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UPDATE: Telus launching own satellite TV service this year

VANCOUVER – In an effort to bring a stronger fourth leg to its connectivity bundle (wireline phone, Internet, wireless and digital TV), Telus today announced it will add satellite television this year. The company has signed a partnership agreement with Bell Canada – and the two have already been working together on the project since the beginning of 2009, Telus CEO Darren Entwistle told a press conference after the company’s annual general meeting today in Ottawa. On the wireline digital TV side, the western-based telco said today it surpassed 100,000 subscribers in April, which are spread across its territories in...