Knightscove Media is moving to buy Ellis Entertainment, looking to add the latter’s library of family and wildlife titles to that of its expanding DVD division. The purchase, which is subject to regulatory and court approval, will see one of the last and oldest family-run production houses in Canada go to new owners.

Details of the proposed cash and stock purchase have not been disclosed, and remain subject to ongoing negotiations. Toronto-based Ellis owns the worldwide copyright on some 600 titles, including a good deal of nature programming, which Knightscove plans to add to those of its DVD subsidiary, Morningstar Entertainment.