TORONTO — International producer, distributor and channel operator Blue Ant Media and the Content Catalyst Fund jointly announced today they are collaborating to develop female-led, unscripted programming for the global marketplace.
Content Catalyst Fund (CCF) is a development and funding company recently launched by producer and media executive Julie Bristow. Through their partnership, the two companies “will combine their collective expertise and resources to develop, produce and distribute series and documentaries for domestic and international markets,” reads the press release.
CCF will identify unscripted ideas for development and production across several genres, including lifestyle, crime and documentary series, and Blue Ant Studios will produce projects in collaboration with CCF and Bristow as executive producer, says the release. Blue Ant International will serve as the preferred global distribution company.
“Not only will this joint venture allow us to grow the unscripted side of our business, specifically in popular genres like lifestyle, docu, reality and format programming, but it will also position us at the forefront of progressive, brilliant new content created by women. The partnership gives us access to seasoned and up-and-coming creative talent and inspired content development,” said Laura Michalchyshyn, chief creative officer and co-president of global content production at Blue Ant Media, in the press release.
“CCF’s curation and development expertise, and the production and distribution clout of Blue Ant Media, offers female creators a powerful new opportunity to turbocharge their ideas and roll them out internationally,” added Bristow. “This announcement is just the beginning: CCF plans to bolster its executive production capacity with talent that will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience that includes buying and selling exciting projects in North America and around the world. This will allow us to give our new pipeline of female-generated, unscripted programming the very best start in life.”
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