type private company industry media founded 2011 headquarters toronto ontario key people michael macmillan co founder and ceo raja khanna ceo television & digital groups robb chase coo products broadcasting television production publishing owner torstar 25 % providence equity partners fairfax financial website blue ant media blue ant media inc. is a privately held canadian media company that creates and distributes lifestyle travel music and entertainment content for television print and online media . its digital publishing division produces content for web mobile and monthly tablet magazines . contents 1 history 2 assets 2.1 broadcast 2.2 digital media 2.3 distribution 2.4 print 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was formed in 2011 by michael macmillan former chairman of alliance atlantis with the acquisition of indie broadcaster glassbox television . it is headquartered in toronto ontario canada . on december 22 2011 blue ant media announced that torstar corporation had acquired a 25 % stake in the company . 1 on december 21 2011 blue ant media announced that it had entered into an agreement to purchase specialty broadcaster high fidelity hdtv . 2 it initially purchased 29.9 % of the company with the remaining 70.1 % acquired when the deal was approved by the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission . the acquisition was completed on august 1 2012 . 3 4 on august 17 2012 blue ant media announced that it would be purchasing bold a specialty channel airing a mix of drama ; comedy ; arts and culture ; and sports programming ; from the canadian broadcasting corporation for an undisclosed amount conditional on regulatory approval . 5 blue ant media was named marketing magazine s 2012 media player of the year . citation needed after initially purchasing a minority stake 15 % in canadian publishing company cottage life media inc. then known as quarto communications in the summer of 2011 6 in december 2012 blue ant media purchased the remaining shares in the company bringing its ownership to 100 % . 7 in april 2014 the company purchased a minority stake in the digital media company omnia media . 8 in november 2014 the company bought a majority stake in choice tv marking the group s first international expansion . 9 10 11 in december 2015 blue ant media and smithsonian networks teamed to launch blue skye entertainment a new uk based company exclusively focused on 4k content . 1 assets edit broadcast edit blue ant media owns and operates eight specialty channels 12 13 aux choice tv cottage life smithsonian channel canada hgtv new zealand hifi love nature makeful radx travel escape digital media edit aux magazine canadianhomeworkshop.com omnia media minority interest travel escape magazine distribution edit blue ant international print edit cottage life west cottage life outdoor canada references edit torstar acquires 25 per cent stake in blue ant media blue ant media enters agreement to acquire high fidelity hdtv cnw press release 2011 12 21 blue ant completes acquisition of high fidelity hdtv broadcaster magazine august 1 2012 . broadcasting decision crtc 2012 419 crtc 2012 08 01 blue ant to buy bold realscreen.com 2012 08 17 quarto blue ant media team up on specialty channel venture blue ant media buys cottage life media terms not immediately available canadian business 2012 12 05 canada s blue ant media invests in youtube mcn omnia media hollywood reporter 2014 04 01 blue ant takes majority stake in nz s choice tv . real screen . 4 november 2014 . retrieved 4 november 2014 . blue ant acquires controlling interest in new zealand broadcaster . broadcaster magazine . 4 november 2014 . retrieved 4 november 2014 . http blueantmedia.ca portfolio choice tv 2 broadcast veteran macmillan buys glassbox television stake blue ant media enters agreement to acquire high fidelity hdtv cnw press release 2011 12 21 external links edit official website v t e blue ant media specialty channels aux cottage life hifi love nature makeful radx smithsonian channel travel escape magazines canadian home workshop cottage cottage life outdoor canada international choice tv new zealand hgtv new zealand retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title blue ant media & oldid 740626624 categories television broadcasting companies of canadatelevision production companies of canadacompanies based in torontohidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 september 2016 at 07 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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