TELUS today submitted a proposal to the CRTC for safeguards to protect Canadian TV viewers from anti-competitive practices of the large broadcasting companies which now control Canada's television industry.
Rogers Sportsnet is pleased to announce that Telus has picked up the free preview of Rogers Sportsnet ONE, featuring tonight’s Major League Baseball doubleheader starting with the Los Angeles Angels and Tampa Bay Rays at 7 p.m. (ET)/4 p.m. (PT) followed by the Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners game at 10 p.m. (ET)/7 p.m. (PT).
Late last, week, TELUS announced the availability of Remote Recording, an enhancement to TELUS' Optik TV service that allows customers to manage Personal Video Recorder (PVR) recordings using the Web or iPhone while on the go.
TELUS is revolutionizing home entertainment and communications with a new suite of advanced TV and High Speed Internet services. Starting today, this new and exciting capability will be known as Optik. Note: To check out videos of how Optik TV works, follow this link on telus.com.
Canada’s online network just got a little bit bigger. CTV, Canada’s leading private broadcaster, and TELUS today announced a new initiative that will give TELUS customers unprecedented access to some of Canada’s most-watched television programs via TELUS mobile video streaming service. CTV becomes TELUS’ first content provider for its new streaming video-on-demand service.
TELUS Satellite TV is now available across Alberta and British Columbia (B.C.). TELUS Satellite TV is available to more than 90 per cent of homes in Alberta and B.C and residents can now add it to their suite of services from TELUS. Bundling TELUS TV with Internet, home phone or long distance services helps consumers simplify their lives — and save money at the same time.
TELUS has announced a long-term agreement with major Hollywood film studio Twentieth Century Fox to offer Fox's movies on the recently launched TELUS TV™ service. Blockbuster Fox hits such as Fantastic 4, Kingdom of Heaven, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Robots, and other classic Hollywood movies, will be offered on a video on demand basis to TELUS TV customers.
TELUS TV will bring customers hundreds of digital channels via a $15 million satellite and content distribution centre TELUS is now building north of British Columbia's Fraser Valley. Once TELUS TV is launched in B.C. sometime in 2006, the facility will gather TV signals from dozens of satellites for transmission to customers across B.C. and Alberta.