Sirius numbers: 200K in 12 months

TORONTO – Sirius Canada said today that after a year in the market, it now has over 200,000 customers. That's more than double its rival in the market, XM Canada, whose most recent report said it had 91,200 paying subscribers and 120,000 customers. (The 38,800 difference are those with promotional offers, such as the three to four months of free service when a customer buys an XM-equipped new car.) Sirius Canada passed 100,000 subscribers May 10, so the one aspect tempering this news is that growth in the second six months has remained stable and not accelerated. Both companies, however,...