media. With hubs in Toronto, New […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media O2 is partnering with A+E Networks EMEA, All3Media International, Banijay Rights, Blue Ant Media, Extreme International, Fremantle, Little Dot Studios and Tastemade to launch a selection of new Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) channels, available to all Virgin TV customers at no extra cost from next month. The dedicated channels […]
Canadian broadcasters have united to form Canadian Broadcasters for Sustainability, a group which is committed to working together to increase environmentally sustainable change. This is the first time such a broad and diverse group of Canadian public and private broadcasters from different linguistic and regional markets have come together for a common cause. The group […]