TORONTO – Building on its slate of original content, Blue Ant Media announced 21 new and returning series across it its specialty television channels Cottage Life, Travel+Escape, Oasis, HiFi and Smithsonian Channel Canada in 2014 and 2015.
Cottage Life’s line up of new shows include Backroad Bounty (September), Dining INNvasion (September) and Cabin Truckers (January 2015) along with six returning series including Colin & Justin’s Cabin Pressure, My Retreat, Brojects and What’s for Sale. New series planned for T+E include Paranormal Survivor (January 2015) as well as new seasons of Thrift Hunters and Bad Trips Abroad.
Three new series will debut on Oasis, including Nomads Of The Serengeti (September), Lewa (Winter 2015) and Bahama Blue (January 2015), while Mystery Cars will debut on HiFi in September. The new six-part series Missing Evidence, which will premier on Smithsonian Channel Canada in February 2015, reveals new evidence that helps to shed light on six captivating unsolved mysteries, and is Blue Ant Media’s first co-production with Smithsonian Channel US and Blink Films.
“Blue Ant Media’s line up of original programming this season showcases the diversity of projects we are bringing to our audiences and our commitment to exclusive original content for our eight television services”, said EVP programming & production Vanessa Case, in the news release. “The success of our original content last year allowed us to bring back so many audience and advertiser favorites, such as Brojects, Decks, Docks & Gazebos and Colin and Justin’s Cabin Pressure.”
