Blue Ant Media

Nothing connects like a good story.

At Blue Ant Media, we create captivating TV content for audiences everywhere.

From developing great story ideas and producing shows with acclaimed creators to sharing content through distribution partners and operating our own channels – we specialize in stories that connect.

Blue Ant Media Expands Partnership with Pluto TV with FAST Channel and Content Package for the U.S. Market

Love Nature and Homeful launch as dedicated FAST channels on Pluto TV in the U.S.; Pluto TV licenses hundreds of hours of programming from Blue Ant Studios’ catalogue for VOD

The Baby Show Returns to Vancouver: A Bundle of Canada’s Top Baby Brands and Parenting Experts Await—November 2-3 at Canada Place

Blue Ant Studios Elevates Diane Rankin’s role to EVP, Content Development & Commercial Strategy 

Blue Ant Media is an international producer, rights business and operator of FAST and linear pay TV media brands

In the past decade we’ve evolved from a scrappy Canadian startup into a global media company with headquarters in Toronto and offices in five other countries. But despite our rapid growth, we remain deeply collaborative and passionate about storytelling.

We create and produce factual entertainment, lifestyle series, animation, award-winning documentaries and the largest 4K natural history offering on the market. Then, we share this content with audiences around the world.

Whether we’re creating for our own channels or partnering with international distributors, telling captivating stories is at the root of everything we do. Why? Because we wholeheartedly believe that nothing connects like a good story.

Blue Ant Media’s Toronto office is built on unceded and treaty lands that have been home to many different Indigenous peoples, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. Today many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples live here. The city is also the home of settlers, new and old, from around the globe.

Celebrating creativity is one of our core values. Through our work, we have the opportunity to acknowledge truth, commit to action and education regarding history and ongoing inequities, and amplify the voices of Indigenous communities.

Acknowledging the land we work and live on is just the first step. At Blue Ant Media, we will continue to work together building respectful relationships with creators who tell stories of healing, decolonization and joy. 

Michael  MacMillan

Michael MacMillan

  • Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
  • Co-Founder
Robb  Chase

Robb Chase

  • CFO: Chief Financial Officer
Astrid  Zimmer

Astrid Zimmer

  • EVP, Business and Legal Affairs
Jamie  Schouela

Jamie Schouela

  • President, Global Channels and Media
Carlyn  Staudt

Carlyn Staudt

  • EVP, Global Channels + Streaming
Mitch  Dent

Mitch Dent

  • EVP, Media Solutions, Consumer Shows & Publishing
Mark  Bishop

Mark Bishop

  • Co-President, Blue Ant Studios
Matt  Hornburg

Matt Hornburg

  • Co-President, Blue Ant Studios
Diane  Rankin

Diane Rankin

  • EVP, Content Development and Commercial Strategy
Sarah  Etherden

Sarah Etherden

  • Vice President, Global Communications
Megan  Atkinson

Megan Atkinson

  • SVP, Human Resources
Elizabeth  Lim

Elizabeth Lim

  • Head of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion