Blue Ant Media expands deal with Samsung TV Plus, with three FAST channel launches

‘History Most Hunted’

International production studio and channel operator, Blue Ant Media has expanded its partnership with Samsung’s FAST and AVOD service, Samsung TV Plus. The new deal includes the launch of three free streaming channels across multiple territories, and a catalogue of factual content from Blue Ant Media’s distribution arm headed to the platform.

Blue Ant Media’s renovation and design-focused channel, Homeful, lands on Samsung TV Plus in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and last week launched in Mexico and Brazil in Spanish and Portuguese.

Paranormal-themed channel, HauntTV, which has also launched in Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand in the last year, is now available to users in the US.

While pet-focused channel, Love Pets, has launched in the UK, the Netherlands and Nordic countries, including Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

The three free-streaming channels further expand Blue Ant Media’s distribution with Samsung TV Plus and join the previously launched wildlife and nature channel, Love Nature in the US and crime-centered channel, Crimetime in Canada.

Under the agreement, Samsung TV Plus will also license premium factual content from the company’s distribution arm spanning across crime, paranormal, lifestyle and natural history.

Jamie Schouela, president, global channels & media, Blue Ant Media, said: “We’re excited to add to our existing line-up of channels on one of the leading FAST platforms and now bring HauntTV’s stories of the unexplained, Homeful’s renovation and real estate series and Love Pets’ animal programming to their audiences in multiple countries.”

“This deal combines carriage of Blue Ant Media’s channels with a multi-year content output from our distribution business and is a perfect example of the types of creative solutions and broad partnerships that we can offer,” added Mark Bishop, co-president, Blue Ant Studios. “We’re committed to being a trusted source of content with must-see programming that taps into our company’s original productions as well as our premium, acquired content.”