Standard Radio, a Toronto-based radio broadcasting company, is the latest partner to team up with New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] in an attempt to bring satellite radio to Canada. Sirius filed an application with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for approval to provide the service in partnership with Standard. If licensed by the CRTC, this new Canadian controlled-subscription satellite radio will be available in the most remote places in the country.

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