Monday, June 20, 2005
Satellite Radio Finally Coming to Canada?
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 03:00 PM
"XM and Sirius both received approval this week to market their satellite radio services directly to Canadians, thanks to a ruling handed down by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission - Canada's equivalent of the FCC....As part of the deal, both services must produce 1 out of every 10 channels in Canada, with a quarter of the content on those channels in French."
I'm happy to see this happening, but I have to roll my eyes at that last part. :roll: Instead of letting market forces dictate content, as a free-market economy should, our slothful government instead slaps limitations on XM and Sirius. I've heard mixed reviews about the quality of the signal though - specifically that the bit rate of the radio is brutally low and sound hideous. Any input from you satellite radio users?
I'm happy to see this happening, but I have to roll my eyes at that last part. :roll: Instead of letting market forces dictate content, as a free-market economy should, our slothful government instead slaps limitations on XM and Sirius. I've heard mixed reviews about the quality of the signal though - specifically that the bit rate of the radio is brutally low and sound hideous. Any input from you satellite radio users?
