#FOOD: FLAVOUR NETWORK ANNOUNCE NEW CAMPAIGN TO RAISE ONE MILLION MEALS

Flavour Network, a Corus Entertainment Inc. property, together with Food Banks Canada announced today a new, nationwide campaign serving to raise one million meals* for people in Canada facing food insecurity. The campaign is powered by Flavour Network’s reach across Canada and amplified by Corus’ extensive megaphone of assets across TV, radio, and social with the support of the campaign’s official restaurant partner, Swiss Chalet®. As food insecurity reaches record levels in Canada, food banks are seeing nearly 2.2 million visits each month, including 700,000 visits from children. In response to this growing need, Food Banks Canada continues to deliver critical support nationwide, distributing 324 million pounds of food valued at $1 billion and investing $275 million in communities across the country.

“At Corus, we have the privilege of connecting with millions of Canadians every day through the stories and content they care about,” said Jennifer Abrams, SVP Content & Marketing, Corus Entertainment Inc. ”With the power of Flavour Network’s platform, we are proud to leverage our connection to Canadians in support of Food Banks Canada, helping shine a light on the growing issue of food insecurity and encouraging Canadians to make a difference while reinforcing the power of communities coming together for those in need.”

The partnership sees Corus leverage promotional inventory value across assets to drive awareness and generate donations. The campaign features custom promotional assets, including a TV spot featuring Flavour Network stars Eden Grinshpan (Top Chef Canada, Top Chef Canada: The Dessert Table) and Mark McEwan (Top Chef Canada), Colin Asuncion (Halloween Bakeshop, Holiday Bakeshop), The Morning Show’s Carolyn MacKenzie and Jeff McArthur, Q107’s Fred Kennedy, and Global News’ Anthony Farnell alongside Storm the Weather Dog.

“As food bank visits reach historical levels across the country, meeting the growing need requires all of us to come together,” said Kirstin Beardsley, Chief Executive Officer, Food Banks Canada. “We are so grateful to Flavour Network and its participating partners for helping raise awareness and inspire action from so many. We are equally thankful to the people across Canada who choose to donate. Whether it pays for food, refrigeration, transportation or other costs, every dollar contributes to a collective effort that helps food banks provide vital support to people facing food insecurity.”

Further fueling the campaign is official restaurant partner Swiss Chalet®, collecting non-perishable food donations at 176 locations across the country. Each restaurant is matched with a local charity partner, to ensure the Guest and Teammates are giving back to their own community. The partnership extends beyond in-restaurant donation boxes, with more than two million specially-designed Festive Special® takeout boxes raising awareness for the Festive Meals, Full Hearts campaign throughout the holiday season.

“For over 40 years the Festive Special® has marked the start of the Canadian holiday season” said Beatrice Robertson, Vice President Marketing at Swiss Chalet. “At Swiss Chalet, our purpose is to set the table for Canadian families to create memories that last a lifetime. Our local Franchisees and Teammates are proud to partner with Flavour Network and Food Banks Canada to help give back and share the warmth of a meal together.”

Festive Meals, Full Hearts runs now through December 31, 2026. For every $1 donated, Food Banks Canada can provide two meals to those in need. Donations can be made online by visiting flavournetwork.ca.

*Based on Food Banks Canada’s meal metric, $1 = 2 meals.

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Flavour Network is a Corus Entertainment Network.

About Corus Entertainment Inc.
Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and content company that develops, delivers and distributes high quality brands and content across platforms for audiences around the world. Engaging audiences since 1999, the company’s portfolio of multimedia offerings encompass 25 specialty television services, 36 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, digital and streaming platforms, and social digital agency and media services. Corus’ roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W Network, Flavour Network, Home Network, The HISTORY® Channel, Showcase, Slice, Adult Swim, National Geographic and Global News, along with streaming platforms STACKTV, TELETOON+, Vivéo, and Curiouscast. For more information visit www.corusent.com.

