2000, three months before Alliance Atlantis launched AAC Fact, Alliance Atlantis entered the documentary & nonfiction programming by acquiring independent producer and distributor Great North Communications for C$6 million. The acquisition of Great North had given Alliance Atlantis their own documentary and nonfiction production division.

In 2001, the company purchased Salter Street Films, which produced a number of television shows for both the Canadian and international market. However, soon