John Caldwell over at Electronic House has a lengthy blog entry about the quality (or lack thereof) in satellite radio. It’s a quiet problem few people are willing to talk about. His rant is directed at XM and not owning XM, we can’t comment about XM’s sound quality. But the inventor of satellite radio, Sirius, […]
If the FCC approves the Sirius and XM Radio merger, they would only do so because they consider their competition to be “all of radio,” including terrestrial radio. But, if they are on the same playing field as terrestrial radio, then shouldn’t they have to play by the same rules as traditional radio, including FCC […]
Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin joined the cast of “The Howard Stern Show†this morning to share with the shock-jock’s audience his reasons for the merger with XM and how it will be “good for subscribers.†First of all, he eschewed the suggestion that the combined company would be a monopoly, thus allowing it to raise […]
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. on Tuesday said that automaker General Motors Corp. plans to make over 1.8 million vehicles with the XM radio-service built-in in 2007. Every GM vehicle with factory-installed XM radio includes a three-month trial service period. After that period, customers typically pay about $13 a month for the nationwide system, which […]
Opie & Anthony replaced David Lee Roth on CBS’ New York-based Free FM radio network. The duo were fired by CBS Radio’s WNEW-FM in New York for coercing a couple to make love inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral and have been working for XM Satellite Radio since August 2004. In what may be the first satellite […]
XM Satellite Radio Extends Lead With More Than 640,000 New Net Subscribers During Second Quarter of 2005 XM Satellite Radio in early July announced it added more than 640,000 new net subscribers during the second quarter of 2005 for a total of more than 4.4 million subscribers. This subscriber gain represents a 53 percent increase […]
XM Radio Set to Turn Profit – Subscriber base grows as rival does too. XM Satellite Radio will turn a profit next year, says the company’s chairman. Gary Parson, XM chairman, said during a visit to Detroit that the company’s start-up plan, which included provisions for heavy losses, is unfolding as planned. Thus XM is […]
Military might draft XM Satellite Radio Customers of XM Satellite Radio aren’t the only ones who appreciate its digital quality and nationwide coverage. The U.S. military might draft XM’s service for homeland security purposes. XM and Raytheon have jointly built a communications system that would use XM’s satellites to relay information to soldiers and emergency […]
Taking satellite radio for a spin f you’re a long-haul trucker, stop reading, polish up your big belt buckle and just go buy one. If you’re a troll living under a bridge where reception’s bad, save your dough. For the rest of us, deciding whether to shell out for satellite radio – and if so, […]
Canadian Satellite Radio awarded licence to offer XM satellite radio service in Canada The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today granted Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) a broadcasting licence to deliver commercial-free music and premier news, sports, talk and entertainment to Canadians from coast-to-coast-to- coast, subject to certain programming requirements. “This is a tremendous opportunity […]