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Montreal, April 29, 2010 – Galaxie, Your Musical Universe, is proud to support emerging Canadian jazz musicians through its partnership with the 2010 Montreal International Jazz Festival. Galaxie will present two indoor club series, the Invitation series taking place at the Gésu as well as the Le Club series at l'Astral. These exciting concert series will showcase outstanding jazz musicians in intimate jazz club settings. In addition, through the Galaxie Rising Stars Program, one deserving up-and-coming artist will be awarded a bursary of $5,000 for the best original song performed during the competition. The objective of the Galaxie Rising Stars Program is to help provide opportunities for emerging Canadian music talent in all genres to be heard and to support the best of this talent with cash bursaries to advance their careers.

Since its inception in 2000, over 750 artists have directly benefitted from the Galaxie Rising Stars Program. Each year, the Program works with more than 30 music industry partners across Canada to discover, encourage and promote new artists. "While the Montreal International Jazz Festival is well known for the quality of top international acts who perform, there are also many extraordinary Canadian musicians who are given the chance to play for appreciative audiences.”, says Louis Bellavance, Director of the Galaxie Rising Stars Program. "The Galaxie Rising Star Program recognizes this emerging talent, and helps provide the venue for these performances, and rewards the best original song performance with a significant cash bursary.", he added.

The Galaxie music service, owned by Stingray Digital, is available in over 8 million television homes across the country and offers a broad selection of music to please all tastes and for all occasions. Galaxie offers an always-fresh mix of classic hits, contemporary chart toppers and new treasures to discover. The Galaxie service includes up to 45 music channels programmed by experts in a variety of genres including: Rock, Pop, Classical, Jazz, Country and more. It is a perfect mix of continuous music with no ads and no talk. Galaxie is included as part of the basic television service on digital cable, on satellite and via Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). Visit galaxie.ca for more information.

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About Stingray Digital Group

Stingray Digital is a leader in interactive music distribution. Our properties include The KARAOKE Channel, the world’s largest licensed karaoke library and karaoke service on TV and Internet, Galaxie, the leading digital music service on TV in Canada, Chum Satellite Services, a leader in commercial music and video solutions and its music licensing unit, Stingray Music. Stingray Digital was founded by seasoned new media entrepreneurs, Eric Boyko and Alexandre Taillefer, and is financially backed by Telesystem and Novacap. Headquartered in Montreal, Stingray Digital has 135 employees in offices across Canada and additional offices in Charlotte, North Carolina and Budapest.

For more information, visit www.stingraydigital.com.

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For more information, please contact:

Louis Bellavance, Director – Galaxie Rising Star Program
Stingray Digital
514-664-1244