TORONTO — Blue Ant Media announced today the promotions of Craig Junner (above, left) to senior vice-president of programming and content strategy for its global media arm and Andrea Harrick (right) to vice-president of content acquisitions for global media.
“Both promotions arrive on the heels of a year filled with significant growth in the free streaming arena for Blue Ant Media, which saw both Craig and Andrea playing integral leadership roles in the creation and launch of four new free-streaming channels in the U.S and Canada, including the recently announced HistoryTime now available in the U.S. and Canada,” reads a press release announcing the promotions.
“In less than one year, Blue Ant Media’s expanding FAST portfolio has seen us building four new media brands, HauntTV, Total Crime, Homeful and HistoryTime, and distributing them alongside Love Nature’s free streaming channel,” said Jamie Schouela, Blue Ant Media’s president of global media, in the release.
“Craig and Andrea’s promotions are not only a reflection of their leadership in Blue Ant’s current content strategy, but also the work ahead as we continue to create new free streaming channels for platforms around the world,” Schouela said.
In his new role, Junner “will continue to lead programming strategy for Blue Ant Media’s portfolio of pay TV and FAST channels,” the release explains.
Junner joined Blue Ant Media in 2011 and “has successfully led all areas of the company’s content team in Canada from channel partnerships to acquisitions and development of original series to content scheduling,” the release adds.
“Over the past year, Craig has been critical to the ideation and creation of Blue Ant’s new FAST brands and will continue to assume a leadership role in the company’s global free-streaming expansion.”
Harrick, who also joined Blue Ant Media in 2011, has supported the company’s content pipeline for its channels in Canada and internationally.
“During the company’s growth in the FAST category, Andrea is credited for securing thousands of hours of programming, much of it exclusive, via her deep network of industry relationships with partners worldwide,” the press release says. “Andrea will continue to lead acquisitions for Blue Ant Media’s growing global portfolio.”
Photos provided by Blue Ant Media.
