Cosmopolitan TV Launches on Rogers Cable

Cosmopolitan TV Launches on Rogers Cable

CosmoTV now available to Rogers Digital Customers with Introductory Preview

TORONTO, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Corus Entertainment Inc. announced today the launch of Cosmopolitan TV on Rogers Cable in Ontario and New Brunswick. CosmoTV is now available as a free preview to all Rogers Digital Cable customers with a set-top box, starting today. Now, Cosmopolitan TV reaches close to 5 million households.

Corus Entertainment's CosmoTV, created in partnership with Hearst Corporation is inspired by the world's bestselling women's magazine. Like the iconic brand, the service offers fun, flirty and irreverent entertainment for women with a focus on men, sex and relationships. Targeted to women 18-34, CosmoTV programming runs the gamut from comedy to drama to relationship and reality programming with series like CosmoTV's flagship show Oh So Cosmo, to uncut marathons of Sex and the City and The Bachelor.

"There has been a great deal of excitement around the launch of CosmoTV and the audience reaction to the channel has already more than delivered on our expectations," says Paul Robertson, President, Television, Corus Entertainment. "We are really pleased that CosmoTV will now be available to even more women across Canada. CosmoTV builds on Corus Entertainment's growing portfolio of women-focused brands - including Canada's # 1 specialty channel for women, W Network - that offer Canadian women the services, programs and the entertainment they are looking for at every stage of their lives."

Other programs on the schedule include The Agency, a seven-part series following bookers from the top-flight Wilhelmina modeling agency; Abbey and Janice: Beauty and the Best, a six-parter featuring Britain's Next Top Model star Abbey Clancy and uber-supermodel Janice Dickinson as they launch Abbey's career in the American modeling world; and Dirty Cows, a hilarious and cheeky look at a bunch of English roses who fight dirty to win the hand - and land - of a wealthy, handsome farmer.

CosmoTV previews on Rogers channel 262.

About Cosmopolitan TV

Cosmopolitan TV is available in close to 5 million homes across Canada. CosmoTV showcases a mix of entertainment and lifestyle programming, ranging from comedy and drama series to relationship and Red Hot Reality programming to blockbuster movies. Its website, www.cosmotv.ca, offers Cosmo girls everywhere a backstage pass to men, sex, and style: viewers can rate bachelors, check out the latest programming info, contribute to the message boards and go behind the scenes at CosmoTV's flagship magazine show Oh So Cosmo. Cosmopolitan TV is a partnership between Corus Entertainment Inc. and Hearst Corporation. Corus Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian-based media and entertainment company. Corus is a market leader in specialty television and radio with additional assets in pay television, advertising and digital audio services, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's animation. The company's multimedia entertainment brands include YTV, Treehouse, W Network, Movie Central, Nelvana, Kids Can Press and radio stations including CKNW, CKOI and Q107. Corus creates engaging branded entertainment experiences for its audiences across multiple platforms. A publicly traded company, Corus is listed on the Toronto (CJR.B) and New York (CJR) exchanges. Experience Corus on the web at www.corusent.com.

About Hearst Entertainment and Syndication

Hearst Entertainment & Syndication, a unit of Hearst Corporation, is the operating group responsible for Hearst's interests in cable television networks, television production and distribution, newspaper syndication and merchandise licensing. Hearst owns substantial stakes in ESPN; A&E Television Networks, including the A&E, History and Biography channels; Lifetime; and international Cosmopolitan channels. Cosmopolitan Television was first launched in Spain in March 2000 and exists in more than 20 countries, including Spain, Mexico, Argentina and now Canada. Hearst Magazines' Cosmopolitan, with 58 international editions, is published in 34 languages and distributed in more than 100 countries. Hearst also owns King Features Syndicate, a major newspaper syndication and merchandise licensing company. Hearst Entertainment, Inc. produces reality programming and administers distribution of Hearst's TV movie library.

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Source: Corus Entertainment Inc.

CONTACT: Sally Tindal, Director, Communications, Corus Entertainment,
(416) 530-5121, sally.tindal@corusent.com

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