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SaskTel
December 3, 2004

REGINA, Dec. 3 /CNW/ - SaskTel today announced a long-term agreement with Twentieth Century Fox to provide movies for SaskTel's Max Front Row(TM) Video on Demand service. This agreement represents a significant expansion in the variety and quality of content available to SaskTel's Max Front Row customers from a top Hollywood studio.

"SaskTel is a leader in providing innovative products and services to its customers and Twentieth Century Fox is very pleased to be one of the first major Hollywood studios to partner with SaskTel on this new and exciting home entertainment service," said Jamie McCabe Senior Vice President of Worldwide Pay-Per-View and Video on Demand, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

"Fox's impressive line-up of current feature films and existing library of motion pictures is a valuable addition to our Max Front Row product offering" said Robert Watson, SaskTel President and CEO. "Our over 25,000 Max customers will now be able to expand their viewing options with an outstanding selection of titles from one of Hollywood's truly major studios."

With Max Front Row viewers do not have to watch movies at pre-designated times, unlike traditional pay-per-view services. Customers can also enjoy all the benefits of renting a movie without ever leaving their homes. Movies are accessed through a set-top box and a customer's television for a set period of time and can be viewed as often as desired during that period. Just like a DVD player or VCR, customers have complete control, including the ability to fast forward, rewind, pause or stop the movie.

Fox will supply SaskTel with an impressive lineup of current releases, including Man On Fire, The Girl Next Door, Johnson Family Vacation, Garfield: The Movie, The Day After Tomorrow and The Clearing, as well as a variety of hit movies such as Big, Home Alone, Doctor Dolittle, and Die Hard from its existing film library.

About SaskTel
SaskTel employs over 3,800 people in over 50 Saskatchewan communities and is the leading full service communications company in Saskatchewan. It offers complete wireline, wireless, internet and e-business solutions over a state-of- the-art, digital network. SaskTel maintains investments in companies that provide a variety of products and services, and partners with more than 140 Saskatchewan businesses. In 2003, SaskTel donated $1.7 million to more than 1,570 not-for-profit organizations, and spent more than $215 million on materials and services from over 4,100 Saskatchewan suppliers. Visit SaskTel at www.sasktel.com.

Twentieth Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox is a subsidiary of News Corporation. News Corporation's diversified global operations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Latin America and the Pacific Basin include the production and distribution of motion pictures and television programming; television, satellite and cable broadcasting, the publication of newspapers, magazines and books; the production and distribution of promotional and advertising products and services; the development of digital broadcasting; the development of conditional access and subscriber management systems.