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From my earlier post, I was led to believe that the FCC vote on the XM and Sirius merger was to take place in November. Haven't read anything about it. Would any of you have the specifics on how it is progressing? Thanks
 
XM, Sirius and the FCC are awaiting the Justice Department's final recommendation on whether the merger should proceed or not..Once that decision is made, a vote by the FCC is expected to follow...and all this could happen before Christmas.
 
What will happen to both companies if the merger is rejected and they're forced to continue to operate separately. Will Wall Street punish one or both companies so severely that extreme payroll and programming cuts will be mandatory? Will one or both have to start selling advertising on music channels just to survive?

As much as I fear Sirius' tight-playlist, focus-group-driven approach to music programming ("arts and crafts," as Mel K calls it), will an XM that is forced to remain independent be just a shell of what we have today?
 
I hate it too when they call it a 'merger' - it's a rape of XM's goods - and I don't understand why XM isn't doing the buying of Sirius when XM is the bigger, the better programmed, and better financed company? Makes no sense to me whatsover; but like most business transactions in 2007 - it's not what's best for the 8 million customers, it's what's best for the 7 people at the top who will make more money than what they could ever spend in their lifetime.
 
If and when the approval comes thru I'm gone from the subscriber roles. Mel will destroy XM as we know it! He just wants the bandwidth for his plans for a video service. I never thought I would say this but when does WiMax role out?
 
Mel says he will sue the FCC if the merger isn't approved. That should make all of us angry. It's our money that funds the FCC so in effect he is suing all of us, the big crybaby. The government should reward his threat with a nice income tax audit. Surely they can find something to hang him on!

If the merger goes through I won't renew my subscription.
 
DashRiprock said:
If this deal goes through DirecTV and Dish will have grounds for legal action.
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Not really. The excuse for denying the satTV mashup was the lack of alternative rural video providers (no cable, no truly viewable OTA signals) and the consequent formation of a video-programming monopoly in those areas (less than two percent of all U.S. resident by most estimates) in the absence of competing satTV services; AM radio and internet radio (whether delivered via landline or by sat connection) provide legitimate competition to satrad in all but the most remote habitable regions of the U.S.
 
TheGreenskeeper said:
This is not a merger. Sirius is buying XM.
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Totally sucks!!!

XM is way better than Sirius!! (They could have Howard stern though)

XMs metal stream IS WAY BETTER than sirius's garbage metal stream!
 
The Dude said:
TheGreenskeeper said:
This is not a merger. Sirius is buying XM.
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Totally sucks!!!

XM is way better than Sirius!! (They could have Howard stern though)

XMs metal stream IS WAY BETTER than sirius's garbage metal stream!
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agreed, the only thing i'm worried about is whos programming philosophy will come to the top after the merger (if it's sirius and their FM mentality, I'm gone)
 
ykw said:
DashRiprock said:
If this deal goes through DirecTV and Dish will have grounds for legal action.
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Not really. The excuse for denying the satTV mashup was the lack of alternative rural video providers (no cable, no truly viewable OTA signals) and the consequent formation of a video-programming monopoly in those areas (less than two percent of all U.S. resident by most estimates) in the absence of competing satTV services; AM radio and internet radio (whether delivered via landline or by sat connection) provide legitimate competition to satrad in all but the most remote habitable regions of the U.S.
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I don’t accept the terrestrial competition argument in ether case. Terrestrial radio and TV are completely different systems and use different receiving equipment as compared to satellite radio and TV.

Satellite TV and satellite radio were both specifically set up to require two competing providers to offer these services. The language is clear and calls for competition within the service, not from other sources or mediums.
 
DashRiprock said:
Here is the latest:
http://www.reuters.com/article/tech...pe=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=22&sp=true

Excerpt:
"The FCC is studying whether the deal would be in the public interest -- and whether to enforce a 1997 FCC order prohibiting the two companies from merging."

Will the FCC stand by their own orders? If not, why issue them...
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Could the possibility of a News Corporation (which already has a cozy relationship with XM) or a Disney gobbling up a weakened independent XM or Sirius and further expanding an existing media empire be a factor?
 
I can see XM as a stand alone (hopefully turn profit this year) and Sirius inhaled by some large corporation if the merger doesn't go through.
 
Responding to Mainedude2007
"...the only thing i'm worried about is whos programming philosophy will come to the top..."
--it's not about anyone's philosophy, programming ability or even the subscribers, I'm sad
to realize. It's about the money involved-- who's holding the most stocks, their monstrous
loans, the backbreaking interest, their ability to manipulate all this to make --more money.
I've seen a lot of radio in over five decades broadcasting. I truly miss the days of honoring
the listeners for their attention.
 
I am sure that from those who have had XM long enough, the criticism of the programming is justified. Especially (I guess) with the more contemporary music programming. However, as a newbie who is an old toot listening to the '40's, High Standards, Easy Listening, Classical, and Old Time Radio, I am quite happy with what I am hearing. I only hear it when I'm driving, more on the weekends than during the week. What I hear is very good and more of all of these than I could ever get off the air in the Houston market. I guess I either A) don't hear enough to be dissatisfied, or B) I'm missing something.
 
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