About Food Banks Canada
Food Banks Canada is the leader in addressing food insecurity in Canada. Our mission is to provide national leadership to relieve hunger today and prevent hunger tomorrow in collaboration with the food bank network from coast to coast to coast. For over 40 years, food banks have been dedicated to helping people living in Canada with food insecurity. Over 5,500 food banks and community organizations come together to serve our most vulnerable neighbours, who — this year — made close to 2.2 million visits to these organizations in one month alone, according to our HungerCount report. Since 2010, Food Banks Canada has shared over $1.2 billion in food supports and over $292 million in funding to help strengthen the food bank network to meet demand and improve access where it’s needed most—while, backed by leading research, advocating for meaningful actions from governments to counter hunger and its root causes. Our vision is clear: to create a Canada where no one goes hungry. Visit www.foodbankscanada.ca to learn more.

About Swiss Chalet®
Swiss Chalet was founded in 1954 with 176 locations across Canada under the operation of RECIPE Restaurant Group. As an iconic Canadian brand, Swiss Chalet prides itself in bringing Canadian families together for mealtime by serving real, delicious and wholesome comfort food. The Brand is known for its iconic Swiss-inspired Rotisserie Chicken served with Signature Chalet Dipping Sauce. For more information, visit SwissChalet.com.

#FOOD: FLAVOUR NETWORK, HOME NETWORK, THE HISTORY CHANNEL LAUNCH NEW SEASON OF CONTENT

As the new year begins, so does a new season of fresh content across Canada’s most-watched lifestyle brands, Flavour Network and Home Network, and factual brand, The HISTORY® Channel. More than 50 new and returning series will reach audiences this winter, including the Emmy® nominated Searching for Italy and fan-favourite The Great British Baking Show: The Professionals on Flavour Network; Canada’s #1 specialty entertainment series*, The Curse of Oak Island, and new series History’s Deadliest with Ving Rhames on The HISTORY® Channel; plus hit international acquisitions The Block and Love It or List It UK on Home Network. All series will be available to stream on STACKTV.

Flavour Network
The holidays may be over, but the cooking continues this January on Flavour Network. Worst Cooks in America returns for a staggering Season 30, where a new batch of bad cooks battle to win $25,000, beginning Sunday, January 4, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. My Kitchen Rules premieres Wednesday, January 7, at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT, with teams of competitive home chefs facing off for a grand prize of $100,000. Academy Award-nominee Stanley Tucci travels across Italy in Searching For Italy, discovering the secrets and delights of the country’s regional cuisines, starting Thursday, January 8, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Gordon Ramsay returns to Flavour Network with the all-new series Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service. Premiering Saturday, January 10, at 9 p.m. ET/PT, Ramsay trades his signature chef knives for a state-of-the-art surveillance vehicle and cutting-edge spyware, using the help of a secret source on the inside to uncover the major issues facing each restaurant. Then, Season 9 of The Great British Baking Show: The Professionals premieres on Monday, January 19, at 9 p.m. ET/PT, where a fresh batch of pastry chefs from across the UK showcase their skills in creating exquisite patisserie delights.

Home Network
Coming to Home Network this month for international hits is the Season 1 reboot of the classic British series Cash in the Attic. Viewers can tune in on Monday, January 5, at 9/9:30 p.m. ET/PT to see a team of specialized appraisers dig through attics and discover what’s been collecting dust. Next in the lineup is Season 18 of the popular Australian series, The Block Australia, featuring five couples who build new homes from the ground up, premiering Wednesday, January 7, at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT. Interior Design Masters returns for Season 6 on Thursday, January 8, at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m PT, where designers tackle a new challenge each week, crisscrossing Britain to transform the interiors of luxury apartments, hotels, shops, cafés, luxury holiday lodges, and bars.

