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Blue Ant signs distribution deal with HBO Max for kids’ content


TORONTO — Blue Ant International announced Monday it signed an exclusive agreement with HBO Max to stream some live-action kids’ programming. As part of the deal, HBO Max has exclusive rights to stream both seasons of Blue Ant’s tween action-adventure series Detention Adventure (pictured), which follows a motley crew of sixth graders who get themselves thrown into detention on purpose after discovering the entrance to a labyrinth of tunnels under their school, laden with traps and riddles, protecting a long-lost secret — the lost laboratory of Alexander Graham Bell. Season one (10 episodes x 11 minutes) and season two (10x11)...