Spanish buyers take 300 hours from Blue Ant

Canada’s Blue Ant Media has sold more than 300 hours of programming into Spain, with broadcasters including Atresmedia and Movistar Plus among buyers.

Atresmedia, which operates Antena 3, la Sexta and streamer Atresplayer, has acquired S1-S4 of Race Against the Tide, and all four seasons of glassblowing compatition Blown Away.

Telefonica-owned Movistar Plus’ pick-ups include Christmas at the Biggest Sweet Store in the World and Bettany Hughes’ Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans, the latter uncovering the ancient civilisation behind Petra and its far-reaching trade routes.

Other buyers include AMC Global Media, which has picked up almost 200 hours alone for its services in Spain and Portugal, with shows such as Beyond the Mask: The Story of Tutankhamun and Live Stream Killer, which examines a murderer’s use of a fake livestream to construct an alibi. Deepfaking Sam Altman is also heaidng to AMC.

Regional broadcaster 3Cat has also landed natural history titles Wild Sky and Coral City for TV3, while Warner Bros. Discovery in Spain is taking shows such as Engineering from Above for DMax.

Mark Bishop, chief monetisation officer at Blue Ant Rights & Streaming, said the deals underlined the “strong appetite among Spanish buyers for our programming.”

Sales were brokered by Maria Ibarra, vice predident of international sales at Blue Ant Rights & Streaming.