Report: Cabinet will ask CRTC to overturn satellite radio licenses

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The Canadian Press reported Friday that the federal government is ready to ask the CRTC to rescind its decision to licence satellite radio.

CP quoted official close to the file: "Everything suggests that the cabinet will ask the CRTC to overturn its decision."

On June 16, the broadcast regulator granted satellite radio licences to Sirius -- a consortium of the CBC and Standard Radio -- and Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR).

Sirius and CSR both plan to offer subscribers between 60 and 100 commercial-free music channels for $15 to $20 a month.The services are licensed to carry nine foreign channels for every Canadian channel.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/26/Satellite_radio_cabinet20050826.html