Rogers wants to get Sirius - maybe XM, too

OTTAWA – Rogers Cable has asked the CRTC for permission to offer satellite radio services Sirius Canada and XM Canada to its digital cable customers. Rogers requires a license amendment to add the new audio products to its channel lineups in all of its systems in Canada. "The licensee proposes to amend its licences to authorize these cable systems to distribute one or both of the audio programming services offered by Canada’s two satellite subscription radio undertakings," says the Rogers application. "Rogers also considered that the addition of one or both of these services to its digital offering would act...