Re: [Swprograms] CBC on XM Satellite Radio

[Daniel Say <say@xxxxxx>]

Joe Buch writes
> At 02:41 PM 12/9/04 -0500, John Figliozzi wrote:
> 
> >There'll be Canadian content on XM; but no CBC Radio.  The CBC is partnered with Sirius and Standard Radio in the Sirius Canada venture.  I doubt they would make their product available to a direct competitor.  But, today?  Who knows for sure?  :-))
> >
> >But there has been NO announcement from XM or CBC regarding CBC Radio carriage on XM.  And I don't expect to see one.
> >

	There are several satellite only channels from CBC radio
	now.  I would imagine that the feed would go there to XM.
	As it is they feed the WRN shortwave from Galaxy satellite
	through the one TPI in Toronto and then have Minnesota 
	PRI buy it for their Frozen-Overnigts segment.

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" Galaxie is CBC/Radio-Canadas 24-hour-a-day
digital pay audio service, available through satellite, cable
and microwave digital distribution systems. With nearly
four million paid subscriptions, Galaxie increased its
contribution to the Corporations net income in 2003-2004.
Galaxie also helped to fulfil CBC/Radio-Canadas cultural
mandate by promoting Canadian artists and, as required
by the CRTC, contributed money to indigenous musical
talent development.
For more information please see:
cbc.radio-canada.ca/htmen/highlights/arts.pdf"
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> 
> Here are two paragraphs from the NYT article that caused me to believe that CBC would be carried by XM:
> 
> " 'This is the first time we will be exporting channels into the U.S.,' said Kevin Shea, the president of Sirius Canada, a consortium made up of Sirius Radio, Standard Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's national public broadcaster. The company has promised to offer four CBC stations and one station produced by Standard Radio, a large privately owned Canadian broadcast company."
> 
> "Canadian Satellite Radio, in partnership with XM Satellite Radio, plans to offer a similar mix of news and music stations, as well as a Canadian comedy channel."
> 
> John, I do not know where XM would get a "similar mix of news and music." from Canadian sources unless they also relayed the English and French 1st and 2nd networks. For XM to develop their own programming with equivalent quality would be prohibitively expensive.  The crappy look angles to the XM satellites will be enough of a handicap for XM without introducing significant "similar" programming costs.  I have seen nothing in the press releases to indicate that the Sirius/CBC deal is exclusive. 
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> Joe Buch
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