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By: Web News Site » Blog Archive » Sirius XM Passing Music Royalty Rates On To Subscribers, Raising Lots Of Questions

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:08:29 +0000

[...] the merger of Sirius and XM, certain conditions were placed on the company, including a three-year price freeze. The company has gotten around this before by separating out services, like online listening, that [...]

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Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:08:08 +0000

By: NesACURA

NesACURA — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:24:32 +0000

I told you XM Costumer Service. You should have more spanish channels as before. There are to many latinos, and the population is growing, that dont get Sirius XM because there is only ONE Spanish Channel

HAHAHAHA

By: NesACURA

NesACURA — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:24:32 +0000

By: NesACURA

NesACURA — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:24:32 +0000

By: Matt Buguy

Matt Buguy — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:26:26 +0000

I'm with you, bmwmedic. i've had XM for five years, and just turned in my LS430 for a new lease with an LS460. As part of this new lease, I've been given a three month trial subscription to Sirius XM that also includes live traffic info on my navigation map. This is a very cool feature and there is NOTHING that can compete with that level of service. Someone needs to save this company!! Any one of you seen this feature? You would not want to give it up once you have it. I've averted many traffic headaches while listening to great music – great feeling – all courtesy of Sirius XM. Right now, I'm very frustrated and only have until March 15th to select a subscription plan, or I'll have to pay additional $$ to reconnect at a later date. I'm just worried that if I go with a money-saving multi-year plan, that the company will go belly up and I will have lost out on hundreds of dollars. Can anyone put my mind to rest so I can get on with this??

By: bmwmedic

bmwmedic — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:25:48 +0000

I really disagree with those who say Sat had too many competitors/alternatives. I Loved Sat for my car. Nothing comes close. I could hear talk, french,country, pop, anything. I have ipod hookup but it's different, I have to choose the music first, nothing new or as varied.Plus, try tuning a new station THAT YOU LIKE every hour as you drive, its impossible.
I am really pissed, I recently added it to two cars. Just last week I received an offer from them to pay ahead to lock in lower rate!
Any chance they will survive?

By: TechDirt cites me on the Sirius XM Bankruptcy | Cord Blomquist

TechDirt cites me on the Sirius XM Bankruptcy | Cord Blomquist — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:23:52 +0000

[...] blogged about the Sirius XM bankruptcy at TLF in a post entitled “Sirius XM Bankruptcy: Thank Washington for the Delay” and I’m happy to see that Mr. Masnick at TechDirt has linked to me. Thanks for the [...]

By: JR

JR — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:55:49 +0000

$2,000,000,000 a year in revenue ……. what a joke to say this company couldn't survive . FCC 1 HOWARD STERN 0 . PAYBACKS ARE A BITCH . PERFECT STORM IN CREDIT MARKET ISN'T HELPING. SIRIUS IS 2ND LARGEST COMPANY BY ASSETS THAT MY FILE BK.
US GOVERNMENT HATES CONSERVATIVE TALK SHOWS AND THIS GAVE THEM NATIONAL COVERAGE .

By: Ethan

Ethan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:00:30 +0000

Dumb old me! Paid up for a year. No more Grateful Dead driving through the narrow canyon of The Black Range. Wait! I've still got my CD's.

By: cordblomquist

cordblomquist — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:06:51 +0000

Yes, I should have talked about this more in my post--Ryan and Wayne spoke about it in their article. The NAB's argument was, of course, absurd. For the reasons I talk about above, it just doesn't make any sense.

Sure, industry acts badly, but without the FCC they'd have to no means to hurt Sirius XM. We need to take away the tools of bad action, not hope for better motivations, because those won't change.

By: Steve R.

Steve R. — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:39:13 +0000

Cord, regretfully this is only half the story. The role of private industry in frustrating this merger is being "overlooked". Techdirt writes" "The NAB, representing terrestrial radio stations argued vehemently that if XM and Sirius merged, it would create a "monopoly."".

Ultimately, the FCC can be "blamed" as the final decision maker. I am also sure that the regulators may have, on their own volition, imposed some absurd regulations. However, the role of private industry in subverting the regulatory process should not be "overlooked". As Jim Harper has done, when private industry acts badly they need to be exposed. Let's not mindlessly follow the script that all blame belongs to government. Private industry uses its economic power to debase the free-market too!

By: ????????..We are Chinese, R u? » Blog Archive » Report: Sirius XM preparing to file for bankruptcy

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:28:21 +0000

[...] with advisers to prepare for a possible bankruptcy filing,” according to the New York Times. Read More|||Looks like Mel Karmazin may be about to bite the bullet at Sirius XM (NSDQ: SIRI) Satellite [...]

By: steve

steve — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:58:28 +0000

18 months for the government to make up there mind about the merger. what did people think the outcome would be. the delay cost sirius xm 900million. there should be a class action lawsuit against the government from the share holders. how in the world does it take 18 months to decide.

By: johnnny d

johnnny d — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:10:35 +0000

anyone like to tell me what the hell am i to do if xm sirus goes bk? i drive a truck.
in places that cant recieve a good signal let alone any signal....

By: cordblomquist

cordblomquist — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:05:01 +0000

I think the problem with satellite radio is much deeper than just the antitrust issue I’ve spoken on here, but the antitrust issue is still reason to be angry with regulators.

The bigger problem is how we allocate spectrum in America. Imagine that we had a market where spectrum rights could be bought and sold. In that scenario, TV and radio would have slowly sold-off their rights to ISPs and other providers of two-way communications. Terrestrial spectrum has a decent capacity and low latency, at least compared to satellites, so the market would eventually come to value it for Internet traffic, not one-way broadcasts.

Meanwhile, satellites would have stepped-in to provide broadcasts to consumers—the kind of one-way push communications we now get over the air. Had the market been free, satellites wouldn’t be a pathetic also-ran technology, but a much needed way to free-up our terrestrial spectrum.

But, we don’t live in a free market, especially when it comes to spectrum. You can thank the FCC for that and the Congress that refuses to acknowledge how outmoded the commission really is.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:23:27 +0000

While regulation hastened its demise, satellite radio was doomed from the start, for the same reasons you list: other options for getting good music. I was a big proponent and an original XM subscriber, but even before the merger–before Sirius-XM saved money by watering down their programming by laying off DJs and automating their playlists–it was clear better music could be had elsewhere…not least, ironically, from traditional terrestrial stations finding a large audience online.