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Justice Department approved a merger between Sirius and XM

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BarryATL

Just reported on CNN:

The Justice Department has approved a merger between Sirius Satellite Radio and rival XM Satellite Radio.

I am looking forward to the details coming up.
 
What I want to know is... Right now Sirius is available in the home via Dish and XM via DirecTV. Who gets to broadcast the new company??? ???
 
http://www.*************/article.php?id=D8VJVVF01&show_article=1

The regionally (New England) syndicated Howie Carr show (flagship: Entercom's WRKO in Boston)
had Howie saying (reading from Drudge, apparently), "Justice Dept approves (silence). That's good."
(to producer). "Did you cut that out? I can't report the news?"

Apparently even saying XM or Sirius is a dirty word for Entercom. Promoting competition.
 
Well, I thought this marriage had already gotten the blessing of the FCC. It has not. The FCC still has to approve the merger.
 
raccoonradio said:
http://www.*************/article.php?id=D8VJVVF01&show_article=1

The regionally (New England) syndicated Howie Carr show (flagship: Entercom's WRKO in Boston)
had Howie saying (reading from Drudge, apparently), "Justice Dept approves (silence). That's good."
(to producer). "Did you cut that out? I can't report the news?"

Apparently even saying XM or Sirius is a dirty word for Entercom. Promoting competition.
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And yet Jim Quinn plugs it at least once a day on his regionally syndicated show, and when you go his website it's right at the top. How radio works, I have no idea.
 
According to news reports, the Justice Dept found that there was no competition between Sirius and XM. REALLY!
 
Of course their is competition. This stinks big time. I have XM and hate Sirius programing. Since Sirius is programming the service, expect twice as many rock channels that they have now with a third of the other channels formats being one artist rock channels. Expect shallow play lists and annoying Dj's. Also expect our rates to go up and they will.
 
I agree this stinks. I have XM and if the quality goes down or the price goes up I'm gone.
 
Very pleased with this deal. I can't wait for the a la carte service, and the option to get the best of both worlds - my pick of Sirius and XM stations.
 
CHRles said:
Very pleased with this deal. I can't wait for the a la carte service, and the option to get the best of both worlds - my pick of Sirius and XM stations.
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Enjoy, soon you'll pay more to get less. The DOJ doesn't understand what they did.
 
My question is, will XM keep WSIX in Nashville? I love that channel and I hope they DON'T get rid of it!!!!!!
 
Henry Ochs said:
My question is, will XM keep WSIX in Nashville? I love that channel and I hope they DON'T get rid of it!!!!!!
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That's a Clear Channel owned station and their deal with XM is set to expire later this year anyway. So no I don't think it will stay around for long.
 
Mike Sheridan said:
CHRles said:
Very pleased with this deal. I can't wait for the a la carte service, and the option to get the best of both worlds - my pick of Sirius and XM stations.
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Enjoy, soon you'll pay more to get less. The DOJ doesn't understand what they did.
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Coming from a left of center political worldview, I'm usually adamantly opposed to proposed mergers like this, but on this merger I'm in complete agreement with CHRles. I wouldn't have paid $12 a month for the complete package but am definitely willing to pay $6 or $7 for channels I can choose.
 
merger helps me out. i don't listen to much music, i'm more into the news/talk/sports thing. what was keeping me from getting either service was that the things that i liked were on one service but not the other. first it was baseball and hockey. then hockey went over to xm, but then the university of louisville went with sirius. i really liked the talk selection of xm, but uofl sports trumps everything. what i'm really hoping for is that both recievers will get a stream that is the same so if i get a sirius reciever (which is what i'm going to get now, because as i said, uofl sports trumps everything) i can pick up avalanche hockey and cubs baseball games as well in the future.

one thing that i hope may be technologically possible is that the satellite recievers can do side programming ala hd radio. it serves a purpose of justifying keeping those satellites in orbit and keeping some personell around.
 
Here's my breakdown. I have both Sirius and XM, altho I started with XM:

XM faves:
The Virus
FOX Sports Radio
MLB (Home Plate and Play By Play)
Philadelphia "Instant" Traffic and Weather
Audio Visions
Chrome
Chill

Sirius faves:
Buzzsaw
1st Wave
Lithium
Gold
NFL (Play by Play and Channel 125)
Shuffle (why I'm cursing Rolling Stones Radio)
Big 80's
Movin EZ
 
I hope this means we'll be able to hear more college football and the NFL on XM. I couldn't care less about Howard, that guy needs to be put out to pasture. I also hope this will somehow open the door to college baseball being carried on sat. Most (if not all) colleges that have football networks also have baseball carried on the same networks. XM already has the hardware, it would be a snap to carry baseball.
 
I hope XM stays the same,it is WAY BETTER than sirius!

Streams i think are better:

Liquid Metal (By a long shot)
Big Tracks (Sounds like Club977)
Suite 62 (Smooth R&B)

One thing i like on Sirius is: Howard Stern
 
I'm really hoping they don't mess up XM's current offerings. I would imagine to cut costs that channels with overlapping formats will become simulcasts. I'm hoping the XM channels win out in thoses cases especially the decade channels and comedy channels . The presentation, DJ's, music selection, specialty shows (AT-40, the Top-40 recreations, etc.) are very well done on XM.

Don't be fooled by the Ala Carte thing - what I read of it doesn't make it sound like much a deal. They threw that in since the FCC has long wanted (but not gotten) ala carte on cable TV. Frankly, at $12 a month, you can get an entire year of Sat. radio for what it costs some people per MONTH for cable TV. If there is some ala carte thing at $6 or $8 a month, there isn't enough savings to sacrifice the channel choices.

I'm also wondering - at least half the people I know with Sat. radio have both XM and Sirius. Not sure how wide spread that trend is across the customer base, but I wonder how that will impact the total subscriber count after the merger. It would seem people in that situation will drop one once the merger is done.
 
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