Rogers Communications Inc. has scored “milestone” multi-year deals that will see it scoop the Canadian rights to several lifestyle brands from Corus Entertainment and Bell Media in the new year, including HGTV, Food Network and Discovery. The media giant said Monday that starting in January, Rogers will be home to several Warner Bros.
Discovery lifestyle brands including HGTV, Food Network, Cooking Channel, Magnolia Network and OWN — currently held by Corus — and the brands Discovery, Motor Trend, Science, Animal Planet and I.D., currently held by Bell.
Rogers also said it will bring NBCUniversal’s Bravo channel to Canada in September, making it the rights holder north of the border for titles including reality TV mainstays The Real Housewives , Vanderpump Rules and Top Chef . Colette Watson, president of Rogers Sports and Media, called the deals a “milestone long-term content partnership.” The news comes after Corus revealed a fall/winter lineup last week that added Pamela Anderson’s Pamela’s Cookin’ With Love to Food Network Canada and Bryan Baeumler’s Building Baeumler to HGTV Canada.
New seasons from HGTV Canada personalities Sebastian Clovis, Scott McGillivray, Debra Salmoni and Randy Spracklin were also announced. Troy Reeb, Corus’ executive vice president of networks and content, said programming and brands on several of the lifestyle properties acquired by Rogers are “anticipated to be impacted” in the new year. He added that Corus’ right.
