Corus Studios Shares Exclusive First Look at
Pamela Anderson's New Food Series, Pamela's Cooking With
Love at MIPCOM
ReelOne Acquires Worldwide Rights of Corus
Studios' The Love Club Outside of
North America
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TORONTO, Oct. 11,
2023 /CNW/ - Corus Studios celebrates closing
its fiscal year with more than 2,300 hours of premium
content sold, totaling a 15% increase year-over-year. The
Canadian distributer represents 50 titles across the lifestyle,
factual, and scripted space, selling to markets across the globe,
including to new Corus Studios licensee Box TV in
India and Tivilife
in Turkey.
At this month's MIPCOM, Corus Studios is excited to offer buyers
a first look at Pamela Anderson's
new food-focused series, Pamela's Cooking With Love
(8x60), as well as Bryan's All In (10x60) from home
renovation star Bryan Baeumler.
Corus Studios' first foray into scripted content finds an
international home with ReelOne, who acquire the
remaining worldwide rights to the The Love
Club (4x120), featuring four scripted made-for-TV
movies. The next chapter of the franchise, The Love Club
Moms (4x120), recently started production and will be
distributed by Corus Studios in 2025.
"Corus Studios is thrilled to have sold the remaining worldwide
rights of The Love Club to ReelOne following the sale to the
Hallmark Channel in the U.S. last year. ReelOne is the ideal
partner to expand those sales around the world and their
acquisition further solidifies the confidence in the quality of our
scripted movies," said Lisa Godfrey, Senior Vice President of
Original Content and Corus Studios. "As we expand into more markets
with new partners, we look forward to offering captivating content
to prospective buyers that will appeal to audiences globally."
Q3 and Q4 sales highlights include:
Corus Studios expands sales with Box TV to include
India, confirming 188 hours
to the territory, including Season 1 of Home to Win
(10x60) and Hot Market (8x60), plus full series
orders of Great Chocolate Showdown, Season 1-4
(32x60) and Wall of Chefs, Season 1-2 (30x60). Box TV
also buys new content for the Balkans and Vietnam, including Pamela's
Garden of Eden, Season 2
(8x60).
New licensee in Turkey,
Tivilife brings premium home renovation programming to their
viewers, including Backyard Builds, Season 3-4
(19x30), Family Home Overhaul, Season 1 (8x60), and
Home to Win: For the Holidays, Season 4
(8x60).
As part of Hulu's continued partnership with Corus
Studios, the U.S. streaming service confirms 85 additional
hours of content, including Crime Beat, Season 4
(15x60), Season 2 of Deadman's Curse (8x60) and
Gut Job (8x60). The CW Network
continues to be the U.S. broadcaster for Great Chocolate
Showdown, recently airing Season 4 (8x60), while
Discovery U.S. airs Season 4 of Scott's Vacation House Rules
(14x60).
Corus Studios sells more than 110 hours of original series and
documentaries to Australia,
including Season 1 of House of Ali (8x60) and
Styled (8x60) and Hoarder House
Flippers, Season 1-2 (14x60) to Foxtel. On Nine
Network, Rock Solid Builds, Season 2 (10x60) and
Scott's Vacation House
Rules, Season 3 (16x60) are set to air. The feature
documentary Sex with Sue (1x90) was acquired by SBS
Viceland and SBS On Demand and factual series BLK: An Origin
Story (4x60) was picked up by Australia's indigenous channel NITV and SBS On
Demand.
Viaplay Group introduces 122 new hours to viewers of its
TV channels in Sweden,
Norway and Denmark, including Season 1 of Backroad
Truckers (8x60), Big Rig Warriors (10x30),
Big Timber (10x60), and Buying the
View (26x30), as well as Season 1-2 of Hoarder House
Flippers (14x60). Viaplay Group also brings Salvage
Kings, Season 1-3 (28x60) to its TV channels in
Denmark.
French Canada partner,
Quebecor Content purchases over 100 hours of Corus Studios
content, including Worst to First, Season 2 (10x60)
and Trading Up With Mandy Rennehan (10x60); and
Fire Masters, Season 3 (20x60) and Project
Bakeover, Season 2 (10x60).
