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Corus Entertainment Inc
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Corus's Global greenlights Big Brother Canada season 12

2023-06-07 18:43 ET - News Release

Ms. Lisa Godfrey reports

GLOBAL GREENLIGHTS ORIGINAL REALITY SENSATION BIG BROTHER CANADA FOR MONUMENTAL 12TH SEASON

Get ready BBCAN fam for another season of the reality phenomenon Big Brother Canada! Today, Corus Entertainment Inc.'s Global dropped some big news at the #CorusUpfront announcing the network's powerhouse reality series will return for a landmark 12th season. Produced by Insight Productions (a Boat Rocker company) in association with Corus Entertainment and Banijay, the greenlight follows an epic 11th season where Terrell "Ty" McDonald triumphed, becoming the season 11 champion.

"We are thrilled to renew Global's highly popular original reality series Big Brother Canada for an unprecedented 12th season," said Lisa Godfrey, senior vice-president of original content and Corus Studios. "For the past 11 years, Big Brother Canada has become a lifestyle for our die-hard fans with each season telling its own story and offering something special to viewers, and we cannot wait to deliver another season of drama, larger-than-life challenges and can't-miss moments."

Hosted by Canadian Screen Award-winner Arisa Cox, who also serves as one of the show's executive producers, Big Brother Canada handpicks a group of strangers from all walks of life, sequesters them from the outside world, and places them inside a house outfitted wall to wall with cameras and microphones that capture their every move. Competing for a grand cash prize, each week the houseguests battle in a series of challenges that gives them power or punishment, voting each other out until the fate of the final two is decided by a jury of fellow houseguests.

Additional details about Big Brother Canada season 12, including casting news, will be announced at a later date.

Commissioned by Corus Entertainment, season 12 of Big Brother Canada is produced by Insight Productions (a Boat Rocker company) in association with Corus Entertainment and content powerhouse Banijay, with the deal struck by Jane Rimer, senior vice-president of Canada, at distribution arm Banijay Rights. Executive producers are John Brunton, Erin Brock, Eric Abboud and Ms. Cox.

Corus Entertainment's original content team, driving its slate of unscripted series, is helmed by industry executive Ms. Godfrey as senior vice-president of original content and Corus Studios, and supported by longtime TV veterans Krista Look (VP, original content, lifestyle), and Lynne Carter (executive in charge of production).

Global is a Corus Entertainment network and is available through all major TV distributors, including: Shaw, Shaw Direct, Rogers, Bell, Videotron, Telus, Cogeco, Eastlink, SaskTel and STACKTV, streaming on Amazon Prime Video Channels, Rogers Ignite TV, and Ignite Streaming and FuboTV platforms. The Global TV App is available on iOS, Android, Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TVs, Roku streaming players, Roku TV models and the Global TV website.

About Corus Entertainment Inc.

Corus Entertainment 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 2-D animation software supplier Toon Boom and children's book publishing house Kids Can Press. Corus's 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, the Global News website, 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.

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