siriusxm

Many Canadian comedians get great exposure and income from royalties off of play of their stand-up on things like SiriusXM Canada, especially because of the fact that there are mandates by the Canadian government that guarantee a certain percentage of airtime for Canadian artists on Canadian broadcasting.

That ecosystem was potentially going to get upended under a new deal between Just For Laughs and SiriusXM Canada that would allow non-Canadian comedians to be featured on “Canada Laughs”, a 100% Canadian comedy channel. Fortunately, the “Canada Laughs” channel will stay 100% Canadian after the uproar that was raised this week from comedians around the world and the set up for royalties will remain the same. 

That affects many of the Canadian comedians that live here/frequently spend time in LA and this decision that was just reached will allow them to keep a steady income stream and reach an audience that they might have not gotten any other way.

So, in short, phew.