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 (Writer)
Specifically, as part of a phased in process to reach this goal, for its 2024 slate Blue Ant aimed that in 100% of the commissioned programs, 50% of key creative positions would be held by women. In the end, Blue Ant met that goal with 46.5 hours/46.5 or 100% of its projects achieving gender parity.
Blue Ant Media’s 2024 slate of Original Canadian productions is as follows:
HAUNTED HOSPITALS 5 (8×60) Sphere Media
2B Documentary
TV over $900K
Key roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Executive Producer, Series Producer, Director, Head of Production (Line Producer), Story Editor (Writer)
6/6 roles were women
GENDER PARITY
MY HAUNTED HOMETOWN (8×60) Blue Ant Studios
2B Documentary
TV Under $900K budget
Key roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Executive Producer, Series Producer, Head of Production (Line Producer), Story Editor (Writer)
5/6 roles were women
GENDER PARITY
HOLMES ON HOMES: BUILDING A LEGACY (6×60) The Holmes Group
2B Documentary
TV Over $900K budget
Key Roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Series Producer, Director, Head of Production (Line Producer), Story Editor (Writer)
5/6 roles were women
GENDER PARITY
WILD ROSE VET 1 (13×30) Wapanatahk Media & Great Pacific Media
2B Documentary
TV Over $900K Budget
Key roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Executive Producer, Series Producer, Director, Head of Production (Line Producer), Story Editor (Writer)
6/6 roles were women
GENDER PARITY
HOPE FOR WILDLIFE: THE NEXT GENERATION (8X60) Arcadia Entertainment
2B Documentary
TV Over $900K budget
Key roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Series Producer, Head of Production (Line Producer)
3/6 roles were women
GENDER PARITY
MYSTERIES FROM ABOVE 3 (10×60) Blue Ant Studios
2B Documentary
TV Over $900K budget
Key roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Executive Producer, Director, Head of Production (Line Producer), Story Editor (Writer)
5/6 roles held by women
GENDER PARITY
A SECRET TO DIE FOR (8×60) Blue Ant Studios
2B Documentary
TV Over $900K Budget
Key roles held by women: Broadcast Executive, Executive Producer, Series Producer, Director, Head of Production (Line Producer), Story Editor (Writer)
6/6 roles were women
GENDER PARITY