From Stage to Multiple Screens and Beyond: Canada's Got Talent Expands Offering, Reaching Viewers in More Places More Often

From Stage to Multiple Screens and Beyond: Canada's Got Talent Expands Offering, Reaching Viewers in More Places More Often

- New 'double-double' dose of Canada's Got Talent every Sunday night at
8pm and 9pm ET/PT on Citytv -

- Full episodes, never-before-seen auditions, and exclusive select
content available on television, online, mobile and tablets -

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TORONTO, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Following this week's record-breaking
premiere of Canada's Got Talent, Citytv is taking its flagship, original series to new heights by
making it available more often, in more places.  Beginning March 11, Citytv will feature a 'double-double' dose of Canadian talent - with
back-to-back, one-hour episodes on Sundays at 8pm and 9pm ET/PT throughout the month of March.  An encore presentation of the 9pm hour
will air Mondays at 7pm ET/PT.

For fans on the go, full episodes of Canada's Got Talent, exclusive select content, and never-before-seen auditions are also now
available through multiple viewing options, including Rogers On Demand,
Rogers Anyplace TV, Citytv.com, CanadasGotTalent.com, and the Citytv video app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

The premiere of Canada's Got Talent on March 4 has already become one of the nation's favourite new series,
attracting an average of 1.5 million viewers - making it the
most-watched premiere in Citytv history.

"By expanding viewing options for this series, we are continuing our
commitment to offer innovative, multiplatform extensions of content
that consistently enhance the viewer experience," said Scott Moore,
President, Broadcast, Rogers Media. "Through the amazingly-successful
launch pad of Canada's Got Talent, Rogers Media is surpassing the
boundaries of conventional TV viewing to bring fans unlimited, premium
content on a variety of platforms, whenever and wherever they want it."

From TV to online, mobile, tablets and more, below are the many ways in
which consumers can engage and access Canada's Got Talent content:

TV:

-- Canada's Got Talentairs Sundays 8pm and 9pm ET/PT on Citytv,
with back-to-back episodes. Encore presentation of second hour
Mondays at 7pm ET/PT
-- Encore presentations: Saturdays 9pm and 10pm ET/PT (Citytv);
Sundays 4pm ET/MT (OMNI.1, OMNI Alberta) and 6pm PT (OMNI BC)
-- Full episodes and never-before-seen auditions available anytime
on Rogers On Demand

ONLINE:

-- Full episodes on
Citytv.com, available next
morning following the television broadcast
-- Full episodes and never-before-seen auditions on
Rogers Anyplace TV
website, available within 24 hours after broadcast
-- Full episodes, behind-the-scenes interviews, highlight clips,
recaps, commentary, live chats, photo galleries, and an episode
guide are available on
CanadasGotTalent.com

MOBILE:

-- Full episodes available on the Citytv video app for iPad,
iPhone and iPod touch
-- Full episodes and exclusive select content available on
tablets, smartphones and Xbox LIVE through
Rogers Anyplace TV
-- Interact with the show through the Canada's Got Talent app for
BlackBerry® PlayBook(TM) and iPad featuring unique show
content and an interactive 'At-Home Judge' component

Canada's Got Talent is the largest national talent search in Canadian television history and
features a colourful array of hopeful stars, including comedians,
contortionists, impressionists, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists,
dancers and singers all vying for a chance to perform on national
television and win the coveted title.

Visit CanadasGotTalent.com, follow us on Twitter @CGTCitytv, and "like" us on Facebook for the latest updates, info and announcements.

About Citytv

Citytv(TM) television stations in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and
Winnipeg offer viewers intensely-local, urban-oriented,
culturally-diverse television programming. A distinct alternative to
other conventional television stations, Citytv engages its viewers with
dynamic on-air personalities and delivers an entertaining mix of news,
local-interactive formats such as: Breakfast Television and CityLine;
as well as local Canadian and US acquired prime time entertainment
programming. Citytv is a part of Rogers Broadcasting Limited, a
division of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI and NYSE: RCI) which
is a diversified Canadian communications and media company. For more
information on Citytv stations and programming, visit www.citytv.com. 

About Rogers Communications

Rogers is a diversified Canadian communications and media company. We
are Canada's largest provider of wireless voice and data communications
services and one of Canada's leading providers of cable television,
high speed internet and telephony services. Through Rogers Media we are
engaged in radio and television broadcasting, televised shopping,
sports entertainment, magazines and trade publications, and digital
media. We are publicly traded on theToronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RCI.A
and RCI.B) and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RCI). For further
information about the Rogers group of companies, please visit www.rogers.com.                                 

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CONTACT: Sonia Brum, Communications Manager, Citytv, sonia.brum@rci.rogers.com, 416.764.3194

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