Stephen Tapp
President and Chief Operating Officer of XM Canada
Mr. Tapp came to XM Canada from CHUM, where he oversaw the company�s television division, consisting of 26 channels including leading stations such as Citytv and MuchMusic. He has international experience, having been responsible for developing and managing CHUM�s global distribution arm in his role as the vice president and general manager Citytv and ChumCity 40 International. Mr. Tapp oversaw several international joint ventures and channel launches for both MuchMusic and Citytv in the U.S., Europe, South America and Asia. In addition, Mr. Tapp has a background in new technology and
product launches.
Prior to joining CHUM, he was the executive vice president and general manager of Viewer�s Choice Canada Pay Per View, from 1991 to 1995, where he was responsible for launching the service and managing all areas of network operations. He held senior programming roles at Canada�s first subscriber based pay television sports channel, TSN, The Sports Network, from its launch in 1984 until 1991. Stephen began his television career as production manager at CTV�s CFTO in Toronto in 1983. Representing the second generation of a Canadian broadcasting family, Mr. Tapp started his media career in radio at CFQR Montreal and CFLY Kingston.