Canadian Satellite Radio (also known as "CSR") is a Canadian communications and media company, which was incorporated in 2002 to broadcast satellite radio in Canada. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A satellite radio or subscription radio (SR) is a digital radio that receives signals broadcast by communications satellite, which covers a much wider geographical range than normal radio signals. ...

The company, controlled by Canadian businessman John Bitove, is partnered with the American service XM Satellite Radio. The company will distritube eight new Canadian channels (four in English and four in French) in the following formats: music, comedy and news, in addition to the existing XM service. CSR uses the existing 3 XM satellites: Rock, Roll and Rythm, as well as a system of ground repeaters accross Canada to broadcast a subscription radio service to Canadians. John Bitove, Jr. ... XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR) is a satellite radio (DARS) service in the United States based in Washington, DC and controlled by News Corporations DirecTV, General Motors, American Honda, Hughes Electronics, and several private investment groups. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

In June, 2005, the company received from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission it's license to commence broadcasing in Canada. Two other licenses were issued at the same time: one to Sirius Canada, another satellite service owned by Sirius Satellite Radio in partnership with Standard Broadcasting and the CBC, and a terrestrial based license for CHUM Limited, in conjunction with Astral Media, to offer a subscription digital radio service in large markets. June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, in French Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) was established in 1968 by the Canadian Parliament to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors. ... Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio (DARS) service in the United States that provides 65 streams (channels) of music and 55 streams of sports, news and entertainment. ... Standard Broadcasting Corporation is a Canadian radio broadcasting company. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television broadcaster. ... The famous ChumCity Building on the corner of Queen and John in Toronto. ... Angreen Photo was a Canadian company founded in 1961 when Montreals Greenberg brothers founded it to operate the photography concession in Miracle Mart, a department store chain. ... Digital radio describes radio technologies which carry information as a digital signal. ...

Canadian Satellite Radio and Sirius Canada, are the first licensed satellite radio services in Canada. Galaxie and MaxTrax are licensed satellite-delivered music streams distributed by direct broadcast satellite and digital cable services, requiring satellite dishes or coaxial cable lines not required by the XM or Sirius systems. Galaxie is a Canadian digital broadcasting service, which offers 45 commercial-free music channels, each devoted to a particular genre of music, for distribution with digital cable or direct broadcast satellite services. ... MaxTrax is a Canadian digital broadcasting service, which offers music channels, each devoted to a particular genre of music, for distribution with digital cable or direct broadcast satellite services. ... Direct broadcast satellite, or DBS, is a relatively recent development in the world of television distribution. ... Digital cable is a term for a type of cable digital television that delivers more channels than possible with analog cable by using digital video compression. ... Special dish for up to 16 satellite positions (KU-band) Satellite dish antenna for C-Band A satellite dish is a type of parabolic antenna designed with the specific purpose of transmitting signals to and/or receiving from satellites. ... Coaxial cable is an electrical cable consisting of a round conducting wire, surrounded by an insulating spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath, and usually surrounded by a final insulating layer. ...

Canadian Satellite Radio has strategic alliances with Corus Entertainment, Telesat Canada ,General Motors, Honda and Toyota. Corus Entertainment (TSX: CJR.NV.B) NYSE: CJR is a Canadian entertainment company, headquarted in Calgary, Alberta, which owns television networks, digital music channels and 50 radio stations across Canada. ... Telesat Canada is a Canadian satellite communications company owned by BCE Inc. ... General Motors Corporation NYSE: GM, also known as GM, is a United States-based automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab, and Vauxhall. ... Honda Motor Co. ... Toyota redirects here. ...

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