Blue Ant Media Inc. acquires Marble Media Inc.
Date Closed
August 10, 2023
Lead Office
Toronto
On August 10, 2023, international media company, Blue Ant Media Inc. ("Blue Ant Media") acquired all of the outstanding shares of the award-winning, production and distribution company, Marble Media Inc. ("marblemedia"). With hubs in Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Miami and London, the merger of these operations sees Blue Ant Media acquiring marblemedia and international sales operation Distribution360. The combined businesses, which includes production companies marblemedia, Blue Ant Studios, Saloon Media and Look Mom! Productions, in addition to distributors Distribution360 and Blue Ant International, provide an expanded scope of intellectual properties across all genres including scripted comedy and drama, unscripted entertainment, formats, factual and premium docs, live action kids/family and animation.The super-charged studio is positioned to create bigger creative projects at scale with renowned IP, innovative originals and the world’s best-in-class talent, while expanding its reach with new partnerships with streamers and broadcasters in North America and around the world.
Blue Ant Media, headquartered in Toronto, is a privately held, international content producer, distributor and channel operator.
marblemedia, headquartered in Toronto, is a leading global entertainment company that specializes in premium content.
McCarthy Tétrault advised Blue Ant Media Inc. with a team led by Robert O. Hansen that included Victoria de Luna and Rebecca Summers (Business), William Lee, Stefan Mirkovic, (Financial Services) and Vincent Yip (Intellectual Property).