TORONTO — Blue Ant Media today announced Julie Chang (above) has been promoted to executive vice-president of international co-productions.
In her new role, Chang will initiate and lead co-productions for Blue Ant Media across the company’s integrated business units. Her responsibilities include identifying, structuring and closing content creation deals and leveraging financing opportunities with international partners for the company’s Blue Ant Studios global production arm, its Blue Ant International distribution business, and its linear and streaming channels, including T+E, Cottage Life and Smithsonian Channel Canada in Canada and Love Nature worldwide.
With her promotion, Chang joins the company’s corporate management team and reports to Michael MacMillan, CEO and co-founder of Blue Ant Media.
“Julie’s wealth of experience in leading co-productions and her deep well of connections in the international TV industry are invaluable to Blue Ant Media’s success and growth as a world-class content creator, especially as the industry sees an increase in more complex multi-partner collaborations,” said MacMillan, in a press release. “Julie’s new position enables her to be a bridge between our businesses, helping our partners maximize the creative and financial synergies across our global production units, our distribution division and our channel operations.”
Chang previously served as Blue Ant Media’s vice-president of international co-productions, with a focus on working with global partners to leverage and bolster the company’s production group.
Prior to joining Blue Ant Media, Chang was senior vice-president of business and legal affairs at Peace Point Rights and Peace Point Entertainment Group. Before that, she was with Behind the Scenes Services and was an associate at Lewis Birnberg Hanet, LLP.
Chang has held executive positions in a number of areas of the industry including home distribution for Lions Gate Films, business and legal affairs for the former Alliance Atlantis and UK-based Café Productions.
