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XM to Begin Serving Ads on Once Ad-Free Music Channels

From Digital Music News: "XM Satellite Radio routinely touts it commercial-free radio channels, giving it a major edge over terrestrial radio. Now, an interesting situation involving Clear Channel could force commercials onto a number of XM stations.

-----

So.. they want me to pay for a monthly subscription, plus they want me to listen to commercials? Sat Radio is turning into a joke.
 
Yeah, very annoying, however its done everywhere - for example.

I have cable internet from Comcast. - When I check my webmail I am BOMBARDED with advertisements on the screen. I always felt this was wrong.


> XM to Begin Serving Ads on Once Ad-Free Music Channels
>
> From Digital Music News: "XM Satellite Radio routinely touts
> it commercial-free radio channels, giving it a major edge
> over terrestrial radio. Now, an interesting situation
> involving Clear Channel could force commercials onto a
> number of XM stations.
>
> -----
>
> So.. they want me to pay for a monthly subscription, plus
> they want me to listen to commercials? Sat Radio is turning
> into a joke.
>
 
Where did you get this from? The Sirius website? If you read into it more, you wouldn't make drastic conclusions. There are only going to be commercials inserted into the four channels that Clear Channel has an interest in. To counter balance this, XM is adding four channels that will be similar to the Clear Channel channels, commercial free.

Don't blame satellite radio for turning into a joke. The real joke is what we've known all along = Clear Channel.

XM after the channel additions will have 69 commercial free music channels, whereas Sirius will only have 68. And there are some music channels on sirius that have commercials too.

Free-FM needs listenership. Go for it.



> XM to Begin Serving Ads on Once Ad-Free Music Channels
>
> From Digital Music News: "XM Satellite Radio routinely touts
> it commercial-free radio channels, giving it a major edge
> over terrestrial radio. Now, an interesting situation
> involving Clear Channel could force commercials onto a
> number of XM stations.
>
> -----
>
> So.. they want me to pay for a monthly subscription, plus
> they want me to listen to commercials? Sat Radio is turning
> into a joke.
>
 
> Where did you get this from? The Sirius website? If you
> read into it more, you wouldn't make drastic conclusions.
> There are only going to be commercials inserted into the
> four channels that Clear Channel has an interest in. To
> counter balance this, XM is adding four channels that will
> be similar to the Clear Channel channels, commercial free.
>
> Don't blame satellite radio for turning into a joke. The
> real joke is what we've known all along = Clear Channel.
>
> XM after the channel additions will have 69 commercial free
> music channels, whereas Sirius will only have 68. And there
> are some music channels on sirius that have commercials too.
>
>
> Free-FM needs listenership. Go for it.

Great, so XM is gonna add 4 more chanels to make up for the four that it's adding commercials to, and for the people that complain about the sound quality now, just wait til these 4 chanels are added. If you think it sounds bad now, it's gonna sound even worse then.


>
>
>
> > XM to Begin Serving Ads on Once Ad-Free Music Channels
> >
> > From Digital Music News: "XM Satellite Radio routinely
> touts
> > it commercial-free radio channels, giving it a major edge
> > over terrestrial radio. Now, an interesting situation
> > involving Clear Channel could force commercials onto a
> > number of XM stations.
> >
> > -----
> >
> > So.. they want me to pay for a monthly subscription, plus
> > they want me to listen to commercials? Sat Radio is
> turning
> > into a joke.
> >
>
 
> Where did you get this from? The Sirius website? If you
> read into it more, you wouldn't make drastic conclusions.
> There are only going to be commercials inserted into the
> four channels that Clear Channel has an interest in. To
> counter balance this, XM is adding four channels that will
> be similar to the Clear Channel channels, commercial free.
>
> Don't blame satellite radio for turning into a joke. The
> real joke is what we've known all along = Clear Channel.
>
> XM after the channel additions will have 69 commercial free
> music channels, whereas Sirius will only have 68. And there
> are some music channels on sirius that have commercials too.
>
>
> Free-FM needs listenership. Go for it.
>
>
>
> > XM to Begin Serving Ads on Once Ad-Free Music Channels
> >
> > From Digital Music News: "XM Satellite Radio routinely
> touts
> > it commercial-free radio channels, giving it a major edge
> > over terrestrial radio. Now, an interesting situation
> > involving Clear Channel could force commercials onto a
> > number of XM stations.
> >
> > -----
> >
> > So.. they want me to pay for a monthly subscription, plus
> > they want me to listen to commercials? Sat Radio is
> turning
> > into a joke.
> >
>

Cant remember where I read this from.. What if these 4 channels are the one's I listen to the most? thats plenty for me to know that there will be commercials on the subscription that I pay for... Not to mention, so what if they add 4 more channels? thats 4 more channels taking up more bandwidth to kill the sound quality even more.

Free-FM needs listenership. Go for it.

