Announced at Banff World Media Festival today, the sale brings their production to HISTORY(r) in the U.S.
Pictured: Mysteries from Above season 3, episode 3
(Banff, AB, June 11, 2025) – Blue Ant Studios announced today the sale of rights for seasons 1-3 of investigative history series Mysteries from Above (30 x 60’, Blue Ant Studios) to A+E Global Media’s HISTORY(r) Channel in the U.S.. Announced at Banff World Media Festival, the deal demonstrates the studio’s commitment to exporting their Canadian productions to the U.S. market and globally.
“This sale is a true reflection of Blue Ant Studios’ commitment to showcasing premium Canadian content on a global scale,” says Mark Bishop, Co-President, Blue Ant Studios. “Our continued dedication to exporting homegrown titles is key to helping cement Canada’s position as a leader in our industry, and we’re excited to be doing so by expanding our existing partnership with A+E.”
The series sets out to investigate significant historic and contemporary sites from above with drone, satellite, and aerial photography. Each story begins with a view from above, which allows a unique perspective to understand the site below and dramatically changes the way we see these mysteries, ourselves and the world around us. From eerie abandoned sites, to staggering natural marvels, to the evocative relics of ancient civilizations, the series uses cutting-edge satellites, drones, and aerial views to uncover long-forgotten secrets, solve earth-bound enigmas and explore bizarre natural phenomena.
Blue Ant Studios is an international production studio and rights business with operations in Toronto, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, London, Singapore and Sydney. The company’s diverse production slate spans scripted comedy and drama, unscripted entertainment, formats, high-impact documentaries, live-action kids + family, and animation.The studio is anchored in original storytelling, with award-winning content, with standout titles including Blown Away (Netflix), Canada’s Drag Race (Crave), Davey and Jonesie’s Locker (Hulu and Prime Video), Slaycation (Crave), Northwoods Survival/Hard North (APTN, Nat Geo, Prime Video), Drink Masters (Netflix), Race Against the Tide (CBC), Doomlands (Roku), and the upcoming animated preschool series Tralala (CBC, Sky NZ). The company’s recent feature-length documentary, Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe (Prime Video), was awarded the Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award for Best Documentary. Blue Ant Studios’ distribution arm has a vast catalogue of nearly 8000 hours of premium programming from the studio and third-party, top-tier producers around the world. Blue Ant Studios is a subsidiary of the global media company, Blue Ant Media. blueantmedia.com⼁Instagram⼁LinkedIn