XM Changes Program Structure, Faces New Indecency Standard Proposals XM Satellite Radio made an announcement last week that it is expanding its basic service package, in an effort to counter the fact that their monthly subscription price for said service will increase from $9.99 to $12.99 beginning April 2. To make the price jump an […]
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 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: […]
Ripken to Be Voice of Game On XM Radio Cal Ripken will give some major league clout to XM Satellite Radio, which today will launch the nation’s first 24-hour radio channel devoted exclusively to major league baseball. The former Orioles great, who holds the record for consecutive games played, will host a weekly show on […]
After listening to satellite radio in my car, my wife has demanded it for her car. Before I had gotten my radio, she didn’t even know what it was. Why the sudden change in heart? Satellite radio, with its genre-focused channels and no or far less commercials than regular terrestrial radio, sells itself after only […]
XM vs Sirius satellite radio… Which one? (Signal vs. Noise) Another option in the new car is either XM or Sirius satellite radio. Anyone have any opinions on which one to go with? Even though Sirius is a few extra bucks a month, I’m leaning towards Sirius because they have nationwide NPR and better sports […]
AirTran Airways and XM Satellite Radio Launch New Inflight Service With Rocket Man Elton John AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., and XM Satellite Radio, yesterday celebrated the official roll out of AirTran Airways’ new complimentary XM Satellite Radio service on its flights at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nev. To mark this […]