The Canadian broadcasting Corporation has joined the satellite radio revolution as satellite operator SIRIUS Canada unveiled its channel line-up for its soon-to-launch satellite radio service for the Canadian marketplace on 2 November.
Almost two years in the making, CBC/Radio-Canada is a key part of what promises to be an unbeatable channel line-up and Canadian offering.
With a full 100 channels of the best music, news, sports, and entertainment available, SIRIUS Canada will provide the most comprehensive satellite radio service in the country. Of the ten Canadian channels on offer, six of them are ours, including CBC Radio One , CBC Radio 3, Première Plus and Bandeapart .
For AIB member Radio Canada International, the international service operated by CBC from its Montreal studios, the big news is that Radio Canada International Plus (RCI Plus) is being added to the line-up, providing RCI a marvellous opportunity to reach new Canadian audiences with RCI’s diverse and content-rich multilingual programming, to be augmented by additional content from other Canadian and international partners.
Similarly important is the addition of Infoplus, which is an innovative new offering – 24/7 news radio taken from all of Radio-Canada’s existing radio and television sources, as well as Radios francophones publiques and Radio France Internationale (RFI).
This announcement means an exciting time for radio at CBC/Radio-Canada: a new platform thatll cover every corner of the country – on the road, a boat, at home, etc. – and vastly enhanced reach for our radio services, which so many listeners at home and abroad have already come to know, trust and love.