Home to Win for the Win!

Home to Win for the Win!

HGTV Canada's Brand New Canadian Original Series Wins Sunday Night Across Canadian Specialty*

More than 100,000 Canadians Have Already Begun the Submission Process to Compete to Win the Home

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TORONTO, April 26, 2016 /CNW/ - Sunday night's much anticipated premiere of HGTV Canada's hottest new Canadian original series Home to Win brought down the house with 374,100 viewers (Ind2+) making it the number one program of the night across Canadian specialty.*

This tremendous linear success is closely tied to the digital homerun the property is hitting. Since the launch of HomeToWin.ca, already 112,783 Canadians have signed up to begin the submission process to audition for Home to Win and ultimately compete to win the home.**** Viewers have until Sunday June 5(th), 2016 at 11:59 p.m. ET to register to receive further instructions on how to submit a short video explaining what they think makes a house a home. Full details and guidelines can be found at HomeToWin.ca.

ADDITIONAL DATA HIGHLIGHTS:


-- Home to Win was also #1 across Canadian Specialty for the night amongst
A25-54 (152,000 AMA) and multiple other demos.**
-- Home to Win won its 10pm time slot across all key demos.***
-- Since its launch, HomeToWin.ca has had 377,000 Unique Visitors and 1.8
million page views.****
-- On premiere day alone, HomeToWin.ca saw 25,000 Unique Visitors and
131,000 page views.****


In the next episode of Home to Win, airing May 1(st) at 10 p.m. ET/PT, the room renovations begin as designer Danielle Bryk and builder Colin Hunter transform a dated home office into a dramatic new library. Meanwhile, builder Rob Evans partners with designer Sam Pynn to create a new look in the master bathroom. HGTV Canada's all-star deck builder, Paul Lafrance, drops in to shake things up. Catch up on the premiere episode of Home to Win at HomeToWin.caand on Saturday, April 30(th) at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Global.

Sources:
*Numeris PPM Overnight Data. (4/24/16). Total Canada.*excluding sports and pay channels

**Numeris Overnight PPM Data. (4/24/16). Total Canada.*excluding sports and pay channels **A18-49 (124.1), M18-49 (59.5), F25-54 (79.4), M25-54 (72.6)

***Numeris Overnight PPM Data. (4/24/16). 10p-11p. Total Canada. * (Ind2+, A18-49, F18-49, M18-49, A25-54, F25-54, M25-54)

****Adobe Sitecatalyst 16/02/2016 to 25/04/2016

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