TORONTO – In a rare show of solidarity, the two satellite radio services licensed recently by the CRTC will be banding together to show support for the services, amid rumours the federal government will ask the commission to review or rescind the licences.
Top execs from competitors Canadian Satellite Radio (Chairman and CEO John Bitove, and President and COO Stephen Tapp) and Sirius Canada (President and CEO Kevin Shea, and Gary Slaight, President and CEO, Standard Radio Inc.) will be joined by stars from Canada’s music and entertainment industry at a Toronto bar at noon on Wednesday to explain their views to the media, including outlining the services’ "benefits to Canadians,” according to a joint news release.
Among those at the news conference will be artist Mike Levine of the rock band Triumph, Michael Grimaldi (president of GM Canada, which is rolling out satellite radio receivers in vehicles), and Mark Breslin, president of Yuk Yuks comedy clubs.
