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SaskTel
February 17, 2006

SaskTel today announced that it has entered into a multi-year video-on-demand distribution agreement with Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) for MGM feature films. SPTI, the exclusive international television distributor of MGM's catalogue of product, will provide MGM titles for SaskTel's Max Front Row™ video-on-demand service. This agreement allows SaskTel to provide Max Front Row customers with access to MGM's impressive line-up of current releases and its existing film library.

”We're thrilled that SaskTel has expanded our relationship with this agreement to feature MGM titles on Max Front Row,” said Peter Iacono, SPTI's Executive Vice President, Distribution. “MGM has a legendary history in film and SPTI is proud to make MGM titles available to Max Front Row customers.”

“This agreement with Sony Pictures Television International for MGM movies expands the choices our Max Front Row service has to offer our more than 42,000 Max customers,” said Robert Watson, SaskTel President and CEO. “SaskTel will continue to focus on product enhancements and value-added services that will increase the overall quality and selection of our Max product offering.”

With Max Front Row, viewers do not have to watch movies at pre-designated times, unlike traditional pay-per-view services. Movies are accessed through a set-top box and a customer's television for 24 hours and can be viewed as often as desired during that period. In addition, customers have DVD-like control over the movies, including the ability to fast forward, rewind, pause or stop.

SPTI will provide recent hit MGM movies such as Beautyshop, The Amityville Horror, Madison and Into the Blue. In addition, SaskTel will have access to MGM's vast library of titles including such hits as Fargo, Four Weddings and A Funeral, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Silence of the Lambs and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999).

About SaskTel
SaskTel employs over 3,800 people in communities throughout Saskatchewan and is the leading full service communications provider in the province. It offers competitive voice, data, internet, entertainment and multimedia services; web hosting, text and messaging services over a state-of-the-art digital network. The Corporation also provides cellular and wireless data services, security monitoring services, directory services, in-room communications services to the healthcare sector through Hospitality Network, telecommunications consulting service through SaskTel International and national communications services through Navigata Communications. Visit SaskTel at www.sasktel.com.

About Sony Pictures Television International
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) is the division of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) responsible for all television business outside of the United States. SPTI operates three complementary lines of business: 1) distribution of SPE's and certain MGM feature films and television programming to television outlets around the world, 2) local television production in key international markets, and 3) international television networks. In addition to being a leader in the distribution of current and classic U.S. and international films and television product worldwide, SPTI produces high profile, locally produced television in local languages. With dedicated offices in France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Miami (Latin America), the People's Republic of China, Russia, Spain and the United Kingdom, SPTI currently oversees production in nine regions of the world and is the leader in international television production among all major Hollywood studios. SPTI's worldwide television networks portfolio is a key strategy in the SPE's long-range commitment to the global marketplace, with over 40 networks in more than 100 countries reaching over 240 million viewers worldwide. SPTI is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company.