City Announces New Production Partner for Season of Original Hit Series, the Bachelor CanadaNovember 8, 0

Launched by former Rogers Media executive Claire Freeland and veteran producer/director Sean De Vries, Good Human Productions Inc. signed as official series producer

Casting for Canada's next bachelor and bachelorettes begins in December

Principal production slated for spring 2014; season premiere next fall

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TORONTO (November 8, 2013) Embarking on a new quest to help Canadians find love, City today announced its partnership with Good Human Productions Inc. for Season 2 of the hit romantic reality series The Bachelor Canada.

Founded by former Rogers Media executive Claire Freeland and last season's supervising producer Sean De Vries, Good Human Productions a new Vancouver-based production company will begin principal filming in spring 2014 ahead of the fall premiere.

Known for its high production quality, dramatic storytelling, and fairy-tale ending, The Bachelor Canada proved to be an incredible success for City in its inaugural season, said Nataline Rodrigues, director of original programming, Rogers Media. With their proven experience at the helm of this hit series, partnering with the creative minds at Good Human Productions was a natural fit to continue the momentum for the upcoming season.

Good Human's goal is to create and deliver consistent hits for broadcasters across North America and around the globe, said Freeland, partner and executive producer. We couldn't be more enthusiastic about starting this journey with the second season of The Bachelor Canada, a series both Sean and I are incredibly passionate about."

After working together as broadcaster and producer to bring the first season of The Bachelor Canada to audiences across the country, its very exciting to be joining forces as the executive producers of Season 2," said De Vries, partner and executive producer. "I look forward to this, and an exciting future for our company as we generate innovative and compelling content for our production partners."

Ahead of principal production next year, casting for Canada's next bachelor and bachelorettes begins in December. Full casting details to be announced in the coming weeks.

The Bachelor Canada is based on the perennially successful The Bachelor franchise, which is entering its 18th season on City and OMNI Television in January. The homegrown series is among a dynamic roster of original programs commissioned by Rogers Media including Seed, Package Deal, Mother Up!, Meet The Family, Storage Wars Canada, Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan, The Liquidator, The Project: Guatemala, Mohawk Girls, and Bollywood Star.

The Bachelor Canada is produced by Good Human Productions Inc. in association with Rogers Media. From Good Human Productions, Claire Freeland (The Bachelor Canada) and Sean De Vries (The Bachelor Canada) serve as executive producers. From Rogers Media,

Nataline Rodrigues is director of original programming, Hayden Mindell is vice president of programming and content, and Scott Moore is president of broadcast.

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About Good Human Productions Inc.

Good Human Productions Inc. is a Vancouver-based entertainment company committed to delivering unmissable content in all genres on all platforms. Good Human is a partnership between award winning former broadcast executive Claire Freeland and director-producer Sean De Vries. Sean and Claire have developed and supervised the production of over 1,000 hours of prime-time original programming in the comedy, drama, reality, factual and lifestyle genres. Good Human is currently entering production on the hit series The Bachelor Canada (City). For more information, visit goodhumanproductions.com.

About City

City television stations in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Saskatchewan offer viewers intensely-local, urban-oriented, culturally-diverse television programming. A distinct alternative to other conventional television stations, City 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. City 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 City stations and programming, visit Citytv.com

Media Contacts

S nia Brum, City, sonia.brum@rci.rogers.com, 416.764.3194

Stephanie Perron, City, stephanie.perron@rci.rogers.com, 416.764.3253

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