Operating as Shine Fiction and led by Chairman Dominique Farrugia; with Chief Operating Officer, Guillaume Thouret, the offering will concentrate on premium series for local linear and global streaming partners.
The newly company, Blue Ant Media Inc., will be a content powerhouse with over C$300M in projected 2024 revenues, C$95M in financial assets, and a 125% premium valuation for Boat Rocker shareholders.
Lakna Edirisinghe, Carina Samuels and Eva Thomas will be part of the only accelerator program in Canada that is focused on elevating senior writers who identify as Indigenous, Black or People of Colour.
According to the study, 50% of Gen Zers speaks another language, and 47% identify as multicultural, and 72% use social media, 66% stream music (66%), and 52% watch TV content every day / almost every day.
More than half of subscribers (55%) now get these ‘indirect’ subscriptions via their cell phone providers, while 34% access and pay for them through a retailer. 44% now get a subscription they used to pay for free of charge, thanks to a bundled deal — rising to 55% for 18-24 year-olds.