Blue Ant unveils curated slate of premium content
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Joseph O'Halloran
| 10 March 2020

Content distributor Blue Ant International has refreshed its slate with over 60 hours of new programming, from top tier producers around the world encompassing documentaries, factual and specialist factual categories.

Highlights of the new slate include a second season of the award-winning, docu-series Prison (3 x 60’; HD; Spring Films), season two of Rich Kids Go Homeless (6 x 60’; HD; Zeppelin Films) as well as Malawi Wildlife Rescue (6 x 60’; 4K & HDR; Icon Films). The company has also taken over distribution activity for over 70 hours of premium, blue-chip programming from global natural history and factual production house, NHNZ.

The NHNZ agreement significantly bolsters Blue Ant International’s catalogue of specialist factual content with over 70 titles including: Extreme Animals (4 x 60’; HD), a series that takes a look at the most extreme personalities and behaviours in the animal kingdom; Inside the Pack (1 x 60’; HD) an inside look at the survival skills and power struggles within wild animal packs; Siberia’s Wild Year (1 x 60' HD), which reveals the challenges animals face in Siberia’s winter; China From Above Seasons 1 and 2 (4 x 60'; HD | 2 x 60' 4K & HD), which takes viewers on an exploration of China as never seen before; World’s Deadliest Seasons 1 and 2 (7 x 60; HD) which reveals the struggle that species face every day just to survive; Wild Peru: Andes Battleground (2 x 60'; HD) which explores the animals that live in the country’s diverse habitats; and Mexico Untamed (3 x 60'; HD) a series that follows the extreme measures animals go to survive in the rugged landscapes of Mexico.

“Our new slate is a carefully curated selection of premium content from some of the best production partners in the world, reflecting our commitment to offering diverse and compelling programming across key factual categories,” commented Ludo Dufour, SVP, international co-productions and sales, Blue Ant International.

“We’re seeing a renaissance of the specialist factual genre on a global level, so the addition of NHNZ’s premium content strengthens our position as a go-to provider of top-tier natural history programming and allows us to super-serve our clients’ ever-growing appetite for best-in-class nature programming.”