No sat rad on DTH, cable decision pending

OTTAWA – The CRTC told Bell ExpressVu today that it can't add XM Radio Canada or Sirius Canada to its entertainment lineup without first getting a license amendment. Specifically, "the Commission finds that satellite subscription radio (SSR) undertakings are not programming undertakings and that the licensees of direct-to-home broadcasting distribution undertakings, in the absence of a specific condition of licence allowing such distribution, do not have authority under section 39 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations to distribute the programming of SSR undertakings," says the decision. Mainly, XM and Sirius aren't like Galaxie or MaxTrax, is what it means. The CBC,...