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communications and media company, which was incorporated in 2002 to broadcast

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in Canada. Following the merger of

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in the United States, XM Canada and its competitor

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reached a deal in late 2010 to merge into

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, which was approved by the

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on April 11, 2011CRTC Decision 2011-240
and completed on June 21, 2011."Sirius Canada and XM Canada Complete Merger"
''Broadcaster'', June 21, 2011.

History

On August 19, 2003, Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., the parent company of CSR, filed its initial application to the

(CRTC) for a broadcast licence to provide subscription based digital radio service in Canada. In June 2005, the CRTC awarded the company a six-year licence to commence broadcasting in Canada. XM Radio Canada started transmissions across Canada on November 22, 2005, and launched officially on December 1, 2005. Clear Channel's channels were eliminated from XM Radio Canada on April 17, 2006. On April 1, 2007, XM Radio Canada began simulcasting the U.S. service, with the exception of Clear Channel's channels. On November 30, 2007, XM Radio Canada announced that they have over 350,000 subscribers. The Best Of Sirius package ( NFL,

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, Howard 100, Howard 101) was not included on XM Radio Canada's offerings in September

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, even though the

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channels were poured to XM Radio Canada during the merger of XM and Sirius channels on November 12, 2008. On November 24, 2010, CSR announced that it has proposed an all-stock merger with its competitor,

, subject to approval by shareholders and the CRTC. The CRTC approved the merger on April 11, 2011.

Corporate Structure

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company

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owns 23% of CSR Holdings. The remaining 19% forms the publicly traded float on the TSX stock exchange. XMSR granted an exclusive 15 year licence (including a 5-year renewal) to XM Radio Canada to broadcast and distribute its content and to use its XM brand name. XM Radio Canada has strategic alliances with

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and

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XM Radio Canada Content

XM Radio Canada offers listeners 130 channels, including 100% commercial-free music as well as news, talk, sports and children's programming across Canada via satellite. XM Radio Canada also offers every NHL hockey game, as it is the exclusive broadcaster of the NHL games starting in the 2007-2008 season. As of September 2007, XM Radio Canada now offers every Major League Baseball game, the IRL, select college sports, and the PGA Tour Network along with the NHL. The company programs, produces, and distributes thirteen new Canadian channels (eight in

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and five in

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) with formats such as music, sports, comedy, and news, in addition to the existing XM service. XM Radio Canada uses the existing 2 XM satellites: Rhythm and Blues, as well as a system of ground repeaters across Canada to broadcast a subscription radio service to Canadians. For a complete list of channels, please visit

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. XM Radio Canada currently programs the following on-air channels for XM Satellite Radio. *

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(XM87) - New and emerging Canadian rock music. This channel sticks to the up-and-coming talent and does not play the more established Canadian rock artists. Broadcast in . * Air Musique (XM88) - New and emerging music. Broadcast in . * Sur La Route (XM89) - Pop hits. Broadcast in . *

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(XM95) - Channel for sports news, scores and schedules on a tightly structured 10-minute newswheel. Broadcast in . * Canada 360 (XM96) - Looping news and information reel that covers news, business, and other forms of information for Canada. Broadcast in . * Calendrier Sportif (XM97) - Sports information channel. Broadcast in . *

Quoi de Neuf Quoi de Neuf ("What's New") is a Canadian 24-hour news and information radio station, which airs on XM Satellite Radio channel 125. The station is primarily a loop of news programming, much of which was originally sourced from Corus Quebec's terr ...

(XM125) - Looping reel that covers art and entertainment news and information as well as news, business, and other forms of information for Canada. Broadcast in . *

Laugh Attack Just for Laughs Radio is a Sirius XM Radio channel featuring uncensored comedy from Canada. It was created in November 2005 as a result of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) regulations for Canadian content o ...

(XM153) - Canadian stand-up and comedy routines. Like XM's now-defunct XM Comedy and the succeeding

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, this channel is completely uncensored. Broadcast in . * ATN-Asian Radio (XM159) -

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Programming produced by ATN. Broadcast majority in . *

Radio Parallèle Radio Parallèle was XM Satellite Radio's French-language men's talk radio channel, located on XM channel 156. The channel was produced by XM Radio Canada, though the programming, as well as the near-totality of the shows aired, were done from t ...

(XM172) - News, talk, information and entertainment channel that features

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's show. Broadcast in . * MLB Home Plate Info (XM179) -

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information, scores, updates and short specials are produced for this channel, and loop on the other MLB play-by-play channels occasionally when out of service. Broadcast in . * NHL Home Ice (XM204) -

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talk and play by play. Features hockey talk and programming in the daytime hours and games in the nighttime hours. XM Radio is the exclusive broadcaster of the NHL. Broadcast in . * NHL Play-by-Play (XM205-209) -

play by play. These channels are programmed and scheduled by XM Radio Canada. XM Radio Canada also produces special content for the channels during their downtime, as well as sports updates, known as NHL Home Ice Info. All broadcast in .

XM NavTraffic

XM Radio announced on 2007-07-30 that their XM NavTraffic added Montreal and Toronto to their list of cities that now have traffic data. Unfortunately, as of September 29, 2007, no data seems to appear for those users who have subscribed to this added feature. By calling XM Radio, you can leave a contact phone number to be notified when service is available.

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