Ill just stick to FREE internet radio in my car... sound quality is much better and its 100% commercial free :)
 
> XM to Begin Serving Ads on Once Ad-Free Music Channels
>
> From Digital Music News: "XM Satellite Radio routinely touts
> it commercial-free radio channels, giving it a major edge
> over terrestrial radio. Now, an interesting situation
> involving Clear Channel could force commercials onto a
> number of XM stations.
>
> -----
>
> So.. they want me to pay for a monthly subscription, plus
> they want me to listen to commercials? Sat Radio is turning
> into a joke.
>

Well look at it this way:

TV: Free with an off air antenna. Commercials.

TV: Not free with cable and satellite. Commercials


Radio: Free with off air antenna. Commercials

Radio: Not free with satellite radio. Mostly commercial free, but commercails on a few channels.

It's pretty much unavoidable.<P ID="signature">______________

</P>
 
> Yeah, very annoying, however its done everywhere - for
> example.
>
> I have cable internet from Comcast. - When I check my
> webmail I am BOMBARDED with advertisements on the screen. I
> always felt this was wrong.
>

Comcast webmail or other? I have never had any ads on my comcast webmail. Not even a pop-up.
 
> > XM to Begin Serving Ads on Once Ad-Free Music Channels
> >
> > From Digital Music News: "XM Satellite Radio routinely
> touts
> > it commercial-free radio channels, giving it a major edge
> > over terrestrial radio. Now, an interesting situation
> > involving Clear Channel could force commercials onto a
> > number of XM stations.
> >
> > -----
> >
> > So.. they want me to pay for a monthly subscription, plus
> > they want me to listen to commercials? Sat Radio is
> turning
> > into a joke.
> >
>
> Well look at it this way:
>
> TV: Free with an off air antenna. Commercials.
>
> TV: Not free with cable and satellite. Commercials
>
>
> Radio: Free with off air antenna. Commercials
>
> Radio: Not free with satellite radio. Mostly commercial
> free, but commercails on a few channels.
>
> It's pretty much unavoidable.
>

Good point there! However... Cable and Sat TV dont advertise Crystal Clear/amazing sound quality, and COMMERCIAL-FREE channels like XM does.
 
> So.. they want me to pay for a monthly subscription, plus
> they want me to listen to commercials? Sat Radio is turning
> into a joke.

This is a result of an arbitration with Clear Channel. XM isn't adding the commercials by choice. Tell you what. You listen to whatever you want to listen to and I'll do the same. Thank heaven we live in a free country.
 
> XM to Begin Serving Ads on Once Ad-Free Music Channels
>
> From Digital Music News: "XM Satellite Radio routinely touts
> it commercial-free radio channels, giving it a major edge
> over terrestrial radio. Now, an interesting situation
> involving Clear Channel could force commercials onto a
> number of XM stations.
>
> -----
>
> So.. they want me to pay for a monthly subscription, plus
> they want me to listen to commercials? Sat Radio is turning
> into a joke.

You already are, if you have a subscribtion to Cable T.V. Or Satellite T.V. It's bound to happen to satellite radio down the road once they fullfill their subscription quota.
What's the difference with radio? A Visual? Yea. Suck it up an pay. "_~
 
> This is a result of an arbitration with Clear Channel. XM
> isn't adding the commercials by choice. Tell you what. You
> listen to whatever you want to listen to and I'll do the
> same. Thank heaven we live in a free country.
>
That's just it. Im not mad at XM at all, im mad at clear channel.
Besides, now XM is going to launch channels to compete with Clear Channel content. Don't want ad's? Just don't listen to Clear Channel Content! Done...
http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/new-xm-channels-to-compete-with-clear-channel-content.html
 
> and for the people
> that complain about the sound quality now, just wait til
> these 4 chanels are added. If you think it sounds bad now,
> it's gonna sound even worse then.


I am thinking that they already made the room for the other channels already. Things are getting better sound-wise, but if I know XM, they already made the room March 1.
 
> Where did you get this from? The Sirius website? If you
> read into it more, you wouldn't make drastic conclusions.
> There are only going to be commercials inserted into the
> four channels that Clear Channel has an interest in. To
> counter balance this, XM is adding four channels that will
> be similar to the Clear Channel channels, commercial free.
>
> Don't blame satellite radio for turning into a joke. The
> real joke is what we've known all along = Clear Channel.
>
> XM after the channel additions will have 69 commercial free
> music channels, whereas Sirius will only have 68. And there
> are some music channels on sirius that have commercials too.


Sirius doesn't have commercials on the music channels. Only on their Talk channels.
 
