SaskTel maxTV™ customers will have the exclusive opportunity to watch free live coverage of the SaskTel Men’s Tankard semi-final and final on Sunday, February 8, 2015. Live coverage of the semifinal draw will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the final scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. Both draws will be on channel 49 and channel 349 (HD), and will also be available on maxTV Local on Demand immediately following the broadcast on channel 48 and channel 348 (HD).
“This is a great example of the type of exciting programming that maxTV Local on Demand delivers to customers,” said Stacey Sandison, SaskTel’s Chief Marketing Officer. “We’re pleased to be able to partner with CURLSASK to offer our customers the opportunity to watch Saskatchewan’s finest men’s curlers compete for the SaskTel Tankard provincial championship.”
“What a great opportunity to maximize curling’s exposure and curling fans who cannot attend the event in Melville can share in the excitement of crowning our Provincial Men’s Champion who will represent Saskatchewan at the Brier,” said Marg Mayotte, CURLSASK President. “Thank you to SaskTel for their continued support of curling in our province.”
SaskTel maxTV Entertainment Services offers digital TV and sound plus High Speed Internet and e-mail. With maxTV service, you get 320 digital TV channels (including over 100 in HD), video on demand, commercial-free music channels, DVD quality picture and sound, unique local content and so much more.
The SaskTel Tankard will be held in Melville from February 4 to 8, 2015. The top 16 Men’s Teams from across Saskatchewan will compete with the winner representing Saskatchewan at the National Men’s Championship (Brier) in Calgary March 2015.
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Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation (SaskTel) is the leading full service communications provider in Saskatchewan, with $1.2 billion in annual revenue and over 1.4 million customer connections including over 607,000 wireless accesses, 492,000 wireline network accesses, 250,000 internet accesses and 100,000 Max™ (TV) subscribers.
