Blue Ant International Sells Slew of Shows into France

Blue Ant International has licensed more than 435 hours of programming to French broadcasters, including RMC Découverte.

Mediawan Thematics picked up 400 hours of renewed and exclusive 4K natural-history titles from Blue Ant International for its Ultra Nature, Animaux and Science Vie channel brands. Selections include Into the Wild India, a ten-part journey through the wilderness of India; Colombia’s Wild Coast, a two-part series that dives into Colombia’s marine life and explores its unique maritime habitats on land; Zambia Untamed, from Love Nature’s production project with Plimsoll Production, Camp Zambia; Ocean Parks, from Arcadia Entertainment; and Wildest New Zealand, from producer NHNZ.

More than 20 hours of nature and wildlife content went to Ushuaia TV (TF1 Group). The deal includes Animal Empires, which looks at the places that play host to wildlife’s migrations and congregations, and Extreme Africa, from Off the Fence. The broadcaster also picked up Blink Films’ titles such as Secret Life of the Wombat, Secret Life of the Kangaroo, Secret Life of the Koala and Secret Life of the Tasmanian Devil.

From Plimsoll Productions, France TV acquired seven hours of content, including The Monkey Diaries, which visits an ancient city reclaimed by Sri Lanka’s forests and the toque macaques monkeys that live in it; Life’s Journey, which follows a colorful array of animal species as they are born, mature and have families of their own; Wild Survivors, which explores the relationship between animal and environment; and Valley of Flood and Fire, which shows the extreme seasonal changes that shape the “valley of flood and fire” and the animals that call it home.

ARTE picked up Rooted, a series that reveals five of southern Africa’s most iconic trees and the unique repertoire of animals, insects, birds and environmental elements that have created their own roots in and around them. It also opted for the Blue Ant Media original production Alaskan Summer, which reveals the vibrancy and majesty of the U.S.’s most northern state.

RMC Découverte took on The First World War: The People’s Story, a three-part docuseries commissioned by BBC that draws on an archive of 200 interviews with the last survivors of the Great War, from the battlefields and the home front.

“France is a prestigious and lucrative market,” said Solange Attwood, executive VP at Blue Ant International. “The diversity and volume of sales to French platforms is a testament to the quality of our programming and our relationships with leading producers and buyers.”