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Bunting is a former president and general manager of Discovery Channel U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The company has numerous series and specials already in development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBirdDog is a new take on producing fact-based entertainment with global appeal while remaining rooted in the highly successful Canadian documentary tradition,\u201d said Ellis, president and COO of BirdDog Media Ventures. \u201cClark has an outstanding reputation for recognizing evolving demands for factual content and I\u2019m delighted to be working with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBirdDog presents an opportunity to lead in the telling of new stories in new ways as the audience demand for factual continues to grow while collaborating in the leading edge Canadian factual industry in which Stephen has played an important role in helping foster,\u201d said Bunting, chairman and CEO of BirdDog Media Ventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran producer-distributors Stephen Ellis and Clark Bunting have launched a new Canadian factual production house, BirdDog Media Ventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":13193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[4054,4055,4056],"class_list":["post-13192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-birddog-media-ventures","tag-clark-bunting","tag-stephen-ellis","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stephen Ellis &amp; 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