Blue Ant sells 650-plus hours of content to free streamer Pluto TV

TORONTO — Global distribution company Blue Ant International today announced it has licensed more than 650 hours of programming to free streaming service Pluto TV, which is owned by ViacomCBS and has a global audience of almost 50 million monthly active users. Beginning this month, programming from Blue Ant International’s catalogue, including factual entertainment, specialist factual and documentaries, will be available on Pluto TV’s live, linear channels as well as on video-on-demand (VOD) in the U.S., the U.K., France and territories in Latin America. The deal was brokered by Ludo Dufour, Blue Ant International’s senior vice-president of international co-productions and...