http://satelink.net/2005/09/canadians-cant-decide-on-sat-radio/ News and information about satellite-based consumer-electronics products and services for you. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:07:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://satelink.net/2005/09/canadians-cant-decide-on-sat-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-38 SateLink.net » XM announces “XM Canada,” Canadian broadcasters mull regulations Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:06:35 +0000 http://satelink.net/2005/09/canadians-cant-decide-on-sat-radio/#comment-38 [...] First they tried to blockade the American companies, claiming they did not meet French-language and Canadian national broadcasting quotas. Now they’re trying to get those same quotas relaxed when applied to them? Well, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em I guess. Maybe Canadian broadcasters should try to get parliament to force XM and Sirius to include commercial interruptions in their music. That might level the playing field a bit more. [...] [...] First they tried to blockade the American companies, claiming they did not meet French-language and Canadian national broadcasting quotas. Now they’re trying to get those same quotas relaxed when applied to them? Well, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em I guess. Maybe Canadian broadcasters should try to get parliament to force XM and Sirius to include commercial interruptions in their music. That might level the playing field a bit more. [...]

]]>