{"id":13830,"date":"2019-12-16T10:15:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T15:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-media-grows-african-footprint\/"},"modified":"2019-12-16T10:15:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T15:15:26","slug":"blue-ant-media-grows-african-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-media-grows-african-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Ant Media Grows African Footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its ongoing expansion in Africa, Blue Ant Media has launched Love Nature and Smithsonian Channel on StarTimes\u2019 broadcast platforms across several territories on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Across sub-Saharan Africa, both Love Nature and the Smithsonian Channel are launching in HD on StarTimes via DTT, DTH, OTT and IPTV. StarTimes viewers will have access to Smithsonian in English and Love Nature in English and Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p>Programming highlights on Love Nature include <em>Big Cat Country<\/em>, a lion saga that follows three colliding prides and the wildlife camera team that captures all the action; <em>Dogs with Extraordinary Jobs<\/em>, which explores the extraordinary jobs four-legged friends undertake across the globe; <em>Great Blue Wild<\/em>, a series that joins marine ecologists as they uncover ocean secrets and defend endangered animals; and <em>Monkey Island<\/em>, which shares the story of an ancient citadel, once home to Sri Lanka\u2019s kings, which has now been reclaimed by the jungle and its monkeys.<\/p>\n<p>Smithsonian Channel&#8217;s lineup includes <em>Apollo&#8217;s Moon Shot<\/em>, a documentary series exploring humankind\u2019s most ambitious journey, brought to life through archival interviews, rarely seen footage and artifacts; <em>First Ladies Revealed<\/em>, a series examining some of the first ladies who left their indelible mark on the White House and in history; and <em>Asian Tsunami: The Deadliest Wave<\/em>, which examines how early warning systems are currently being developed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese new licensing deals significantly grow Blue Ant Media\u2019s footprint across Africa,\u201d said Ward Platt, CEO of global networks and kids at Blue Ant Media. \u201cBringing the channels to new platforms allows us to share our broad portfolio of stunning natural history and factual programming with more viewers in Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its ongoing expansion in Africa, Blue Ant Media has launched Love Nature and Smithsonian Channel on StarTimes\u2019 broadcast platforms across several territories on the continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":13831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[345,512,180,1811],"class_list":["post-13830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-blue-ant-media","tag-love-nature","tag-smithsonian-channel","tag-startimes","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blue Ant Media Grows African Footprint - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-media-grows-african-footprint\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blue Ant Media Grows African Footprint - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As part of its ongoing expansion in Africa, Blue Ant Media has launched Love Nature and Smithsonian Channel on StarTimes\u2019 broadcast platforms across several territories on the continent.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-media-grows-african-footprint\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-16T15:15:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Big-Cat-Country-BLUE-ANT-1019.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-media-grows-african-footprint\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-media-grows-african-footprint\/\",\"name\":\"Blue Ant Media Grows African Footprint - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-16T15:15:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-16T15:15:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-media-grows-african-footprint\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-media-grows-african-footprint\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-media-grows-african-footprint\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blue Ant Media Grows African Footprint\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\",\"name\":\"Alison Skilton\",\"description\":\"Alison Skilton is an associate editor of World Screen. 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