Speaker Sam Linton
Sam Linton, VP, Production and Development, Global Media, Blue Ant Media brings over 35 years of production expertise to the company’s channel brands. Based in Canada, Sam leads commissioning for Blue Ant Media’s Canadian portfolio of specialty linear and streaming channels, including: Cottage Life, T+E, Makeful, Smithsonian Channel, BBC First, BBC Earth, HauntTV, Total Crime, Homeful, and Love Pets. In her role, Sam oversees commissioning and production of original series and specials such as Engineering from Above, Mysteries from Above, My Haunted Hometown, Paranormal Evidence: You can’t Deny It, A Ghost Ruined my Life with Eli Roth, History's Most Haunted, Hope for Wildlife:The Next Generation, Wild Rose
Vets and Life Below Zero: Canada.
Sam has written, produced and directed many series and specials. Her former roles include Director of Programming for Discovery Canada and Animal Planet, in addition to SVP of Factual for Cineflix Productions where she executive produced series such as May Day, Final 24, Mega Moves and Urban Legends. Sam also held leadership roles at History Television as Acting Head of Factual Content and RTR Media as VP and Executive Producer for RTR Media. Sam began her career at CTV National News, working in pretty much every role in the newsroom from editorial assistant to Senior Story Producer. Sam is also committed to mentoring and training the next generation of storytellers through her work in both the Canadian television
industry and her role as an active member, and former board director, at WIFT-T.
Speaking on: Speed Meetings: Unscripted; Meet an Unscripted Executive; Spotlight: Blue Ant Media
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