Alison Barrat: Last News

Naman Ramachandran Wildlife and nature channel Love Nature is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a promotion at the top and ambitious plans for continued global growth. The Blue Ant Media company has elevated senior VP, production and development Alison Barrat to senior VP, head of content as it reaches new milestones in international distribution and content partnerships. In her expanded role, Barrat will lead Love Nature’s global content strategy across original commissioning, acquisitions, programming and marketing.

Naman Ramachandran International collaborations, new voices and renewal were the overarching themes of the 33rd edition of documentary market Sunny Side of the Doc, which concluded on Thursday.Industry professionals heard from major international players including PBS, NHK, France Televisions, Docu Box Nairobi, Sodec, Arte, RTBF, RAI, Telefilm Canada and Canal+ Group, among many others, who provided an insight into the current state of the industry, on-going projects and potential growth strategies for the future.“There is a very strong willingness to co-produce internationally. There are more and more projects that couldn’t happen because of COVID and now that they are ready, it’s really promising in terms of editorial offer,” Caroline Behar, director of international co-productions and acquisitions at France Televisions, told Variety.