Galaxie Music on Optik TV now offered on the mobile screen

Vancouver, BC- TELUS and Galaxie today announced the Galaxie music app included with all Optik TV service is now available free-of-charge on smartphones for Optik TV subscribers.

“Accessing Galaxie’s incredible music network is now even easier for TELUS Optik TV subscribers,” said David Fuller, TELUS Chief Marketing Officer. “Customers want choice when it comes to entertainment, especially with their music. TELUS is pleased to provide Optik subscribers with a Galaxie Music experience not only on their TVs but through their smartphones as well. Now, they can enjoy their favourite music wherever they want, at home or on the go.”

Galaxie Music is a streaming service already available at no additional charge to all TELUS Optik TV customers. Once the app is downloaded to smartphone or tablet, Optik TV customers will be able to use the app by authenticating using their Optik TV accounts, free of charge.

“Our objective is for Galaxie to remain the preferred source of music for TELUS Optik TV subscribers,” explained Eric Boyko, President and CEO of Stingray Digital, owners of Galaxie. “With the Galaxie music app, we deliver on our promise to be the best and most used music service in Canada.”

Galaxie is a vast universe of music offering 74 channels right at your fingertips. With Galaxie, you’ve got all the music you’ll ever need, including a great variety of musical genres and all commercial free. From classic hits to contemporary chart toppers and little known treasures, from rock and country to dance, from jazz and blues to pop, from the soothing sounds of nature to the great arias and symphonies, Galaxie on Optik has got it all.

About Optik TV

TELUS is committed to offering customers great value and choice. Optik TV offers more than 620 channels, including more than 165 in HD.

TELUS customers also enjoy:

• Optik on the go, giving you access to more than 2,000 on demand shows and movies on your smartphone, tablet and laptop, at home and on the move
• Optik Smart Remote, enabling you to use your iPhone, iPad device to manage PVR recordings as well as browse your channel guide and change channels with a tap.
• Remote Record, allowing you to schedule and manage your PVR recordings when you’re away from home with a smartphone, tablet or computer
• Staying social with Facebook and Twitter on Optik TV
• Listening to Galaxie music and radio stations
• Watching renowned TED Talks presentations directly on your TV
• The Weather Network i.TV app helps you keep up with the latest weather conditions
• TumbleBooks TV, allowing you to enjoy interactive storytelling with your children
• Multi-View, where you can watch up to four shows at the same time
• Manage my channels, where you can instantly change your TV programming package right from your TV, adding or removing channels and theme packs
• On-screen call display

About TELUS

TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $11 billion of annual revenue and 13.2 million customer connections, including 7.7 million wireless subscribers, 3.4 million wireline network access lines, 1.4 million Internet subscribers and 712,000 TELUS TV customers. Led since 2000 by President and CEO, Darren Entwistle, TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services, including wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, television, entertainment and video.

In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed more than $300 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered 4.8 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Fourteen TELUS Community Boards lead TELUS’ local philanthropic initiatives. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.

For more information about TELUS, please visit www.telus.com.

About Stingray Digital Group

Stingray Digital is the leading multi-platform music service provider in the world, with more than 75 million subscribers in 71 different countries. Our properties include:

• Galaxie, the leading digital music service on TV in Canada and in the US (www.galaxie.ca)
• The KARAOKE Channel, the world’s largest licensed karaoke library and karaoke service on TV and Internet (www.thekaraokechannel.com)
• Music Choice Europe, the leading digital music service on TV in Europe and Africa (www.musicchoiceinternational.com)
• Concert TV, a video-on-demand service distributed to 45 million homes in the US and in Canada (www.concerttv.com)
• Stingray360, a leader in sensorial marketing solutions for business (www.stingray360.com)
• Stingray Music, music licensing for film, television, advertising and other (www.stingray-music.com)

Stingray Digital is financially backed by Telesystem and Novacap. Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, the company has 200 employees in offices across Canada and additional offices in Los Angeles, London, England and Tel Aviv. For more information, visit www.stingraydigital.com.

For more information, please contact:

Chris Gerritsen
TELUS Media Relations
403-808-9591