Bad boy radio host Jeff Fillion announced this morning in Québec a five-year exclusive agreement with XM Canada. The morning program hosted by "The Pirate of the Airwaves" will air on XM Satellite Radio service's French channel SportPlus XM 172.

For Jeff Fillion, this means an opportunity to expand his morning show audience to include XM Satellite Radio service subscribers beginning September 4, 2006. Since March of last year, Jeff Fillion has been off FM airwaves and has subsequently launched his own website at www.radiopirate.com, making his daily morning show available to some 7,500 subscribers. His exclusive daily XM show will also include a portion of his webcasts.

"As with Radio Pirate, I have every intention of producing a quality show designed to inform, entertain and make people laugh," explained Jeff Fillion. "The agreement with XM Canada represents a unique opportunity to reach a broader audience. However, I have also chosen to work from my studio in Québec, in close proximity to the listeners who have supported me through thick and thin, and who have enabled me to continue to work in radio."

"Jeff Fillion fans will now enjoy the mobility that satellite radio offers. Francophones across North America will be able to tune in daily to Jeff's controversial and edgy commentary," stated Stephen Tapp, President and Chief Operating Officer of XM Canada. "Jeff is the number one radio personality to French Canadians and this will have a material impact on our subscriber growth, particularly with French-speaking Canadians."

"Jeff has learned from his legal and regulatory misadventures. All of this is now past history and he is excited to now serve a new audience on XM Canada," explained André Di Cesare, Vice President of XM Québec.

about Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.

Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings (CSR) Inc. (TSX: XSR) operates as XM Canada(TM) through its subsidiary, Canadian Satellite Radio Inc. XM Canada is the No. 1 satellite radio service in Canada with the best coverage in Canada offering a unique lineup of premier Canadian and international programming.

XM Canada offers listeners up to 100 channels of unique and exclusive programming including the most NHL(TM) games, PGA TOUR(TM) and Major League Baseball(TM) coverage, the deepest play list, and news, talk, sports, entertainment and children's programming. XM Canada launched its French and English satellite channels for all of Canada and the United States to hear on November 22, 2005. After next season, XM will become the exclusive provider of NHL games coverage on satellite radio. As partners, General Motors of Canada, Honda, Nissan, Toyota and Suzuki will offer XM radios in more than 80 different models of vehicles for model year 2007.

XM Canada is the only satellite radio provider in Canada to produce unique Canadian content from street front studios located at Avenue Road & Davenport in Toronto as well as a studio in downtown Montréal. XM Canada creates unique Canadian content to be broadcast via digital quality signals in Canada and the United States and has an exclusive Canadian licence from U.S.-based XM Satellite Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: XMSR), the leading satellite radio provider in the U.S. with more than 7.0 million subscribers.

To find out more about Canadian Satellite Radio Inc. (TSX: XSR), visit our website at www.cdnsatrad.com. To subscribe to XM Canada online or for more information about XM Canada's programming line-up and radio choice, visit www.xmradio.ca.

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SOURCE: XM CANADA

SOURCE: CANADIAN SATELLITE RADIO HOLDINGS INC.

please contact: Jason Mercier, (604) 488-1100, jmercier@xmradio.ca