Radio / Television News

Rogers greenlights 11 new Canadian originals for HGTV and Food Network

As the one-year anniversary approaches for Rogers’s licensing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery for the rights to the HGTV and Food Network brands and English-language U.S. content, Rogers Sports and Media announced Monday it has greenlit 11 new Canadian original series — representing more than 115 hours of programming — for the Canadian versions of the lifestyle channels. “We are proud to collaborate with an incredible group of Canadian production partners and personalities to bring nearly 120 hours of original unscripted programming with both big household names and new voices,” Kale Stockwell, director of original programming at Rogers Sports and Media, said in a...