Just For Laughs assures comics concerned by radio takeover it will only air Canadian content
Canadian comedians have been crying foul over this week's announced partnership between Just For Laughs and Sirius XM Canada to turn the Canada Laughs channel into Just For Laughs Radio, saying the move would deprive homegrown talent of a vital source of exposure and income.
Just For Laughs president Bruce Hills and John Lewis, SiriusXM Canada's senior vice-president of programing and operations, say the companies have been in contact the Canadian Association of Stand-up Comedians, which condemned the radio deal, about their plans for the channel. Mandel insisted in a Facebook post Sunday that the station would continue to broadcast content from Canadian comedians, including up-and-coming performers, but it wasn't long before backlash spread through Canada's comedy scene.
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