Pamela's Garden of
Eden Sales Expand into Australia, Israel and Major European Countries
Corus Studios Confirms Over 800 Hours of Original
Content Sales Ahead of MIPCOM
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TORONTO, Oct. 14,
2022 /CNW/ - Corus Studios announced
today the addition of new paranormal investigation series
Repossessed (8x60) joining its catalogue of premium
content for international distribution. Corus Studios' library
continues to expand with new seasons across a variety of genres
including the gold-hunting adventures of Deadman's
Curse, Season 2 (8x60), larger-than-life
holiday-themed baking competition series The Big
Bake, Season 4 (14x60), and trendy home renovation series
Styled, Season 2 (8x60) which will be added to Corus
Studios' portfolio of worldwide offerings.
"The addition of riveting new series Repossessed
underscores our ongoing commitment to creating compelling content,
showcasing real-life stories, and bringing those stories to viewers
globally," said Lisa Godfrey, Senior Vice President of
Original Content and Corus Studios. "As our library of diverse and
intriguing content continues to expand, we are focused on meeting
the demand in multiple popular genres such as crime, paranormal and
investigation for platforms around the world."
The new Corus Studios original series Repossessed is led
by popular paranormal investigator Moe
Sargi, psychic medium Leitreanna Brown and
researcher Marika
Simón, as they travel across North America in search of the most haunted
objects and the desperate owners who need their help. The series
will air on The HISTORY® Channel and joins the new
season of Crime Beat, Season 4 as part of the
paranormal and crime offerings available at MIPCOM.
Corus Studios Sales
Highlights:
As a lead up to MIPCOM, new deals include multiple international
sales for the highly-anticipated series Pamela's Garden of Eden (8x60) starring
pop culture icon Pamela Anderson, ahead of its Canadian
premiere, debuting November 3 on HGTV
Canada. In addition to the previously announced first pre-sale of
Pamela's Garden of Eden to
Hulu in the U.S., sales are also confirmed to
Foxtel in Australia, M6 GROUP (Paris Premiere
and 6ter channels) in France, Italy's Sky
Italia, Talpa TV in the Netherlands, Portugal's SIC, Poland's Zoom TV from Kino
Polska Group, and Talit in Israel.
Additional seasons of Great Chocolate Showdown
returned to The CW Network in the U.S., which aired Season 3
(8x60) and premiered Season 2 (8x60) on The CW App and
CWTV.com. The indulgent dessert competition series was a Top
10 program on Food Network Canada this spring*, and is set to
return for its fourth season on Food Network Canada in 2023.
As part of the expanded output deal with U.S. streaming platform
Hulu, new titles heading to the platform include
Repossessed (8x60) and Sarah's Mountain
Escape (8x60), Season 1.
Overseas, Corus Studios content continues to garner attention
with Germany's
Seven.One picking up Styled, Season 1 (8x60)
and Deadman's Curse, Season 1 (8x60). Portugal's SIC acquires
Farmhouse Facelift (Season 1 and 2 - 18x60) and
Hoarder House Flippers, Season 1 (6x60). Talpa
TV in the Netherlands
acquired the second season of Project
Bakeover (10x60) and all four seasons of Masters
of Flip (42x60). Israel's Talit picked up
Scott's Vacation House Rules, Season 2 (13x60) for
their schedule.
The UK's ITV continues to dive into the food genre
acquiring another season of The Big Bake, Season 3
(14x60) and Great Chocolate Showdown (Seasons 1-3 –
24x60).
In Asia Corus Studios expands to new markets including
TrueVisions in Thailand, securing food travelogue series
Big Food Bucket List (Season 2 and 3 - 40x30) and
grilling competition series Fire Masters Season 3,
Set A (10x60), while Box TV in Vietnam has picked up Deadman's
Curse, Season 1 (8x60).
In addition, French language rights expand with Quebecor
Content picking up Pamela's Garden of Eden (8x60), The Big
Bake, Season 2 (18x60), Hoarder House
Flippers, Season 1 (6x60) and Farmhouse
Facelift, Season 1 (10x60) for its linear and SVOD
platforms.
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, longtime TV
veterans Krista Look, Vice President, Original Content,
Lifestyle, and Rachel Nelson, Vice President, Original
Content, Scripted, Factual and Kids. Repossessed is produced
by Sphere Media with Executive Producers Andrea Griffith,
Corinna Lehr and Marlo Miazga, and Jesse Barkley as the
Executive in Charge of Production for The HISTORY Channel. The
Big Bake is produced by Nikki Ray Media Agency with
Debbie Brown as Executive in Charge
of Production for Food Network Canada. Styled is produced by
Great Pacific Media, with Dora Fong
and Lynne Carter as the HGTV Canada
Executives in Charge of Production. Deadman's Curse is
produced by Great Pacific Media, with Maria
Knight as the Executive in Charge of Production. Pamela's
Garden of Eden is produced by
Fireworks Media Group with Marni
Goldman as Executive in Charge of Production for HGTV
Canada. Pamela Anderson is
represented by APA.
For Corus Studios full catalogue of content,
visit www.corusstudios.com
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*Source: Numeris PPM
Data, Total Canada, SP'22 STD (Jan 3- May 15/22), confirmed data,
3+ airings, A25-54, AMA(000), Food Network Canada.
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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, a
suite of digital and streaming assets, 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 innovative
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 broadly
distributed Canadian streaming platforms STACKTV, Nick+, the Global
TV App and Curiouscast. For more information
visit www.corusent.com.
SOURCE Corus Entertainment Inc.