Go Button Media

Go Button Media (often abbreviated GBM) is a Canadian independent television and media production company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It describes itself as a media production company that makes "hybrid creative content for all screen sizes," with a focus on charismatic characters, universal stories and smooth delivery, working across all budget sizes. The company operates two main content strands, GBM Factual and GBM Entertainment, and produces documentary, history, science, current affairs and entertainment programming for broadcasters and streaming platforms around the world. Go Button Media's output is heavily oriented toward factual and history programming. Its best-known titles include Secret Nazi Bases, a Second World War series that has run for multiple seasons on the UK channel UKTV; Secrets of Ancient Structures, a 6 x 52-minute history series examining the engineering and mystery behind famous historic monuments, directed by Go Button's Daniel Oron and acquired by National Geographic; and Shadows & Dust: Lost History, an 8 x 52-minute historical factual series commissioned by Germany's ZDF Studios with Canadian broadcaster Super Channel. The company has also produced Into the Universe: The Secrets of the Cosmos Uncovered (8 x 52') with ZDF Studios and Super Channel. Go Button Media works with international partners and distributors. It has a multi-series partnership with Munich-based distributor Autentic and with Super Channel, and its programming is sold globally by partners such as ZDF Studios and Autentic. Its series have been acquired by major broadcasters including National Geographic and UKTV. The company has received industry recognition, including four Canadian Screen Award nominations in 2026 and four Silver Telly Awards in 2026. As it entered its second decade, Go Button Media announced leadership changes and expansion plans for 2026. The company is led by executive producers Daniel Oron and Natasha Ryan, with a senior team spanning development, production, post-production, business affairs and finance. It remains an independent, privately held Canadian producer.

Go Button Media is a Canadian independent production company based in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded by producers with backgrounds as showrunners, and describes its origin as "what happened when showrunners smashed creative chaos into polished productions." The company produces factual and entertainment programming under the banners GBM Factual and GBM Entertainment, working with broadcasters and distributors internationally. Over its first decade, Go Button Media built a catalogue of history, science and current affairs series. Its Second World War series Secret Nazi Bases became a recurring title for the UK channel UKTV, which committed to a fifth season of the show. The company developed a partnership with Munich-based distributor Autentic and Canadian broadcaster Super Channel, producing a slate of six series together. One of these, Secrets of Ancient Structures, a 6 x 52-minute history series directed by Go Button's Daniel Oron, was acquired by National Geographic as part of a raft of deals announced by Autentic. Go Button Media also collaborated with German producer-distributor ZDF Studios and Super Channel on Into the Universe: The Secrets of the Cosmos Uncovered (8 x 52'). The three partners reunited for Shadows & Dust: Lost History, an 8 x 52-minute historical factual series commissioned by ZDF Studios and boarded by Super Channel, blending historical investigation and storytelling to explore enduring mysteries such as the lost army of Cambyses. ZDF Studios handled global sales for the series. As it entered its second decade, Go Button Media announced leadership changes and an ambitious 2026 marked by expanded production. In 2026 the company received four Canadian Screen Award nominations and was awarded four Silver Telly Awards. Its programming continued to be picked up by major international broadcasters, and its series appeared on the summer 2026 factual slate of distributor Autentic. The company remains privately held and independent, headquartered in Toronto.

• National Geographic acquires Go Button Media's history series Secrets of Ancient Structures.

• Go Button Media announces leadership elevations for its next growth phase as it enters its second decade.

• Go Button Media receives four Canadian Screen Award nominations.

• Go Button Media, ZDF Studios and Super Channel reveal Shadows & Dust: Lost History.

• UKTV commits to a fifth season of Go Button Media's Secret Nazi Bases.

• Go Button Media is awarded four Silver Telly Awards.

Independent Canadian factual and entertainment producer creating hybrid creative content for global broadcasters and streamers.

• Secret Nazi Bases

  Second World War factual series; UKTV committed to a fifth season.

• Secrets of Ancient Structures

  6 x 52-minute history series examining the engineering and mystery behind famed historic monuments; directed by Daniel Oron; acquired by National Geographic.

• Shadows & Dust: Lost History

  8 x 52-minute historical factual series commissioned by ZDF Studios and boarded by Super Channel; blends historical investigation and storytelling.

• Into the Universe: The Secrets of the Cosmos Uncovered

  8 x 52-minute series produced with ZDF Studios and Super Channel.

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4. 4Go Button Media, ZDF Studios and Super Channel reveal Shadows & Dust: Lost Historygobuttonmedia.com
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