They will continue to have two satellite networks for at least a few years. The plan is to have development on radios that can get both XM/Sirius. Old radios will pick up either XM or Sirius as they do now. The initial plan that was stated is to keep the programming they have but XM would be able to get NFL, Howard Stern and Sirius would be able to pick up baseball. So they would share popular programming. This was info from the initial release.
On 6/12/07 11:23 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hopefully the equipment required to pickup the new entity does not change, I > would hate to be a car dealer beseiged with angry customers whos 6 month old > new car can no longer receive the 3 year free subscription to XM or Sirius > that was promised at time of purchase. > > -- Sid Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not sure if I agree with this point of view. I have both XM and Sirius and > find that most of what I like is on Sirius (as you said). However, the real > issue is the competitive marketplace. You have Ipods, Cell Phones with > content downloads, Clear Channel/regular radio, High Definition radio and > Satellite radio. I think what XM/Sirius are trying to do is to get a large > enough market base of subscribers that they can go against the others. Not > sure how this will turn out but I do find it interesting that Clear Channel > can pickup all the stations, use its premiere radio networks group to make > all the programming (Rush, Dr Laura, Coast to Coast, etc). And Rupert > Murdock can also consolidate but nothing is said. If Sirius merges and > keeps doing what they are doing it will be a clear choice for content that > you will never get on Clear Channel. Part of the issue with XM is they are > partially controlled by Clear Channel. Anyway, I hope that Sirius stays > around in some form merged or alone to give me something to listen to while > Rush Limbaugh is being echoed on multiple stations across the dial. Now > that is Clear Channel choice. I can choose which channel to listen to Rush > on. :-) > > > On 6/11/07 3:20 PM, "Mark Phillips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > For the first time in 5 years I'm without XM radio. My subscription >> > expired on Friday last week and I elected to not renew it. If I turned >> > my radio on once a month I was doing well. They wriggled and squirmed >> > and kept me on the phone for almost an hour while they "canceled" my >> > account. >> > >> > I have had Sirius running concurrently ever since it was first launched. >> > I think that it is a much better service. Their hardware however is >> > severely lacking. >> > >> > If this merger goes ahead then I think we can kiss goodbye to all the >> > world service type broadcasters when the new company emerges. >> > >> > I think that XM may have just shot the whole industry in the foot. >> > >> > Mark >> > >> > On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 11:29 -0400, Richard Cuff wrote: >>> >> The public notice was filed Friday. >>> >> >>> >> See >>> >> >>> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/X/XM_SIRIUS_MERGER?SITE=WFMZ&SECTION=BUS >>> >> INESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT >>> >> or http://preview.tinyurl.com/2pzr28. >>> >> >>> >> File comments here: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/ >>> >> >>> >> I don't know about you guys, but I listen to my satellite radio rarely >>> >> nowadays. I tend to listen to podcasts or other audio downloaded and >>> >> converted to MP3s; my favorite software for this task is Replay AV -- >>> >> see http://www.applian.com/replay-av/index.php?src=www.google.com. >>> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Swlfest mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest >> > >> > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL >> shown >> > above. >> > >> > For more information on the Fest, visit: >> > >> > http://www.swlfest.com >> > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown > above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown > above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com
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