Radio quality of either satellite radio service isn’t quite what either Sirius or XM Radio would have you believe in their marketing hype. It is not pure CD quality (although, technically, that may be what they’re streaming). (See this interesting thread on Sirius and XM sound quality.) I’m not the first to notice or comment […]
XM, Sirius gaining traction Car dealer Tom Barenboim considered himself a skeptic of satellite radio until a customer made it clear: He wasn’t going to buy the $34,000 silver Jeep Grand Cherokee unless it had a $199 satellite receiver. “Two months ago, I would have told you I didn’t really see it getting any traction,” […]
Sirius Scores Four-Year Wimbledon Deal Adding to its growing Sports lineup, Sirius Satellite Radio announced Wednesday it has signed a four-year agreement with the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club to air play-by-play and other courtside updates of the Wimbledon Championships. As part of the agreement, Sirius will become the Official Satellite Radio Partner […]
Stock Madness 2005: Netflix vs. Sirius And so it ends. Here. Now. With the unlikeliest of unlikely finals. Sirius vs. Netflix. One is an outrageously overvalued satellite radio company. And the other is a movie rental business in decline. To get here, each of us has had to sink a lot of the kind of […]
Sirius gets into new cars Four 2005 Jaguar models–X-Type, X-Type Wagon, S-Type and the XJ Sedan–will have Sirius radio as a dealer-installed option, the British automaker said. In addition, the receiver will be offered as a port-installed accessory in the 2006 editions of all four models. Jaguar said it will announce pricing at a later […]
XM, Sirius Score New Auto Deals XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. clinched a key victory Wednesday in securing future growth for the emerging industry when Hyundai Motor Co. agreed to plug in XM’s receivers as a standard feature in all its models. The deal marks the first time a major auto manufacturer has agreed to […]
XM Gets Teed Off The two satellite radio upstarts continue to carve up the sporting world as XM Satellite Radio announced that it was hooking up with the PGA for live event coverage as well as a dedicated channel where fans can tune in for exclusive programming beyond the 18th hole. Ever since XM announced […]
Billions at stake in battle over sports on satellite radio The new world of satellite radio is reshaping an ages-old medium and turning it into the hottest new vehicle for sports fans, no matter how far they roam or what time zone they’re in. Across an ever-expanding universe, a white-hot competition between major players XM […]
BMW’s Auto Launch Uses Sirius Satellite Radio For the first time, a major automobile manufacturer is using satellite radio to promote a new vehicle launch. BMW of North America announced Wednesday an innovative promotion with Sirius to celebrate the launch of the new 3 Series vehicle. The promotion, called “3 Across America” and running March […]
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 […]