Blue Ant Studios

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Blue Ant Studios

Company overview

Blue Ant Studios is an international production studio and rights business with offices in Toronto, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, London, Singapore and Sydney. The company’s diverse production slate spans scripted comedy and drama, unscripted entertainment, formats, high-impact documentaries, live-action kids + family, and animation. The studio is anchored in original storytelling, with award-winning series that include Blown Away (Netflix), Canada’s Drag Race (Crave), the scripted teen comedy series, Davey and Jonesie’s Locker (Hulu and Prime Video), Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies (Peacock), Drink Masters (Netflix), Race Against the Tide (CBC), The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (Prime Video), 9/11 Kids (CBC), See No Evil (Investigation Discovery US), and the adult-animated series, Gary and His Demons (Prime Video, Amazon Freevee). The company’s recent feature-length documentary, Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe (Prime Video), was awarded the Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award for Best Documentary in 2023. Blue Ant Studios’ distribution arm has a vast catalogue of over 7,000 hours of premium programming from the studio and third-party, top-tier producers around the world. Blue Ant Studios is a subsidiary of the global media company, Blue Ant Media.

Campaign Profile

Natural winners: sky’s the limit for Blue Ant Studios’ wildlife shows

15-10-2024

Blue Ant Media’s Mark Bishop, who serves as Co-President of the global media company’s Blue Ant Studios business, and Carlyn Staudt, EVP of Global Channels and Streaming, share how the organisation’s natural history offering has gone from strength to strength, and why a tentpole series like Love Nature’s original commission, Airborne, is worth the investment.

In the past few years, Blue Ant Studios’ distribution library of original 4K natural history content has grown to become the largest on the market. Mark Bishop, who co-leads all studio business across development, production and distribution, says that despite a disrupted market, it’s a good time to be in the natural history business and that the commitment to the genre across Blue Ant Studios and Blue Ant Channels + Streaming is lead with quality and longevity in mind.

“We offer premium content from world-class natural history producers from all over the world, like Passion Planet, Humble Bee Films, Beach House Pictures, Wild Pacific Media and Northern Pictures, just to name a few,” he says.

Contacts

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Mark Bishop Co-President, leads all studio business across development, production & distribution, to deliver world-class content to partners around the globe.
Blue Ant Studios

Matt Hornburg Co-President, leads all studio business across development, production & distribution, to deliver world-class content to partners around the globe.
Blue Ant Studios

Diane Rankin EVP Content Development & Commercial Strategy. Oversees development and commercial strategy across Blue Ant Studios portfolio of unscripted, scripted, kids, family, and animation content.
Blue Ant Studios

Ben Barrett Global Head of Content Financing & Partnerships, oversees co-productions and pre-sales financing for Blue Ant production studio and global content partners, and works across acquisitions of third party content.
Blue Ant Studios

Featured playlist: Blue Ant Media - Campaign October 2024

Airborne Blue Ant Studios

This stunning blue-chip tentpole series is an exhilarating immersion into the sky world - celebrating and unravelling the unique challenges and ultimate freedom of defying gravity. From great soaring condors to leaping lemurs, and from gliding squirrels to beautifully buzzing orchid bees - prepare to embark on a worldwide adventure in the air. MORE

Boss Shark Blue Ant Studios

Scientists have little understanding of the social dynamics of great white sharks. Normally lone hunters, they congregate at certain times of the year and suddenly become social creatures. For the first time, shark experts Dr Riley Elliott and Kori Burkhardt host a thrilling competition unlike any other, aiming to uncover which male great white shark reigns as the alpha in the pack. MORE

Planet Weird Blue Ant Studios

Earth has produced an endless parade of unique and WEIRD animals. Strange behaviours, odd physiology, and outlandish survival techniques can be found in every habitat. Each animal, in the competition to survive, has evolved a weird attribute to secure the winning edge. PLANET WEIRD uncovers some of the most extraordinary wild characters, each stranger than the last. MORE

Pride Rules Blue Ant Studios

PRIDE RULES is a remarkable look at lion prides, their politics, their incessant drive to survive, and the daily struggles they face to protect their territory. On the banks of the Chobe River, a large lion pride dominates the highly prized floodplain territory. MORE

Survival of the Beast Blue Ant Studios

Prepare for a completely new way of looking at the animal kingdom with SURVIVAL OF THE BEAST, from adventurer, survival expert, and zoology nut Max Djenohan. Max is on a mission to discover and mimic the survival skills of some of the most charismatic animals on Earth. What incredible and surprising adaptations have allowed these creatures to thrive when others have failed? MORE

Wild Sky Blue Ant Studios

The skies above our planet never stop moving. Wind, rain, drought and blizzards shape the lives of every living thing. As weather sweeps across four continents, creatures find ingenious solutions to survive our planet’s WILD SKY. MORE