Taking place in an emporium deep in the British countryside, The Bidding Room brings together five expert dealers who compete to outbid each other for antiques, heirlooms, and other extraordinary items brought in by the public, beginning Saturday, January 10, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Love it or List it travels across the pond, expanding the hit franchise with the debut of Love It or List It UK. Premiering its Season 10 on Sunday, January 11, at 9 p.m. ET/PT, the iconic series puts fed-up homeowners to the ultimate test: fix the home they’re in—or list it and move on.

The HISTORY® Channel
The HISTORY® Channel resolves to uncover the truth this new year. Fan favourite, The Curse of Oak Island, continues Season 13 with new episodes on Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Viewers will see Rick and Marty Lagina and their team return to the island as they continue their plan to solve the 230-year-old treasure mystery. This fall’s Top 20 specialty entertainment series**, The Unbelievable with Dan Aykroyd returns with new episodes Friday, January 9, at 10 p.m. ET/PT, taking viewers on a mind-blowing ride to reveal history’s strange-but-true stories, brought to life through dynamic recreations, compelling graphics, arresting archival footage, and fun, witty expert commentary.

Actor Ving Rhames stars in the brand-new series History’s Deadliest with Ving Rhames, premiering Sunday, February 1, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The series reveals the strange truths behind the world’s most prolific and powerful killers – from criminals and tyrants to natural disasters and deadly weapons – uncovering the unlikely chain of events that can turn an ordinary day into one of history’s deadliest.

Flavour Network, Home Network and The HISTORY® Channel can be streamed exclusively on STACKTV, available on Amazon Prime Video Channels, Bell Fibe TV app, Fubo, Rogers Ignite TV and Ignite Streaming. The network is also available through all major TV distributors, including: Shaw, Shaw Direct, Rogers, Bell, Videotron, Telus, Cogeco, Eastlink and SaskTel.

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*Source: Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada. FL’25 STD (9/1/2025 to 12/21/2025) – confirmed until 12/14/2025, A25-54, Mo-Su 2a-2a, AMA(000), CDN SPECIALTY COM ENG.
**Source: Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada. FL’25 STD (9/1/2025 to 12/21/2025) – confirmed until 12/14/2025, A25-54, Mo-Su 2a-2a, AMA(000), min 3+ airings, CDN SPECIALTY COM ENG excluding sports.

#FIRSTLOOK: CORUS ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE CANADIAN ORIGINAL CONTENT PREMIERING IN 2025 ON HOME NETWORK AND FLAVOUR NETWORK

Following the recent announcement of Corus Entertainment’s two new lifestyle brands launching December 30, 2024, the company shares further details on Home Network and Flavour Network’s upcoming originals slate. With 14 new and returning Canadian original titles, audiences can look forward to schedules packed with premium content and big-name talent, including series starring Pamela Anderson, Bryan and Sarah Baeumler, Scott McGillivray, Anna Olson, Andrew Phung, Eden Grinshpan and more. Viewers can learn more about these new brands by visiting HomeNetwork.ca and FlavourNetwork.ca.

“Corus is the nation’s proven expert in lifestyle programming, and we look forward to continuing this legacy with the upcoming launch of Flavour Network and Home Network,” said Rachel Nelson, Vice President, Original Programming and Head of Corus Studios. “With our best-in-class lifestyle talent and valued Canadian production partners, we look forward to delighting audiences with a broad slate of titles that are bold and fresher than ever. There will be familiar faces from proven hits and new voices and formats, all with Corus’ familiar flare for premium original lifestyle content.”

Home Network

Home Network brings viewers the very best in renovation and home design with nine new and returning Canadian original titles. Audiences will feel at home with the familiar faces of Canada’s favourite and established home renovation stars, plus the introduction of talented new personalities ready to make their mark.

