Sirius and XM Canadian Channels

[TvPat]

Found this on another site. These are the 10 new channels that are being added to Sirius for their expansion into Canada. Only 4 are English language channels. 5 channels of talk and 5 channels of Music. XM plans to add 8 Canadian channels soon.

The full story is at:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/11/02/Arts/siriuscda_lineup_051102.html

Six of the 10 Canadian channels will be provided by the CBC and Radio-Canada:
- CBC Radio One: English-language news, current affairs and documentaries.
- Première Plus: French-language news and current affairs.
- Infoplus: French-language news from Radio-Canada and public broadcasters worldwide.
- RCI Plus: Radio-Canada International programming in eight languages, including English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Mandarin.
- CBC Radio 3: English-language independent music and culture.
- bandeapart: Francophone music.

The remaining four will be provided by Standard, Astral and Score Media:
- Hardcore Sports Radio: Canadian sports news and talk.
- Iceberg Radio: Commercial-free rock music.
- Rock Velours: French-language channel dedicated to soft rock.
- Energie: French-language station playing French and English pop, rock and urban music.

[TvPat]

XM has announced their changes to enable them to broadcast in Canada. While Sirius chose to add 10 new Canadian channels to meet CanCon requirements, XM just added a few and eliminated most of the American talk stations. American customers will recieve all of the Canadian stations. You can compare the American lineup at www.xmradio.com with the Canadian lineup at www.xmradio.ca.

Here is a summary of the changes for US customers:

New channels:
153 - Laugh Attack (Canadian comedy)
172 - Franc Parler (Canadian sports in French)
204 - NHL Home Ice (NHL talk)
244 - Canada 360 (Canadian news)
245 - Quoi de Nuef (Canadian news in French)

Changed channels:
52 - (un)Signed (becomes primarily Canadian unsigned)
100 - Air Musique (French Canadian alternative rock, replaces World Zone)
102 - Sur La Route (French Canadian pop, replaces Ngoma)

It looks like the American XM product survived its entry into Canada, but the XM Canada is very weak compared to Sirius Canada.

[dshoults]

Sirius got the channel update on my radio this morning and I have 5/10 Canadian channels.

Bandapart
CBC 1
Iceberg
Premier Plus
CBC 3.

That's all I noticed...