inc. former type public industry broadcasting founded 2002 defunct 2011 headquarters toronto ontario canada products satellite radio revenue 53 000 000 estimated net income 10 000 000 estimated number of employees 75 website www.xmradio.ca www.cdnsatrad.com xm radio canada was the operating name of canadian satellite radio holdings inc. or csr a canadian communications and media company which was incorporated in 2002 to broadcast satellite radio in canada . following the merger of sirius xm radio in the united states xm canada and its competitor sirius canada reached a deal in late 2010 to merge into sirius xm canada which was approved by the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission on april 11 2011 2 and completed on june 21 2011 . 3 contents 1 history 2 xm navtraffic 3 references 4 external links history edit on august 19 2003 canadian satellite radio holdings inc. the parent company of csr filed its initial application to the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc for a broadcast licence to provide subscription based digital radio service in canada . in june 2005 the crtc awarded the company a six year licence to commence broadcasting in canada . xm radio canada started transmissions across canada on november 22 2005 and launched officially on december 1 2005 . clear channel s channels were eliminated from xm radio canada on april 17 2006 . on april 1 2007 xm radio canada began simulcasting the u.s. service with the exception of clear channel s channels . on november 30 2007 xm radio canada announced that they have over 350 000 subscribers . the best of sirius package nfl nascar howard 100 howard 101 was not included on xm radio canada s offerings in september 2008 even though the sirius channels were poured to xm radio canada during the merger of xm and sirius channels on november 12 2008 . on november 24 2010 csr announced that it has proposed an all stock merger with its competitor sirius canada subject to approval by shareholders and the crtc . the crtc approved the merger on april 11 2011 . 4 xm159 south asian programming produced by atn . broadcast majority in english . radio parall le xm172 news talk information and entertainment channel that features jeff fillion s show . 5 broadcast in french . mlb home plate info xm179 major league baseball information scores updates and short specials are produced for this channel and loop on the other mlb play by play channels occasionally when out of service . broadcast in english . nhl home ice xm204 national hockey league talk and play by play . features hockey talk and programming in the daytime hours and games in the nighttime hours . xm radio is the exclusive broadcaster of the nhl . broadcast in english . nhl play by play xm205 209 national hockey league play by play . these channels are programmed and scheduled by xm radio canada . xm radio canada also produces special content for the channels during their downtime as well as sports updates known as nhl home ice info . all broadcast in english . xm navtraffic edit xm radio announced on 2007 07 30 6 that their xm navtraffic added montreal and toronto to their list of cities that now have traffic data . unfortunately as of september 29 2007 no data seems to appear for those users who have subscribed to this added feature . by calling xm radio you can leave a contact phone number to be notified when service is available . 7 references edit company profile for canadian satellite radio holdings inc ca ; xsr . retrieved 2008 10 17 . crtc decision 2011 240 . sirius canada and xm canada complete merger . broadcaster june 21 2011 . xm canada set to launch atn asian radio channel press release . canadian satellite radio holdings inc. 2007 09 18 . retrieved 2007 09 18 . le pirate jeff fillion comes to xm canada press release . cnw telbec . 2006 08 11 . archived from the original on september 29 2007 . retrieved 2007 09 18 . xm real time navtraffic service now available in 79 markets press release . xm satellite radio . 2007 07 30 . archived from the original on october 7 2007 . retrieved 2007 09 18 . xm navtraffic comes to canada not really digital forum . retrieved 2007 09 18 . external links edit xm radio canada retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title xm radio canada & oldid 737690387 categories defunct broadcasting companies of canadaradio broadcasting companies of canadacanadian radio networksxm satellite radiocompanies based in torontocompanies disestablished in 2011hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles with french language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 4 september 2016 at 12 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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