Original Productions for Blue Ant Media Canadian Channels
According to the action plan submitted to the CRTC in September 2019, Blue Ant’s goal is to achieve gender parity in key creative positions in Canadian commissioned original productions for its eight discretionary television services by the end of broadcast year 2024.
The focus of Blue Ant’s gender parity plan is on the following key creative positions that are essential in the production of factual programming:
- Broadcast Executive
- Executive Producer
- Series Producer
- Director
- Head of Production (Line Producer)
- Story Editor
Specifically, as part of a phased in process to reach this goal, for its 2021 slate Blue Ant aimed that in 70% of the commissioned programs, 50% of key creative positions would be held by women. In the end, Blue Ant exceeded this with 9/10 or 90% of its projects achieving gender parity.
Blue Ant Media’s 2021 slate of Original Canadian productions is as follows:
WILD PACIFIC RESCUE (3×60) White Pine Productions
2B Documentary
TV over$ 900K
Key roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Series Producer
2/6 roles were women
NO GENDER PARITY
IMPOSSIBLE REPAIRS (8×60) Attraction Productions
2B Documentary
TV Over $900K budget
Key roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Executive Producer, Story Editor, Head of Production
4/6 roles were women
GENDER PARITY
SEARCHING FOR SECRETS (6X60) Saloon Media
2B Documentary
TV Over $900K budget
Key Roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Executive Producer, Head of Production
3/6 roles were women
GENDER PARITY
HOTEL PARANORMAL 2 (10X60) Saloon Media
2B Documentary
TV Over $900K budget
Key roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Executive Producer, Series Producer, Director, Story Editor, Head of
Production
6/6 roles were women
GENDER PARITY
WEB OF DARKNESS (8×60) Saloon Media
2B Documentary
TV Over $900K budget
Key roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Executive Producer, Series Producer, Head of Production
4/6 roles were women
GENDER PARITY
HAUNTED HOSPITALS 3 (10×60) Bristow Global Media (Sphere)
2B Documentary
TV Over $900K budget
Key roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Executive Producer, Series Producer, Director, Story Editor, Head of
Production
6/6 roles held by women
GENDER PARITY
EXTREME WEATHER SALVAGE (8×60) Saloon Media
2B Documentary
TV Over $900K Budget
Key roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Executive Producer, Series Producer, Director, Story Editor, Head of
Production
6/6 roles were women
GENDER PARITY
ENCOUNTER UFO (8×60) Saloon Media
2B Documentary
TV Over $900K Budget
Key roles held by women:
5/6 roles were women
GENDER PARITY
BATHSHEBA Searching for Evil (2×60) Cream Productions
2B Documentary
TV Under $900K Budget
Key roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Executive Producer, Series Producer, Director, Story Editor, Head of
Production
6/6 roles were women
GENDER PARITY
A GHOST RUINED MY LIFE (8×60) Cream Productions
2B Documentary
TV Over $900K Budget
Key roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Executive Producer, Director, Story Editor
4/6 roles were women
GENDER PARITY
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