XM Canada is adding more channels to their lineup, including several music and talk channels - as well as additional Canadian channels - starting on April 1st.
With the new music channels, XM Canada can now boast that they are offering the most music than "any other satellite radio provider" in Canada.
The two Canadian channels will be sports channels: XM Scoreboard and Calendrier Sportif. These are being described as the "perfect addition" as the NHL will be going exclusive with XM in July, and XM will be carrying every single game.
Follow the jump to see the other new channel additions...
New commercial-free music channels:
Talk programming:
- Cinemagic: Relive movie moments
- Hitlist: The hits - Top 40 and beyond
- Enlighten: Southern gospel
- The Groove: Old School R&B
- Fuego: The hottest sounds in Latin music
- Aguila: A celebration of regional Mexican music
- Caliente: A tropical paradise - salsa, merengue, bachata and more
- VOX: The magic of the human voice - opera
Talk programming:
- Fox News Talk: Talk news like only FOX can give you
- Bloomberg Radio: The world's capital markets
- CNN Headline News: News every 15 minutes
- C-SPAN: Government hearings and public affairs
- Family Talk: Christian talk and entertainment
- ACC College Sports: Atlantic Coast Conference football and basketball
- SEC College Sports: Southeastern Conference football, basketball & more!
- XM Scoreboard: Sports scores, summaries and schedules
- Calendrier Sportif: 24 hour sports schedules of major sporting events
Are the Canadian channels coming to US receivers?
Yuck. More sports channels? And from the sound of it, they are just Canada 360-style wheel formats?
I bet both of these new channels will use the traffic and weather AMBE(r) codec just like C360 and QdN use now.
XM Scoreboard *could* eventually offer some decent competition to Sirius // 186 Hardcore Sports, but probably not for a long time.
And I thought that the number 1 demand amongst XM CA subscribers was for a *real* Canadian news station?
I've been looking for a channel like XM Scoreboard so I can keep track of the scores on other channels while listening to one.
now:
That channel sounds like XM Sportsguide. Seems like they are giving control to that channel to XM Canada.
Great! I'm going to cancel my grey market subscription and switch over to the Canadian service.