Although licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), a coalition of music industry groups, and Telesat Canada (whose facilities were not required by the American originated service) successfully convinced the Canadian government to overturn the CRTC’s approval of the two pay-radio services.
En général, l'industrie canadienne de la radio commerciale considère la radiodiffusion audionumérique hors bande comme le moyen de placer le service AM et le service FM sur un pied d'égalité et de contribuer à restaurer la rentabilité globale de la radio.