SIRIUS Canada has inked a deal with the Canadian Football League (CFL) to make SIRIUS Canada the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the CFL. A three-year agreement, SIRIUS Canada now has exclusive North American satellite radio rights for CFL games and content, including the 94th annual Grey Cup to be held on November 19, 2006.

Kicking-off at the start of the 2006 season, CFL regular season games, the playoffs and the Grey Cup championship game will be broadcast live on SIRIUS Satellite Radio and will be available for CFL fans across North America.

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XM Canada inked a multi-year distribution agreement with Harley-Davidson to offer XM Canada pre-installed with three months of service, on select models.

XM Canada currently is available for Harley-Davidson 2006 models as a dealer-installed aftermarket option.

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SIRIUS Canada and Pana-Pacific (a division of the The Brix Group) have inked a wholesale distribution agreement for SIRIUS Satellite Radio products in Canada.

Both companies will market SIRUS Satellite Radio receivers and accessories throughout Canada, including the Streamer GT, Streamer Replay, Streamer GTR Replay and the SIRIUS One.

Pana-Pacific will also supply Delphi’s new heavy duty integrated SIRIUS Satellite Radio receivers to truck manufacturers including Kenworth, Peterbilt, Mack, International Truck and Engine, Volvo, Sterling, Western Star and Freightliner.

The announcement was made today at Truck World 2006 where Pana-Pacific and SIRIUS Canada are exhibiting together.

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XM Satellite Radio and Knitting Factory Entertainment, a prolific presenter of independent music, have partnered up to create a regular concert series showcasing the best in indie music. The "Live from the Knitting Factory" series will feature performances from emerging independent music artists recorded live at the Knitting Factory venues in New York and Los Angeles.

The concert series is scheduled to debut this fall and will air on XM's independent/college music channel, XMU.

The Knitting Factory is a top venue for independent and alternative artists, bringing to its stages some of today's most popular emerging music acts, including M.I.A., The Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Sufjan Stevens, and more, as well as established artists such as Beck, PJ Harvey and Death Cab for Cutie.

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Lexus, which today unveiled their new LS 600h L luxury hybrid sedan at the NYIAS press event, also announced they will offer XM Satellite Radio as standard, factory-installed equipment on the 2007 LS 460 L and the 2008 LS 600h L luxury hybrid sedan. XM will also be available as a factory-installed feature on the 2007 LS 460 model as part of the navigation option.

The all-new fourth generation LS series will be the first Lexus models to offer factory-installed XM Satellite Radio. In addition to offering XM Satellite Radio, both the LS 460 L and the LS 600h L hybrid will be the only vehicles in the prestige luxury segment to offer XM’s real-time traffic service, XM NavTraffic.

“This launch is just the beginning for XM and Toyota as XM will be further integrated into Toyota Motor Sales vehicles,” said Hugh Panero, President and CEO of XM Satellite Radio.

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Imagine walking into your hotel room after a long flight, throwing down your luggage, turning on the TV and after a few deft thumb moves across the remote - you're watching the Sybian in action. That scenario could be happening starting this month when Howard TV begins arriving in Hotels across the country.

iN DEMAND (the VOD service that runs Howard TV) and On Command Video Corporation (a company that provides in-room interactive entertainment for the hotel industry) have inked a multi-year agreement to offer Howard TV to On Command users. Hotel visitors will be able to select from several of the most popular recent shows filmed during Howard Stern's popular morning satellite radio program. On Command will constantly refresh the content as it becomes available.

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