Craig Junner, SVP, Programming & Content Strategy, oversees all aspects of the content and programming strategy for Blue Ant Media’s FAST, AVOD, SVOD and Pay-TV channels globally, including acquisitions, original programming and scheduling. 

Craig is integral to the company’s robust strategy to continue expanding its global streaming business across UK, EMEA and Latin America, with a lineup that spans genres from natural history and science to true crime and the paranormal, with celebrated brands such as Love Nature, HauntTV, Total Crime, Love Pets, Cosmic Frontiers, History & Warfare, and MagellanTV.. 

Craig joined Blue Ant Media at its inception in 2011 as Senior Manager of Programming. He has played a vital role in the launch and re-launch of several specialty TV channels within the company’s expanding channels business and was at the helm of launching Blue Ant Media’s portfolio of FAST channels. With a career spanning 20+ years, Craig previously served in senior roles leading and managing programming teams for some of Canada’s key broadcasters, including Global Television, CanWest, CTV and Shaw Media, while also contributing to all channel launches and integrations attached to M&A activities.