Last deal

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Grant

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17.08.2022

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4

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$65.5M

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About Company
Blue Ant Media is an international content producer and distributor.

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founded date

01.01.2011

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For Profit

Last funding type

Grant

IPO status

Private

Description

The Toronto-based company owns and operates production companies in North America and Asia-Pacific, creating content in various genres such as factual entertainment, natural history, documentary, and adult animation. They distribute a substantial catalog of content, including one of the world's largest 4K natural history offerings, through their distribution business, Blue Ant International. Blue Ant Media also operates linear and free streaming channels under different brands, including Love Nature, Smithsonian Channel Canada, and BBC Earth (Canada). In addition to their headquarters in Toronto, they have international offices in Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, Tokyo, London, Washington, and Beijing. The company creates and distributes content in lifestyle, travel, documentary, music, and entertainment categories, owning specialty channels like Travel+Escape, Bite TV, and AUX TV, as well as premium, commercial-free channels such as Oasis HD, HIFI, eqHD, and radX. They also have a digital publishing division that produces daily content for web and mobile sites, including AUX Magazine, a monthly music tablet magazine. Overall, Blue Ant Media produces over 400 hours of original content, both in-house and through co-productions with international partners.
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