The Hungry Games: Alaska's Big Bear Challenge Blue Ant Studios

Welcome to THE HUNGRY GAMES: ALASKA’S BIG BEAR CHALLENGE, the world’s greatest natural competition, where Alaskan bears battle annually for dominance, for food and most importantly for survival. They have only 150 days to eat at least 3 MILLION calories and gain nearly 200 pounds in order to have any hope of surviving the long winter. MORE

Shared Planet Blue Ant Studios

Our life on planet Earth is inextricably linked to the creatures around us. With stunning cinematography and jaw-dropping wildlife action, SHARED PLANET reveals incredible untold stories of people and wildlife flourishing together. In an age of many serious environmental challenges, this series offers a view to an alternative, more hopeful future. MORE

Wings Over Water Blue Ant Studios

WINGS OVER WATER, narrated by Michael Keaton, tells the amazing story of three bird species—the Sandhill Crane, the Yellow Warbler, and the Mallard Duck—with extraordinary footage of their fascinating behaviors. Watch the triumphs and challenges of these creatures that defy all odds and soar across mountains, deserts, cities and forests as they head home to raise their young. MORE

The Secret Life Of The Hermit Crab Blue Ant Studios

THE SECRET LIFE OF THE HERMIT CRAB follows the adventures of a small community of hermit crabs in Guadeloupe during their epic migration of more than 3 kilometers - from the immense cliffs at the north of the island, to the gentle beaches at the south. After carrying their thousands of eggs for a month, and across many landscapes, the females will finally release them into the ocean waves. MORE

Hope For Wildlife: The Next Generation Blue Ant Studios

Hope Swinimer has devoted her whole career to caring for animals, but it is now time to pass the torch to the younger generation. This heartwarming series goes inside world-class animal rehabilitation centers, where Hope and a new group of compassionate caregivers work together to save the wildlife in need of urgent care. MORE

399: Queen Of The Tetons Blue Ant Studios

For nearly two decades, Grizzly 399 has been a fixture in Grand Teton National Park. Known only by her research number, 399 has become the world's most famous — and most photographed — grizzly in the world. The film follows 399 as she struggles to raise her cubs in the face of human encroachment, a rapidly changing climate, and threat of losing her protection under the Endangered Species Act. MORE

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Company overview

Campaign Profile

Natural winners: sky’s the limit for Blue Ant Studios’ wildlife shows

Contacts

Mark Bishop Co-President, leads all studio business across development, production & distribution, to deliver world-class content to partners around the globe.
Blue Ant Studios

Matt Hornburg Co-President, leads all studio business across development, production & distribution, to deliver world-class content to partners around the globe.
Blue Ant Studios

Diane Rankin EVP Content Development & Commercial Strategy. Oversees development and commercial strategy across Blue Ant Studios portfolio of unscripted, scripted, kids, family, and animation content.
Blue Ant Studios

Ben Barrett Global Head of Content Financing & Partnerships, oversees co-productions and pre-sales financing for Blue Ant production studio and global content partners, and works across acquisitions of third party content.
Blue Ant Studios

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Company overview

Campaign Profile

Natural winners: sky’s the limit for Blue Ant Studios’ wildlife shows

Contacts

Mark Bishop Co-President, leads all studio business across development, production & distribution, to deliver world-class content to partners around the globe. Blue Ant Studios

Matt Hornburg Co-President, leads all studio business across development, production & distribution, to deliver world-class content to partners around the globe. Blue Ant Studios

Diane Rankin EVP Content Development & Commercial Strategy. Oversees development and commercial strategy across Blue Ant Studios portfolio of unscripted, scripted, kids, family, and animation content. Blue Ant Studios

Ben Barrett Global Head of Content Financing & Partnerships, oversees co-productions and pre-sales financing for Blue Ant production studio and global content partners, and works across acquisitions of third party content. Blue Ant Studios

Featured playlist: Blue Ant Media - Campaign October 2024

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Mark Bishop Co-President, leads all studio business across development, production & distribution, to deliver world-class content to partners around the globe.
Blue Ant Studios

Matt Hornburg Co-President, leads all studio business across development, production & distribution, to deliver world-class content to partners around the globe.
Blue Ant Studios

Diane Rankin EVP Content Development & Commercial Strategy. Oversees development and commercial strategy across Blue Ant Studios portfolio of unscripted, scripted, kids, family, and animation content.
Blue Ant Studios

Ben Barrett Global Head of Content Financing & Partnerships, oversees co-productions and pre-sales financing for Blue Ant production studio and global content partners, and works across acquisitions of third party content.
Blue Ant Studios