OTTAWA – CBC-owned digital music service Galaxie turns 10 years old this week and is available in more than six million households in Canada through their cable or satellite or telco TV digital set top box.
“With more than half of these households tuning in each month, according to a 2006 Media Technology Monitor survey, Galaxie makes discovering new artists more accessible to a growing number of Canadians,” says the press release the company issued Monday.
"With more listeners than ever tuning in to Galaxie each month, the survey confirms that, 10 years in, the strength and relevance of the service continues to grow," said Eric Albert, general manager, in the press release.
"Galaxie is well-placed to benefit from changes in media consumption because it is already seeing growing listenership beyond television, including commercial establishments who use the Galaxie service to create the perfect environment for their customers."
Galaxie’s numbers:
* 6.5 million: number of music titles that are played each year.
* 6.2 million: number of Canadian households that subscribe to Galaxie.
* 1.5 million: average number of subscribers who listen to Galaxie each week.
* $4 million plus: amount dedicated to supporting the work of Rising Stars winners and music organizations in Canada since 1997. The Galaxie Rising Stars program of CBC/Radio-Canada is designed to discover, encourage and promote new artists.
* 600 plus: number of Canadian artists who have received a Rising Stars award under Galaxie’s music development program.
* Close to 50: number of programmers behind the Galaxie channels, including new international channels. * Zero: time dedicated to advertising or chat between songs.
