Launch expands Love Pets audience reach, which now includes carriage in 27 countries
(Toronto, ON – March 5, 2024) International production studio, rights business and channel operator, Blue Ant Media announced today the launch of its free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel, Love Pets, on The Roku Channel in Canada. Since the pet-themed channel debuted last year, it has rolled out in 27 countries across the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Love Pets features heartfelt and compelling stories about the animals and pets in our lives, big and small, shining a light on the emotional bonds that people and caregivers have with animals.
“Launching Love Pets on The Roku Channel significantly expands the brand’s audience reach on one of Canada’s leading free-streaming platforms,” says Jamie Schouela, President, Global Channels & Media, Blue Ant Media. “The channel’s programming, which features endearing and exclusive stories about pets and the people who care for them, is quickly building a fan base of loyal viewers.”
Programming highlights on Love Pets include: Hope For Wildlife (111 x 60 and 26 x 30’), a look at a dedicated wildlife rescue team, led by Hope Swinimer, who rescue thousands of sick, injured and lost animals and return them to their natural habitats; Bondi Vet Seasons 1 – 3 (44 x 30’) which immerses viewers in the drama of emergency vets at a clinic in Australia as they save the lives of beloved pets and exotic animals; Pick-a-Puppy (48 x 30’), a 30-minute series that follows families as they visit breeders and animal shelters in search of the perfect canine companion, while learning as much about themselves as the puppies they are meeting; Vet on the Hill Seasons 2 – 3 (28 x 60’), which follows the day-to-day live of vet Dr. Scott Miller at his busy clinic in a small UK town; and Work on the Wild Side (20 x 60’) a documentary series following the highs and lows of vets and volunteers who have given up their day jobs in the UK to move to South Africa to help rescue, rehabilitate and release back into the wild iconic animals.
About Blue Ant Media’s free streaming channels:
Blue Ant Media’s suite of FAST (free, ad-supported streaming TV) channels offer audiences curated programming that is easy and free to access on platforms like The Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, VIZIO WatchFree+, Tubi, Freevee, and LG Channels. The company’s growing global portfolio of FAST channels include Love Nature, HauntTV, Total Crime, Homeful, HistoryTime, Love Pets, Love Drama and Drag Race Universe.
Blue Ant Media is a privately held, international production studio and rights business and channel operator. The company’s studio creates and distributes a premium slate of programming, in all content genres, for streaming and broadcasting platforms around the world. Blue Ant Media also operates free streaming and pay TV channels under several media brands internationally, including Love Nature, Cottage Life, Smithsonian Channel Canada, BBC Earth Canada, HauntTV, Homeful, Drag Race Universe, Total Crime, HistoryTime and Love Pets. Blue Ant Media is headquartered in Toronto, with six international offices in Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, London, Washington and Sydney. blueantmedia.com Twitter⼁Instagram⼁LinkedIn