SaskTel Men’s Tankard Semifinal and Final on SaskTel Max

SaskTel and the Saskatchewan Curling Association to offer free live broadcast of SaskTel Men’s Tankard Semifinal and Final on SaskTel Max

January 31, 2012

SaskTel Max™ customers will have the exclusive opportunity to watch free live coverage of the SaskTel Men’s Tankard semifinal and final on Sunday, February 5. This is the first time since 2008 that live TV coverage of the Tankard finals will be available in Saskatchewan. It will also be the first live curling event ever broadcast by SaskTel Max.

Live coverage of the semifinal draw will begin at 9:15 a.m. Live coverage of the final will begin at 1:45 p.m. Both draws will be broadcast on channel 119, and will also be available on Max Local on Demand beginning February 6 on channel 48.

“We’re thrilled to offer SaskTel Max customers the opportunity to watch Saskatchewan’s top men’s curlers compete for the SaskTel Tankard provincial championship live as a free Max broadcast,” said Stacey Sandison, Chief Marketing Officer. “We would like to thank the Saskatchewan Curling Association for working with us to make this live broadcast possible.”

“We are very pleased that SaskTel has agreed to broadcast the SaskTel Tankard LIVE,” said Mike McClelland, SCA President. “The SaskTel Tankard brings the top Saskatchewan male curlers and curling fans together every year, and now thanks to SaskTel, fans can catch all the excitement LIVE in their own homes. It is great exposure for the sport of curling in our province.”

SaskTel Max Entertainment Services offers digital TV and sound plus High Speed Internet and e-mail. With Max service, customers get over 250 digital TV channels, 65 HD channels, video on demand, commercial-free music channels, DVD quality picture and sound, unique local content and more.

About SaskTel
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation (SaskTel) is the leading full service communications provider in Saskatchewan, with $1.1 billion in annual revenue and over 1.4 million customer connections including over 568,000 wireless accesses, 528,000 wireline network accesses, 230,000 internet accesses and 85,000 Max™ (TV) subscribers. SaskTel offers a wide range of communications products and services including competitive voice, data, internet, entertainment, national security, messaging, cellular, wireless data and directory services. In addition, SaskTel International offers software solutions and project consulting in countries around the world. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have a workforce of approximately 4,100 employees.

About the Saskatchewan Curling Association
The Saskatchewan Curling Association (SCA) is the provincial sport governing body of curling in Saskatchewan. The organization has 155 affiliated curling clubs and over 24,000 individual curlers. The SCA’s mandate is to provide programs and services to meet the needs of its members, build and support curling at all levels and provide leadership to the curling community.

For media inquiries only, please contact:
Andy Tate, SaskTel Media Relations
Phone: (306) 777-4548
Email: andy.tate@sasktel.com

Amber Holland, SCA Executive Director
Phone: (306) 780-9403
Email: aholland.sca@sasktel.net