Three brand-new series are currently in production. In Beer Budget Reno (10×60 – Proper Television), lifestyle expert Kristen Coutts delivers life-changing renos for people who are told they can’t afford them, transforming tired outdated spaces into something fresh and functional. For Rentovation (13×30 – Nikki Ray Media Agency), designer Natalie Chong helps renters transform transient spaces with nonpermanent solutions that give forever-home vibes without forever-living commitments. Then, Building Baeumler (10×60 – Si Entertainment) sees fan-favourites Bryan and Sarah Baeumler give viewers an inside look at their lives as they tackle a resort renovation in the Florida Keys, expand their Bahamas property and invest in a new project in the area, and tackle a personal renovation back home in Canada.

Additionally, three returning titles have wrapped production and are expected to premiere in Winter/Spring 2025. This includes Renovation Resort, Season 2 (8×60 – MEM) with Bryan Baeumler and Scott McGillivray, Scott’s Vacation House Rules, Season 6 (8×60 – MEM) with Scott and co-host Debra Salmoni, and Season 2 of Pamela Anderson’s home-renovation show Pamela’s Garden of Eden (8×60 – Fireworks Media Group).

Come 2025, three additional series will be in pre-production or development. The all-new Life is Messy (8×60 – Scott Brothers Entertainment) with Kortney Wilson and Kenny Brain follows the duo as they work with families facing unique life changes that have put a strain on both their relationships and their homes. Titles in development include new seasons of Rock Solid Builds (8×60 – Cineflix Productions), and House of Ali (8×60 – Nikki Ray Media Agency).

Flavour Network

Flavour Network turns up the heat in the food space, with three returning hits and three upcoming new Canadian originals packed full of flavour, fresh perspective and star power.

Winter 2025 will see the premiere of Pamela’s Cooking with Love (8×60 – Fireworks Media Group) hosted by Hollywood icon Pamela Anderson as she welcomes world-renowned chefs to Vancouver Island, creating beautiful plant-based meals for family and friends. Next year will also see the premiere of new seasons of Great Chocolate Showdown (8×60 – Nikki Ray Media Agency) with Anna Olson, Cynthia Tooley and Steve Hodge putting 10 home bakers to the ultimate test in the indulgent world of chocolate for a grand prize, and Carnival Eats (13×30 – Alibi Entertainment), where Noah Cappe brings viewers along on a food-frenzied roller coaster of culinary delights.

Meanwhile, comedian Andrew Phung heads into production this fall on Big Burger Battle (6×60 – Nikki Ray Media Agency). With judges George Motz and Connie DeSousa, the newly greenlit series will see seven burger-obsessed cooks and chefs come together to crown the world’s best Burger Master. Then, with a fresh season of Top Chef Canada on air now with Season 11, the most prestigious culinary competition in the country will return for Season 12 (8×60 – Insight Productions Ltd.), heading into production next year.

Currently at MIPCOM, Corus Studios is proudly presenting many of these titles for international distribution including Big Burger Battle, Building Baeumler, Life is Messy, Rentovation, Great Chocolate Showdown, House of Ali, Pamela’s Cooking with Love, Pamela’s Garden of Eden, Renovation Resort, Rock Solid Builds, and Scott’s Vacation House Rules.

Additional details on Home Network and Flavour Network’s programming will be unveiled in the coming weeks, along with the launch of the brands’ supporting social channels.

The new HomeNetwork.ca offers a fresh take on real estate, DIY projects, home decor and more, delivering inspiring articles, expert tips and the latest decor trends to help audiences create beautiful, functional living spaces. The new FlavourNetwork.ca will be a reflection of Canada’s vibrant food culture, from honest reviews to delicious recipes, ranging from comforting classics to quick and easy meals and international cuisines, all tailored to the tastes and trends Canadians are searching for.

Flavour Network and Home Network will replace the current channel position of Food Network Canada and HGTV Canada on December 30, 2024. Customers can contact their service provider for more details. Flavour Network and Home Network will be available for free preview for two months, from January 3 – February 28, 2025. Viewers will also be able to stream full episodes from both networks on STACKTV.