Pik TV TELUS Pik TV was an
internet television service that offered live TV and
on demand video from 125 television networks. Pik TV was available as an add-on to residential Telus Internet customers. The service was named after the pick-and-pay television model, where customers purchase channels
à la carte. The service was available at two pricing points: •
Basic included up to 23 standard channels, plus the core
Crave service or five free
à la carte TV channels. •
Pik Max included up to 23 standard channels, plus Crave, ten free
à la carte TV channels, three
Sportsnet channels and five
TSN channels. Pik Max promotions may have offered the
Apple TV 4K on contract. Pik TV service was available on
iPhone,
iPad,
iPod Touch,
Apple TV,
Android, and web browsers. The service was discontinued and instead new services called
Stream+ and
TELUS TV+ have been announced and introduced with similar features that bundles streaming apps like
Netflix, Crave,
Apple TV+,
Prime Video,
Crave,
Hayu,
discovery+,
Shudder,
Sundance Now,
IFC Films Unlimited and
Acorn TV.
Satellite TV From June 2009 to April 2018, Telus resold
BCE's satellite
Bell Satellite TV service in parts of Alberta and British Columbia as
Telus Satellite TV. The agreement was designed to allow Telus the ability to offer a
quadruple play of services in markets where it had not yet deployed Optik TV, while also allowing Bell to increase its television market share in Western Canada. The Telus-branded service co-exists with the Bell-branded version of Bell TV, which is still offered in the markets that Telus Satellite TV is offered. With the resale agreement ending March 31, 2018, Telus continues to support existing subscribers, but no longer accepts new ones.
TELUS Presents TELUS Presents is a collection of, as described by Telus, "hard-to-find" international programs available
on demand at no additional charge to Optik TV and Pik TV subscribers in Alberta and B.C., introduced in October 2020. Programs available as part of the collection include
I Hate Suzie and
The Newsreader.
TELUS STORYHIVE TELUS STORYHIVE is the community access channel for TELUS Optik TV under the
CRTC guidelines for
community television in Canada. As described by TELUS it gives underrepresented communities in British Columbia and Alberta an opportunity to share their stories on the
Canadian Broadcasting System. Through various programs called Editions, Voices, Video Podcast, Summer Crew, On Location and Community Stories they provide production funding, training, mentorship and distribution on TELUS Optik TV towards short films, podcasts, web series, and live streams often by beginning filmmakers and content creators. They often partner with other Canadian media organizations like
Creative BC and the
National Screen Institute. STORYHIVE also recently celebrated its 10 year anniversary.
TELUS originals TELUS originals according to TELUS supports the production of social purpose documentaries features and series by mid-career independent filmmakers in B.C. and Alberta. They contribute funds to local production in accordance with the same CRTC conditions of license, created seemingly as an off-shoot of STORYHIVE. This means that TELUS originals films are funded from the same community access pool, an allotment that allows them to commission local producers to produce content that TELUS' supports. This is a production fund, that does not acquire finished films. All their programming is distributed through TELUS Optik TV. TELUS originals has made films with local celebrities like physician
Gabor Mate and celebrity chef
Tojo. == See also ==