{"id":9239,"date":"2016-10-13T09:38:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T13:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-fills-role-for-new-u-k-based-production-studio\/"},"modified":"2016-10-13T13:39:46","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T17:39:46","slug":"blue-ant-taps-nerd-tv-founder-for-new-u-k-based-production-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-taps-nerd-tv-founder-for-new-u-k-based-production-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Ant Taps Nerd TV Founder for New U.K. Production Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO: Blue Ant Media has brought in Jago Lee to serve as creative director for its newly launched U.K.-based production studio, Antenna Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Lee will be working to build a broad production slate, leveraging Blue Ant Media\u2019s international footprint, with an emphasis on innovative premium factual content. Lee was formerly head of documentaries for Tiger Aspect. He founded Nerd TV in 2010, which is now part of the Red Arrow group of companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Jago\u2019s talent, knowledge and leadership in the factual space, we are ready to expand our production footprint to the U.K. under his creative direction,\u201d said Raja Khanna, the CEO of television and digital at Blue Ant Media. \u201cAntenna Pictures will work closely alongside Blue Ant Media\u2019s channels and producers in Canada and our international distribution division, Blue Ant International, to create world-class factual and factual entertainment content and formats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had the privilege of working with some of the best unscripted creatives in the business throughout my career, but Blue Ant Media\u2019s unique breadth of operation and reputation for delivering top tier factual content was an irresistible opportunity for me,\u201d said Lee. \u201cAs an international distributor, broadcaster and content player, Blue Ant is brilliantly positioned to nurture the next generation of factual formats that I am keen to produce.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO: Blue Ant Media has brought in Jago Lee to serve as creative director for its newly launched U.K.-based production studio, Antenna Pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":9240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1602,345,1603],"class_list":["post-9239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-antenna-pictures","tag-blue-ant-media","tag-jago-lee","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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