XM Gets Lapped by Sirius (Lockergnome) Well, things don’t look good for XM Satellite radio as it lost one of its largest draws to Sirius this week. If it wasn’t bad enough that the struggling competitor got Howard Stern on its doggy network, now yanking XM’s bread-and-butter NASCAR contract will surely make XM clutch tightly […]
XM Satellite Radio Lifts Monthly Fee by 30% XM Satellite Radio on Monday said it would raise the monthly fee for its nationwide radio service by about 30 percent in April and would add some premium features to its basic plan, putting it on par with smaller rival Sirius Satellite Radio . XM, whose shares […]
XM gets new satellite, Sirius gets new partner Rival satellite radio companies XM and Sirius both made news Tuesday, with one launching a satellite and the other landing a new partner. And both companies got a boost to their stock prices Tuesday morning, after UBS raised its investment ratings on the businesses. XM Satellite Radio […]
Sirius, a provider of subscription-based satellite radio services, said Monday that Volkswagen AG, Europe’s largest carmaker, will offer Sirius as a factory-installed option on the new 2005 Volkswagen Jetta beginning this month. Sirius is currently available as a factory-installed option on the 2005 Beetle and Beetle Convertible, and will also be available on the new […]
Will Listeners Follow “Renegade” Howard Stern To Sirius? Will Howard Stern’s legions of fans pay to follow him into the world of satellite radio? Stern seems to think so, but a new study from Bridge Ratings shows that many have not made up their minds yet. When asked if they would be subscribing to Sirius […]
Sirius Off to the Races When you’ve got only two satellite radio providers, exclusive deals are about landing prized content as much as they are about keeping them away from your lone rival. So when Sirius Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) announced that it would be inheriting the NASCAR broadcasting contract from XM Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: […]
50 Cent gets Sirius Sirius Satellite Radio announced Thursday that multi-platinum artist 50 Cent will create his own exclusive programming for the satellite radio provider. 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, will host “G Unit Radio” on Saturdays on Shade 45, the uncensored, hip-hop radio channel co-produced by Sirius and the rap and […]
Humax Inks Deal With DIRECTV for Digital Satellite Set Top Boxes Humax, a leading international manufacturer of digital satellite set-top boxes today disclosed it has entered into a development agreement and supply agreement with DIRECTV, Inc. the leading digital satellite TV provider in the United States. The agreements encompass various set top box models including […]
DIRECTV Tunes in to Expanded AT&T Contract AT&T announced today that it has expanded its decade-long relationship with DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of digital multichannel television service, with a new three-year networking contract valued at more than $69 million. The agreement ensures that DIRECTV is better able to control costs while gaining the […]
Sirius pays $107M for exclusive five-year Nascar deal Sirius Satellite Radio will pay $107.5 million for the exclusive satellite rights to Nascar for five years, starting in 2007. Sirius said Tuesday it will create a new channel devoted entirely to Nascar. In addition to carrying all 10 months of Nascar’s Nextel Cup Series, Busch Series […]