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Blue Ant Media Inc. is a privately held Canadian media company that creates and distributes lifestyle, travel, music and entertainment content for television, print, and online media. Its digital publishing division produces content for web, mobile and monthly tablet magazines. ==History== The company was formed in 2011 by Michael MacMillan, former Chairman of Alliance Atlantis, with the acquisition of indie broadcaster Glassbox Television. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On December 22, 2011, Blue Ant Media announced that Torstar Corporation had acquired a 25% stake in the company.〔(Torstar acquires 25 per cent stake in Blue Ant Media )〕 On December 21, 2011, Blue Ant Media announced that it had entered into an agreement to purchase specialty broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV.〔(Blue Ant Media Enters Agreement to Acquire High Fidelity HDTV ) CNW press release 2011-12-21〕 It initially purchased 29.9% of the company with the remaining 70.1% acquired once the deal was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The acquisition was completed on August 1, 2012.〔(Blue Ant Completes Acquisition of High Fidelity HDTV ), ''Broadcaster Magazine'', August 1, 2012.〕 〔(Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-419 ) CRTC 2012-08-01〕 On August 17, 2012, Blue Ant Media announced that it would be purchasing bold, a specialty channel airing a mix of drama; comedy; arts and culture; and sports programming; from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for an undisclosed amount, conditional on regulatory approval.〔(Blue Ant to buy Bold ) Realscreen.com 2012-08-17〕 Blue Ant Media was named ''Marketing Magazine's'' 2012 Media Player of the Year. After initially purchasing a minority stake (15%) in Canadian publishing company Cottage Life Media Inc. (then known as Quarto Communications) in the summer of 2011,〔(Quarto, Blue Ant Media team up on specialty channel venture )〕 in December 2012, Blue Ant Media purchased the remaining shares in the company bringing its ownership to 100%.〔(Blue Ant Media buys Cottage Life Media, terms not immediately available ) Canadian Business 2012-12-05〕 In April 2014, the company purchased a minority stake in the digital media company Omnia Media.〔(Canada's Blue Ant Media Invests in YouTube MCN Omnia Media ) Hollywood Reporter 2014-04-01〕 In March 2014, the company established a television content distribution arm called Blue Ant International.〔(Blue Ant Media Launches International Distribution Division in Advance of MIPTV ) TVloon.ca 2014-03-20〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blue Ant Media」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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