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CBC joins forces with Sirius Satellite Radio; small terrestrial repeater network likely

News | 12/16/2003 5:00 am EST

The joint venture involving the Canadian Broadcasting Corp./Radio-Canada and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. to launch a satellite radio service in Canada will likely have to build a terrestrial repeater network to fill in coverage gaps in urban centres of the country. But that network won’t be as extensive as the one Sirius has to build in the United States, according to a company representative.

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