Arbitron Fall Ratings: 3.4% account for satellite radio listening

[rester]

That's not a lot, is it? And only 5.6% of the 468,786 diary keepers who participated listed a satelltie radio channel in their diary.

The analysis also showed that satellite listeners are heavy listeners to radio in general, including AM and FM stations. Satellite listeners spent an average of 33 hours a week with radio, compared to the typical listener who listened for about 19 hours a week. Also, the findings showed that people who listened to satellite radio spent more time with AM/FM radio (14 hours) than they did with satellite radio (10 hours, 45 minutes) or Internet stations (8 hours, 15 minutes).

This is one of the reasons why the merger HAS to happen. You just can't get enough listeners and make money by yourself. A real pity, but also reality.

 

[ercjncpr]

People who are given Arbitron diaries are most likely to be AM/FM listeners, not satradio listeners.

 

[CactusA320]

And in another shocking development, the majority of cable subscribers prefer cable. The majority of satellite tv subscribers prefer satellite tv. Moving on, it has been found that a vast majority of Democrats prefer liberal candidates and an astounding amount of Republicans prefer conservative candidates.

 

[tankedsecondchance]

toss the paper books in the trash.......

honestly how many broadcasters even trust the poorly done paper information.......

arbitron does indeed collect real data from xmsr......theres a channel list, I saw someplace not sure its still up to date.....but none the less, im glad they did this now. as it was usefull information on the hill with the task force...

like I said mel use the sec documents as filed by radio broadcasters .....and the first thing put into play was the issue of interoperal units..(theres no going back now)...Mels nobodys fool, now he has even asked to have our promise regulated.."dont trust me based on my word" (regulate it) if they rule against the merger based on any part of the original fcc documents. it will open the door for mel, to request the equal enforcement action on the other issues related to interoperal devices..

mel claims to have a working device in his office.....xmsr's annual sec filing yesterday claims the interoperal device is not done in the "final design form" just after they claim they have met all the requirments as mandated by the fcc on this very issue sad.!

The FCC’s rules require interoperability with all licensed satellite radio systems that are operational or under construction. The FCC conditioned our license on certification by us that our final receiver design is interoperable with the final receiver design of the other licensee, SIRIUS Radio, which uses a different transmission technology than we use. We have previously certified and reconfirmed that we comply with this obligation. Although we believe that we are currently in compliance, the FCC has not expressly acknowledged our compliance. We have signed an agreement with SIRIUS Radio to develop a common receiver platform combining the companies’ proprietary chipsets, but the companies have not completed final design of an operational radio using this platform. If the FCC were to interpret the interoperability requirement in a manner that mandates a particular radio design, complying with this requirement could make the radios more difficult and costly to manufacture. In January 2005, the FCC asked us as well as SIRIUS to file a report detailing the current status of efforts to develop an interoperable receiver. XM and SIRIUS submitted a joint report in March 2005

the documents below dated 3/1/07

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=115922&p=irol-sec

the fcc has failed the public on this issue....sad

a device based on early comments last year from the joint venture company and posted to the combined website states the device is done.. well it is done, sort of... its a software based system. well where is it, does a consumer have it in hand.also its, not a dual or interoperal chipset as required by mandate....

whats the fcc been doing sleeping or what. could they just push this deal through to get past this can of worms quitely, without admiting to the oversite failure on their part.