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 […]
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 […]
The best things on air aren’t free It’s a common refrain, one that XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio have heard too many times to count: No one will pay for what they already can hear for free. So what happens if you can’t get it for free anymore? Numerous announcements during the past […]
Coming soon? MP3 and satellite radio Combine the iPod with satellite radio and what do you get? “The killer app,” said Kit Spring, an analyst with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company. Spring isn’t the only one who thinks so. iPods and satellite radios are the hottest electronic gadgets on the market today. Consumers can buy their […]
Review: Audiovox SIR-PNP2 I received this unit at no cost when I signed up for a year’s worth of service from Sirius Satellite Radio (it was a special, limited-time offer that I don’t think is available any longer). I wasn’t expecting much, as they were giving these and the car or home unit docking station […]
Karmazin: Sirius Ad Revenue Will Hit $100 Million By 2007 In a wide-ranging interview with AdAge.com, Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin discusses his hopes for the satcaster’s future, and predicts big business on the horizon. Karmazin says that using analysts’ forecasts of 10-30 percent growth annually, that 2004’s $1 million in ad revenue “becomes $7 [million] […]
Sirius In Talks With Apple, Moto & Sony Of course, this could just be public pressure tactics to get them to be serious in these talks, but Sirius Satellite Radio’s CEO Mel Karmazin told AdAge that his company is in exploratory talks with the likes of Apple, Sony and Motorola to embed satellite capabilities into […]
Martha Bats Cleanup For Sirius The deal is the latest effort on the part of Sirius to stockpile enough on-air talent to tip the subscriber scales in its favor, as it continues to trail competitor XM Satellite Radio Holdings. As of the end of the first quarter of 2005, XM had 3.77 million listeners; Sirius, […]
Martha’s getting Sirius about radio Just six weeks after her prison release, Martha Stewart has cooked up another gig – on Sirius Satellite Radio. The domestic diva will dole out tips on decorating, child rearing, weddings, pets, cooking and gardening to Sirius’ 1.2 million subscribers on her own 24-hour radio channel set to launch in […]