Corus Studios sales were brokered by Rita Carbone Fleury, Worldwide Sales Lead for
Corus Studios, Leyla Formoso,
representing sales for Latin American and select European
territories, and Pooja Nirmal Kant,
overseeing sales in Asia and
Central Eastern Europe.
Corus Studios' Original content team driving its slate of
Lifestyle and Factual series is helmed by industry
executives Colin Bohm, Executive Vice President of Content and
Corporate Strategy, Lisa Godfrey, Senior Vice President of
Original Content and Corus Studios, and Vice President of Original
Content, Rachel Nelson. Debbie Brown, Dora
Fong, Marni Goldman and
Susan Alexander are Production
Executives for Food Network Canada, The HISTORY Channel, HGTV
Canada, and W Network.
Backyard Builds is produced by Frantic Films. Big
Timber, Pamela's Cooking With Love, and Pamela's
Garden of Eden is produced by
Fireworks Media Group. Pamela
Anderson is represented by APA. Backroad Truckers and
Big Rig Warriors is produced by Mayhem Entertainment.
House of Ali, Great Chocolate Showdown, Hot Market
and The Love Club is produced by Nikki Ray Media
Agency. BLK: An Origin Story is produced by Hungry Eyes
Media. Bryan's All In and Island of Bryan are
produced by Si Entertainment. Buying the View is produced by
Our House Media. Crime Beat is produced by The Global
Television Network. Deadman's Curse, Styled, and
Worst to First is produced by Great Pacific Media. Family
Home Overhaul, and Lost Car Rescue is produced by
Proper Television. Farmhouse Facelift is produced by Be
Collective. Hoarder House Flippers is produced by Anaid.
Home to Win is produced by Architect Films. Gut
Job is produced by Shoots N' Leaves Media. Trading Up With
Mandy Rennehan is produced by Scott Brothers
Entertainment. Project Bakeover is produced by eOne.
Scott's Vacation House
Rules is produced by MEM. Rock Solid Builds is produced
by Cineflix Productions. Salvage Kings is produced by Media
Headquarters. Sex With Sue is produced by Banger Films.
Wall of Chefs is produced by Insight Productions, a Boat
Rocker Company.
For Corus Studios full catalogue of content available,
visit www.corusstudios.com
Corus Studios is a division of Corus Entertainment.
About Corus Studios
Established in 2015, Corus Studios, a division of Corus
Entertainment, is a premium content studio that develops, produces
and distributes a wide array of original lifestyle, unscripted and
factual content globally. Offering dynamic programming that
entertains, informs and drives audiences across platforms, Corus
Studios content is featured across Corus' suite of channels,
including HGTV Canada, The HISTORY® Channel, Food Network Canada,
and SLICE™. To date, Corus Studios content has been sold in over
150 territories worldwide.
About Corus Entertainment Inc. Corus
Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and content
company that develops and delivers high quality brands and content
across platforms for audiences around the world. Engaging audiences
since 1999, the company's portfolio of multimedia
offerings encompass 33 specialty television
services, 39 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations,
digital and streaming services, animation software, technology and
media services. Corus is
an internationally-renowned content creator and
distributor through Nelvana, a world
class animation studio expert in all formats and Corus
Studios, a globally recognized producer of hit scripted and
unscripted content. The company also owns full-service social
digital agency so.da, lifestyle entertainment company Kin
Canada, leading 2D animation software supplier Toon Boom and
children's book publishing house, Kids Can Press. Corus'
roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W Network,
HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, Magnolia Network Canada, The
HISTORY® Channel, Showcase, Adult Swim, National Geographic, Disney
Channel Canada, YTV, Global News, Globalnews.ca, Q107, Country
105, and CFOX, along with streaming platforms STACKTV, TELETOON+,
the Global TV App and Curiouscast. Corus is the domestic
advertising representative and an original content partner for
Pluto TV, a Paramount Company, which is the leading free
ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service. For more
information visit www.corusent.com.
SOURCE Corus Entertainment Inc.