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XM CANADA WELCOMES CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK TO TORONTO

Toronto, ON., March 10, 2010 – XM Canada (TSX:XSR), the country’s leading provider of audio entertainment and information services, is bringing Canadian talent from the sound stage to the satellite waves during Canadian Music Week.

Starting on Thursday, March 11, XM Canada listeners can tune into The Verge (channel 87 on XM) to listen to exclusive interviews and intimate performances by sixteen artists including Hot Hot Heat, Jay Sparrow, Hannah Georges and Dan Mangan (2009 The Verge Music Award Artist of the Year). The performances and interviews will be broadcast from The Verge’s King Street West studios in Toronto.

“XM Canada and The Verge are dedicated to featuring up-and-coming Canadian artists,” said Jeff Leake, Music Programming Director of XM Canada. “Showcasing home-grown talent by providing musicians with a North American platform is important for the Canadian indie scene and XM is happy to be able to share these gifted artists with our listeners.”

"Three years after I sent my record to The Verge, I won The Verge Music Award for Artist of the Year," said Dan Mangan. "The added exposure and cash prize of $25,000 helped me experience the most incredible year I could have imagined. I have no second guess or hesitations to suggest that The Verge has been a huge door-opener in my career. I owe them many thanks".

The incredible display of talent will continue on Saturday, March 13 when The Verge broadcasts live-to-air at the Canadian Music Week Indie Awards from the Fairmont Royal York. Performers include Plants and Animals, Great Lake Swimmers, The Rural Alberta Advantage and Constantines. The broadcast starts at 7 p.m. with the awards ceremony beginning at 8 p.m.

Canadians can enjoy these exclusive XM Canada broadcasts on the road, on-the-go or online. Using the XM online⁺ app, Canadians can listen while browsing the Internet or on-the-go using their iPhone or iPod touch. The App is available from the App Store and offers an easy and portable way to experience XM programming anywhere, anytime. Facebook users can also listen while browsing the site using the newly launched XM Canada Facebook app.

Both the XM online⁺ and Facebook apps offer high-quality 128 Kbps online streaming as well as access to over 100 channels of news, talk, sports, comedy and commercial-free music including The Verge.

The XM online⁺ App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/apps/xmonline.Those interested in test-driving XM online⁺ and seeing all it has to offer without any commitment, can also sign up online at xmradio.ca/iPhone.

For more information about XM Canada’s Facebook app, please visit www.facebook.com/xmcanada or http://apps.facebook.com/xmonlineplus/

For more information on programming and subscriptions, visit www.xmradio.ca

About Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. 

Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (TSX: XSR) operates as XM Canada and is Canada's premium digital audio entertainment and information company with the best signal coverage across the country. With 130 digital channels of choice, XM Canada offers Canadian listeners the most unique and original Canadian and international programming, including commercial-free music channels, exclusive live concerts and sports coverage, and the best in talk, comedy, children’s and entertainment programming. A free seven-day trial of XM Radio Online is available at http://www.xmradio.ca/freetrial/. Visit www.xmradio.ca for programming and subscription information.

XM Canada is the satellite entertainment leader in the Canadian automotive market with long-term factory installation agreements with manufacturers that own close to 60 per cent share of the domestic vehicle market. XM's industry-leading products are available at shop.xmradio.ca, and at retailers nationwide.

XM programming is available by subscribing directly through XM Canada and is also available as streams of commercial-free XM music channels on TELUS Mobile Radio and Rogers Wireless Radio on Demand. XM Canada is the exclusive music channel provider on Air Canada's flights and is available in select Avis Budget Group rental vehicles.

To find out more about Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (TSX: XSR), visit our website at www.xmradio.ca/about/.