XM radio surpasses 4 million subscribers XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said Monday it had surpassed the 4 million subscriber mark and was on track to hit its goal of 5.5 million subscribers by the end of the year. XM said it added 1 million subscribers since late December. XM’s rival in the satellite radio […]
DirecTV 8 Launch Details Revealed International Launch Services (ILS) said the window for its May 21 launch of the DirecTV 8 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will open at 1:59 p.m. EDT. The satellite will be delivered to orbit on a Proton M/Breeze M rocket. Space System/Loral built the DirecTV 8 satellite based […]
Sirius Goes After the Parrotheads Sirius Satellite Radio reached an agreement with singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett, whose standards include “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” to offer a Radio Margaritaville music channel to its subscribers, providing Parrotheads an around-the-clock option to enjoy the musician’s beach- and ocean-themed stylings. The new 24-hour channel, which will start this summer, […]
Satellite slugfest: Sirius and XM Radio fight for pay listeners “You’re in The Mansion with Johansen,” crows the rocker David Johansen, queuing up six hours of Friday-night serendipity – Mary Wells into Big Bill Broonzy into Bread – in a corner studio at Sirius Satellite Radio. “We’re getting our hip ticket punched.” He has no […]
Dish Network to Pay $50,000 for Violating State No Call Law Satellite television provider EchoStar Communications – which does business as Dish Network – will pay a civil penalty of $50,000 for telemarketing calls made to Missourians on the state’s No Call list in an agreement reached with Attorney General Jay Nixon. Dish Network is […]
DISH Network Expands High-Definition Package with Addition of VOOM Programming EchoStar Communications Corporation announced that its DISH Network(TM) satellite TV service will expand its high-definition television (HDTV) package by adding 10 original VOOM HD networks, expected to be available May 1, 2005. With the addition of these originals to its current slate of HD programming, […]
DirecTV posts narrower 1Q loss on revenue DirecTV Group Inc., the nation’s largest direct broadcast satellite provider, said Monday that first-quarter losses narrowed significantly from last year, due to fewer charges and higher revenue at DirecTV U.S. Losses narrowed to $41.4 million, or 3 cents per share, from $638.8 million, or 46 cents per share, […]
Gravity Grounds DirecTV Is satellite entertainment giant DirecTV set for new heights, or will the stock stay stuck in low orbit? Sure, first-quarter results out yesterday were heartening: Subscriber growth helped DirecTV stem losses, prompting the market to push the stock up 5%. All the same, it’s hard to find a good reason to buy […]
Sirius Hops on Podcast Bandwagon Sirius Satellite Radio is latching onto the podcasting phenomenon, launching a show later this month that will feature a daily selection of the increasingly popular do-it-yourself audio programs. The move by Sirius (SIRI) comes just days after Infinity (IFNY) said it would convert a struggling talk radio station in San […]
Apple Gets Sirius Aren’t you sick and tired of hearing how the popularity of Apple Computer’s iPod and other portable streaming devices is going to kill not only traditional radio but also Sirius and XM Satellite Radio as well? It’s a lot like saying that the DVD will be the death of cable television or […]