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October 31, 2013

Eric Boyko, President and Co-Founder of Stingray Digital, honoured at the 2013 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

Stingray Digital Digital is pleased to announce that Eric Boyko is the recipient of the 2013 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Media and Entertainment category. Eric received the prize in a ceremony honoring Quebec entrepreneurs held on October 30. Awarded by Ernst & Young through the 2013 Quebec Entrepreneur of the Year Award, this recognition highlights Eric’s important contributions to the entertainment industry, and honors his success in business, his leadership and vision, as well as his social involvement.

A prolific entrepreneur with successes in digital technologies, Eric Boyko cofounded, more than seven years ago, Stingray Digital. Today, under his leadership and contagious motivation, the company has 75 million subscribers in over 105 countries.

For over 20 years now, Ernst & Young has been honoring entrepreneurial spirit and contribution with the Entrepreneur of the Year Award all over the world.

About Stingray Digital

Stingray Digital is the main provider of multiple platform musical services worldwide, with more than 75 million subscribers in 105 countries. Stingray Digital owns the following entities:

  • Galaxie, a leading TV digital music service offered in Canada and the United States (www.galaxie.ca);
  • The KARAOKE Channel, a TV and internet karaoke service, owner of the largest library of karaoke licenses (www.thekaraokechannel.com);
  • Music Choice Europe, a leading TV digital music service in Europe and Africa (www.musicchoiceinternational.com);
  • Concert TV, an on-demand video service broadcast into 45 million households in the United States and Canada (www.concerttv.com);
  • Stingray360, number one in the field of sensorial marketing solutions for business (www.stingray360.com);
  • Stingray Music, a music rights management service for movies, TV, advertising and more (www.stingray-music.com).

Stingray Digital is majority owned by Telesystem, Novacap and Boyko Investment Corporation. The company, whose headquarters are in Montréal, employs 200 people in its Canadian offices in addition to brick and mortar locations in Los Angeles, in the United States, London, in England and Tel-Aviv in Israel.

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Source :
Gary Pelletier
Stingray Digital
514-664-1244, poste 2283
gpelletier@stingraydigital.com