Blue Ant Media has greenlit five new originals and four renewals for 2025 to bolster the slate for its specialty TV and global FAST channels.<\/p>\n
The new original lineup includes Ghost Lands<\/em> (w.t.), an hour-long documentary that presents Indigenous ghost stories rooted in various Indigenous cultures and mythology. It is created, written and produced by Winnipeg-based M\u00e9tis producer Jessica Landry.<\/p>\n Ghost Lands<\/em> was developed and greenlit as a direct result of Blue Ant Media\u2019s RFP Initiative in partnership with imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, the Reelworld Film Festival and the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. The process called for pitches focused on paranormal series from Indigenous and racialized producers for Blue Ant\u2019s linear channel T+E and its FAST channel HauntTV.<\/p>\n Additional greenlights were given for You Can\u2019t Deny It<\/em>, a docuseries exploring the power of corroboration; Vet Detective<\/em>, spotlighting Vancouver-cased veterinarian Dr. Lauren Adelman\u2019s pioneering work in veterinary medicine; Engineering from Above<\/em>, a spin-off of the Mysteries from Above<\/em> franchise; and Birthplace of Hallowe’en<\/em> (w.t.), a one-hour documentary filmed in Ireland with T+E\u2019s paranormal investigators Kelly Ireland, Corine Carey and Leanne Sallenback.<\/p>\n Renewals were given to Mysteries from Above<\/em>, My Haunted Hometown<\/em>, Holmes on Homes: Building a Legacy<\/em> and Wild Rose Vets<\/em>. A fourth season was ordered for Mysteries from Above<\/em>, while second season orders were given for the other three titles.<\/p>\n The titles will roll out on Blue Ant Media\u2019s Canadian specialty TV channels T+E and Cottage Life in 2025, followed by debuts on its relevant global free streaming channels\u2014HauntTV, Homeful, Love Pets and Declassified\u2014at a later date.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re proud to collaborate with our Canadian production partners to create impactful documentaries and enduring franchises that captivate and resonate with a broad, diverse audience,\u201d said Craig Junner, senior VP of programming and content strategy for global media at Blue Ant Media. \u201cBlue Ant\u2019s unique structure enables us to invest in the production of homegrown content and share it with the world, debuting it on our Canadian specialty TV channels and later expanding its reach through a second window on our global free streaming platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Blue Ant Media has greenlit five new originals and four renewals for 2025 to bolster the slate for its specialty TV and global FAST channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[10478,345,5226,10479,10480,10481,9007,6944,10482,10483,10484],"class_list":["post-22524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-birthplace-of-halloween","tag-blue-ant-media","tag-craig-junner","tag-engineering-from-above","tag-ghost-lands","tag-holmes-on-homes-building-a-legacy","tag-my-haunted-hometown","tag-mysteries-from-above","tag-vet-detective","tag-wild-rose-vets","tag-you-cant-deny-it","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n