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Global distribution group, Blue Ant International, unveiled its diverse new slate of premium programming across some of its tentpole categories including: High-Impact Documentaries, Factual, Specialist Factual and Kids & Family.

Debuting at MIPCOM next month, the new slate includes several high-impact documentaries that deal with pressing contemporary issues in today’s world including 9/11 Kids, No Responders Left Behind, The Two Lives of Li Ermao, and The Shadow of Dumont. New factual content includes: Christmas At Chatsworth House, which looks inside the inner workings of an historic British estate; Hotel Paranormal, a 10-part supernatural docu-series narrated by Dan Aykroyd; and Aging Well Suzuki Style, which follows 83-year old David Suzuki as he determines how well he is aging. New natural history series from Love Nature’s celebrated slate of original 4K programming include Stormborn (narrated by Golden Globe winner, Ewan McGregor) and A Bee’s Diary. Rounding out the offering is a crop of new series in the distributor’s Kids & Family category, including fan favourites Detention Adventure Season 2 and Nikola Tesla and the End of the World. Blue Ant International has created a bespoke online portal for its entire slate of newly released titles.

Blue Ant International’s new slate of titles amount to over 100 hours of content and joins three significant programming acquisitions that were announced earlier this summer, including 140+ hours of content from David Rocco’s Dolce Vita series, 30+ hours of content from ITN Productions that includes more than 20 Royal documentaries and several iconic biographies; and the exclusive international rights to the high-profile documentary film, No Responders Left Behind, featuring the work of former The Daily Show Host, Jon Stewart, to help get compensation for 9/11 first responders.

“Blue Ant International has an incredible amount of newly acquired premium content from a variety of production companies ranging from single series to large library acquisition deals,” says Ludo Dufour, SVP, International Co-Productions and Sales, Blue Ant International. “We’ve been in constant contact with our international buyers over the last several months and are heading into this year’s fall market season with a carefully selected array of premium, compelling content that will appeal to audiences everywhere.”