Global streamer, production studio, and rights business, Blue Ant Media announced today the launch of three of its free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels, Shockwave, Wildest, and History & Warfare, on Australia’s Network 10’s streaming service – 10.com.au. The launch expands Blue Ant Media’s partnership with the network, which now offers four Blue Ant Media channels, including the previously launched free-streaming paranormal TV channel HauntTV.
“These launches broaden our channel and VOD line-up on 10.com.au, serving Australian audiences more of the curiosity sparking content they crave,” says Jon Penn, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Blue Ant Media. “10.com.au is the first place audiences in Australia will be able to access our thrilling natural disaster documentary channel – Shockwave which we strongly believe Network Ten’s audience will respond to.”
Tamara Simoneau, Vice President Content, Network 10 said, “We are thrilled to welcome Shockwave, Wildest and History & Warfare to 10.com.au. These channels are a fantastic addition to our FAST offering, bringing world-class factual programming to Australian audiences – completely free and on demand. Whether you’re captivated by humanity’s greatest survival feats or the extraordinary power of the natural world, there’s something genuinely compelling for everyone.”
Shockwave is a front row experience of high-octane survival from natural disasters, tech failures, daring rescues, and countless other death-defying moments. Programming highlights include: Disasters in Space, which reveals amazing behind-the-scenes stories of NASA catastrophes and near misses, including many unknown to the public and Alive: Surviving Catastrophe, an exploration of disasters that grabbed global headlines for weeks, months, and even years, through the lens of several survivors’ perspectives.
Wildest explores earth at its most untamed and features age-old rituals of survival. Programming highlights include: World of the Wild, a deep journey into the crucial, fragile interdependence between animal life and the environment and Supersenses: Wild Feats of Evolution, a look at remarkable adaptations within the natural world and how wild creatures use them to survive.
History & Warfare is the ultimate destination for riveting explorations of ancient civilizations, epic wars, and the historical figures that helped shape the world as we know it. Programming highlights include: Besieged Fortresses: Legendary Battles, a gripping series exploring how fortresses redefined the art of warfare, elevated by CGI, dramatized scenes and key expert analysis and Megapolis: The Ancient World Revealed, a compelling documentary series bringing back to life the greatest ancient cities at the height of their powers.
HauntTV showcases eyewitness accounts and spine-tingling stories through a premier collection of paranormal and supernatural programming from around the world. Programming highlights include: Haunted Hospitals, chilling recounts of paranormal activity inside hospitals and medical institutions and Close Encounters, featuring stories of UFO sightings from both eyewitnesses and experts as they explain what they think happened.
Blue Ant Media’s Global Channels and Streaming business owns and operates a diverse portfolio of media brands that engage audiences across all platforms — including free streaming, YouTube, AVOD, SVOD, and PayTV — delivering high-quality, evergreen content that resonates worldwide. Distributed in over 100 countries, our brands, including Love Nature, NatureTime, HauntTV, True Crime Now, Homeful, Makeful, Love Pets, Shockwave and MagellanTV, span a diverse array of universally loved genres including natural history, lifestyle, true crime, history and science, making Blue Ant a leading global provider of factual programming.