> > This is a result of an arbitration with Clear Channel. XM
> > isn't adding the commercials by choice. Tell you what. You
>
> > listen to whatever you want to listen to and I'll do the
> > same. Thank heaven we live in a free country.
> >
> That's just it. Im not mad at XM at all, im mad at clear
> channel.
> Besides, now XM is going to launch channels to compete with
> Clear Channel content. Don't want ad's? Just don't listen to
> Clear Channel Content! Done...
http://www.orbitcast.com/archive> s/new-xm-channels-to-compete-with-clear-channel-content.html
>
and thus taking the audio quality down further<P ID="signature">______________
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</P></span></P></span>
</P>
 
> > and for the people
> > that complain about the sound quality now, just wait til
> > these 4 chanels are added. If you think it sounds bad
> now,
> > it's gonna sound even worse then.
>
>
> I am thinking that they already made the room for the other
> channels already. Things are getting better sound-wise, but
> if I know XM, they already made the room March 1.
>

Why not cut the CC channels bandwidth in half or more and use it for the new channels?
 
> Why not cut the CC channels bandwidth in half or more and
> use it for the new channels?

From what I've heard, it's not an option. The deal with CC apparently is for bandwidth rather than a specific number of channels.
 
> XM to Begin Serving Ads on Once Ad-Free Music Channels
>
> From Digital Music News: "XM Satellite Radio routinely touts
> it commercial-free radio channels, giving it a major edge
> over terrestrial radio. Now, an interesting situation
> involving Clear Channel could force commercials onto a
> number of XM stations.
>
> -----
>
> So.. they want me to pay for a monthly subscription, plus
> they want me to listen to commercials? Sat Radio is turning
> into a joke.
>
dream on radio corporate person..xm is adding 4 stations to replace these 4 stations. they will still have the most commercial free music channels..fm is the freaking joke!!<P ID="signature">______________
note to the NAB..satellite radio..its worth paying for!!</P>
 
> > > XM to Begin Serving Ads on Once Ad-Free Music Channels
> > >
> > > From Digital Music News: "XM Satellite Radio routinely
> > touts
> > > it commercial-free radio channels, giving it a major
> edge
> > > over terrestrial radio. Now, an interesting situation
> > > involving Clear Channel could force commercials onto a
> > > number of XM stations.
> > >
> > > -----
> > >
> > > So.. they want me to pay for a monthly subscription,
> plus
> > > they want me to listen to commercials? Sat Radio is
> > turning
> > > into a joke.
> > >
> >
> > Well look at it this way:
> >
> > TV: Free with an off air antenna. Commercials.
> >
> > TV: Not free with cable and satellite. Commercials
> >
> >
> > Radio: Free with off air antenna. Commercials
> >
> > Radio: Not free with satellite radio. Mostly commercial
> > free, but commercails on a few channels.
> >
> > It's pretty much unavoidable.
> >
>
> Good point there! However... Cable and Sat TV dont advertise
> Crystal Clear/amazing sound quality, and COMMERCIAL-FREE
> channels like XM does.
>
xm advertises the most commercial free channels..quit misquoting xm!! and compared to most markets in radio xm sounds better than fm!! fm= static radio..xm is clear audio. no static!! maybe not cd quality. but no static!!<P ID="signature">______________
note to the NAB..satellite radio..its worth paying for!!</P>
 
> Where did you get this from? The Sirius website? If you
> read into it more, you wouldn't make drastic conclusions.
> There are only going to be commercials inserted into the
> four channels that Clear Channel has an interest in. To
> counter balance this, XM is adding four channels that will
> be similar to the Clear Channel channels, commercial free.
>
> Don't blame satellite radio for turning into a joke. The
> real joke is what we've known all along = Clear Channel.
>
> XM after the channel additions will have 69 commercial free
> music channels, whereas Sirius will only have 68. And there
> are some music channels on sirius that have commercials too.
>
>
> Free-FM needs listenership. Go for it.
>
>
>
> > XM to Begin Serving Ads on Once Ad-Free Music Channels
> >
> > From Digital Music News: "XM Satellite Radio routinely
> touts
> > it commercial-free radio channels, giving it a major edge
> > over terrestrial radio. Now, an interesting situation
> > involving Clear Channel could force commercials onto a
> > number of XM stations.
> >
> > -----
> >
> > So.. they want me to pay for a monthly subscription, plus
> > they want me to listen to commercials? Sat Radio is
> turning
> > into a joke.
> >
>
sirius 113 wsm has commercials...<P ID="signature">______________
note to the NAB..satellite radio..its worth paying for!!</P>
 
> > Where did you get this from? The Sirius website? If you
>
> > read into it more, you wouldn't make drastic conclusions.
>
> > There are only going to be commercials inserted into the
> > four channels that Clear Channel has an interest in. To
> > counter balance this, XM is adding four channels that will
>
> > be similar to the Clear Channel channels, commercial free.
>
> >
> > Don't blame satellite radio for turning into a joke. The
> > real joke is what we've known all along = Clear Channel.
> >
> > XM after the channel additions will have 69 commercial
> free
> > music channels, whereas Sirius will only have 68. And
> there
> > are some music channels on sirius that have commercials
> too.
>
>
> Sirius doesn't have commercials on the music channels. Only
> on their Talk channels.
>
WSM!!<P ID="signature">______________
note to the NAB..satellite radio..its worth paying for!!</P>
 
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