Sirius Canada Line Preview

[RiseStar]

Sirius Canada will be available Fall 2005 in Canada. In addition to their US lineup, they will have the following additions:



The New SIRIUS Canadian channels will include:

* CBC Radio One – Canada’s top-rated radio news and information source, featuring national and international headlines, in-depth business, political and arts reports and award-winning documentaries.

* CBC Radio 3 – dedicated to Canada’s burgeoning indie music and culture scene and the place to discover the best in new Canadian music first.

* Iceberg Radio – commercial free Canadian Rock provided by Standard Broadcasting and programmed by leading Canadian music programmer Liz Janik.

* Hardcore Sports Radio – Canadian sports news and talk provided by Score Media delivers sports information to the Canadian sports fan 24-7.

* Première Plus – A Radio-Canada channel providing French language daily reports and magazines covering news, current affairs and culture at home and abroad.

* Infoplus – All French language news 24 hours a day, combining the best of Radio-Canada and public broadcasters from around the world, including Radio France Internationale.

* bandeapart – a Radio-Canada channel dedicated to the best emerging Francophone pop, rock, electronica, hip-hop, punk and world music.

* Rock Velours – A French-language channel playing the best Canadian soft rock provided by Astral.

* Energie2 – A French-language channel playing pop, modern rock and urban music in both French and English provided by Astral.

* RCI Plus –Radio Canada International programming for Canadians in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Ukrainian and Mandarin, which will be enhanced by programs from around the globe.

[cinemabrat]

This message goes out to all Canadian Stern fans that were looking forward to hearing Howard on Sirius in January 2006, after Sirius Canada’s official launch here in the Great White North in about two weeks.

It seems the president and CEO of Sirius Canada has decided not to include Howard 100/Douche 100 among the list of Sirius channels available to Canadians. No official reason has been given, but the Globe and Mail suggests the decision was due to the Sirius Canada’s belief that Howard Stern doesn’t have any fans in Canada.

Part of this misconception comes from the time Howard was airing on Toronto radio, and local listeners decided to catch the show out of Buffalo because it wasn’t as chopped up by Canadian censors.

Let’s prove the president and CEO of Sirius Canada wrong.

I invite all Canadian Howard Stern fans on this board to head over to the following link and sign the petition that will be delivered to Sirius Canada before they go live. There’s still hope and there’s still time:

http://petitiononline.com/sterncan/petition.html

[RiseStar]

I think the more likely reason is the contravertial nature of his shows. Likely Sirius does not want to risk having the CRTC disapproving of some of their content right out of the gate.

My bet is that they will be offering it a short time after their official launch

[basse]

I think the more likely reason is the contravertial nature of his shows. Likely Sirius does not want to risk having the CRTC disapproving of some of their content right out of the gate.

My bet is that they will be offering it a short time after their official launch

Not to mention that the CRTC has expectations that all of the channels offered will conform to "community" or "decency" standards... And they can't make a ruling or a decision on that until Howard actually starts broadcasting.

[bermudashark]

Not to mention that the CRTC has expectations that all of the channels offered will conform to "community" or "decency" standards... And they can't make a ruling or a decision on that until Howard actually starts broadcasting.

Yet in Canada, we get Sopranos free on network ( CTV ) TV....uncut!! This is unheard of in the US! If I pay a subscription I am entitled to censor myself!!

[T-UP]

Howard is just bad taste...but all the violence from other shows/songs is OK?

I enjoy bad taste and I am currently exploring a US Sirius subscription...