No LIve MLB Games on Sirius!

[larnov]

Saw two articles saying that Sirius Subscribers cannot access MLB Games even if they get the Best of XM

http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/61764

Also this from Neil Best (Newsday.com)


MLB games still not available through Sirius radio

MLB still has not reached an agreement with Sirius XM for its games to be available on the "best of XM" package (at an additional charge) for current Sirius subscribers.

Meanwhile, all of the Sirius offerings - i.e. NFL games - are available to current XM subscribers on the "best of Sirius" package (at an additional charge).

Moral of story: If you currently are not a subscriber to either service and are interested in paying the premium to get all of the sports content under the Sirius XM umbrella, it would make sense to sign up for XM and get the "best of Sirius" rather than the reverse.

If you already are a subscriber via Sirius but getting access to MLB games means a lot to you, the only option is to ditch the Sirius radio, buy an XM one and start over.

Is all of that clear now?

 

[radioman148]

I have a headache.

 

[livingfruitvirus]

It seems pointless to even own a Sirius unit anymore. Ever since the merger a lot of Sirius content has been added to XM but not so much the other way around. The music lineups are nearly the same. Sirius has 6 music channels XM doesn't (3 French language). XM has 13 music channels Sirius doesn't (2 French language).

Since the merger, the Sirius talk channels OutQ, WRN, NPR Now, Doctor Radio, The Catholic Channel, Blue Collar Comedy, Howard 100, Howard 101, Martha Stewart Living Radio, Playboy Radio, Sirius NFL Radio, Sirius NASCAR Radio, The Foxxhole, Sirius XM Stars Too (formerly Maxim), and Cosmo Radio were added to XM. Most of those are on the basic platform.

Sirius has only brought over Sirius XM Book Radio (aka Sonic Theater), XMPR, The Virus, Oprah Radio, PGA Tour Network, NHL Home Ice, and MLB Home Plate. Only one of those is on the basic platform.

Then there were the merged channels like Kids Place Live, Raw Dog Comedy, Road Dog Trucking, Sirius XM Sports Nation, POTUS, Laugh USA, and Radio Classics. All on both and on basic.

 

[livingfruitvirus]

In total, here's what you get with each service that the other doesn't have (this is with best-of).

SIRIUS:
---music---
Sirius Hits 1 (top 40/CHR)
Iceberg Radio (Canadian AAA)
CBC Radio Three (Canadian Indie music)
Rock Velours (Canadian AC, French)
Bande a Part (Canadian Indie music, French)
---sports---
ESPN All Access (ESPN talk/news)
Sporting News Radio (sports talk)
ESPN Deportes (ESPN sports, Spanish)
---talk---
BBC World Service News (BBC radio news feed)
EWTN (Catholic radio)
FamilyNet Radio (Christian talk)
NPR Talk (NPR shows arranged for Sirius)
Sirius Left (liberal talk - Bill Press, Alex Bennett, Lynn Samuels, Thom Hartmann, Mark Thompson, Mike Malloy, shares some shows with America Left)
Sirius Patriot (conservative talk - Bill Bennett, Mike Church, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Andrew Wilkow, CAM and Company, shares most shows with America Right)
JBC (Korean talk radio)
Weather Network (Canadian weather, TV simulcast)
CBC Radio One (Canadian news/talk)
Hardcore Sports Radio (Canadian sports talk)
Sports Express 97 (Canadian sports talk)
Sports extra (Canadian sports talk, French)
RCI+ (World radio, shortwave simulcast)
Premiere Plus (Canadian news, French)

XM:
---music---
20 on 20 (top 20 interactive countdown)
Cinemagic (movie soundtracks)
The Groove (R&B oldies)
Pop2K (top 40/CHR)
The Village (Folk)
Nashville! (country)
KISS (rhythmic/CHR)
MIX (adult hits)
PINK (Modern AC)
Rock@Random (classic rock)
The Verge (indie rock, mostly Canadian)
Air Musique (top 40, French)
Sur La Route (new music, French)
---sports---
ESPN Xtra (ESPNEWS and talk)
Fox Sports Radio (sports talk)
XM Deportivo (Spanish sports)
Major League Baseball (15 channels of MLB Play-by-Play, one spanish)
XM Scoreboard (sports updates)
Calendrier Sportif (sports updates, French)
---talk---
America Left (liberal talk - Bill Press, Stephanie Miller, Ed Schultz, Thom Hartmann, Mark Thompson, Mike Malloy, Alex Bennett, shares some shows with Sirius Left)
America Right (conservative talk - Bill Bennett, Laura Ingraham, Andrew Wilkow, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Rusty Humphries, Mike Church, shares most shows with Sirius Patriot)
America's Talk (talk radio - Quinn and Rose, Rick and Bubba, Dave Ramsey*, Roger Hedgecock, Rollye James, Bill Handel, Leo Laporte, only Dave Ramsey also appears on Sirius channel 161, and it's a 9 PM delayed basis)
Family Talk (christian talk)
C-SPAN Radio (WCSP-FM Washington, Government affairs)
Extreme Talk (talk radio - The Monsters, Lex and Terry, Todd Schnitt, Jim Philips, America's Trucking Network. No shows on this channel appear on Sirius.)
The Power (African American talk - Joe Madison, Warren Ballentyne, Al Sharpton, Armstrong Williams, Kojo Nnamdi, Two Live Stews. Two Live Stews also appears on Sirius' Sporting News Radio channel.)
PRX (public radio)
ReachMD (medical pros)
Talk Radio (news/talk - Coast to Coast AM, Glenn Beck, Dave Ramsey*, Jason Lewis, Dr. Dean Edell, Gary Sullivan, Bill Cunningham, Mike McConnell. Except for Ramsey*, no shows on this channel appear on Sirius.)
ATN (Asian radio)
BBC World Service
Canada 360 (Canadian news)
Quoi de Neuf? (Canadian news, French)
Laugh Attack (Canadian stand-up)
Radio Parallele (French talk radio)
Minneapolis-St. Paul traffic
Pittsburgh traffic


* Dave Ramsey appears on two XM channels, 165 and 158, from 12-3 PM and 3-6 PM respectively. Due to its odd live timeslot of 2-5 PM, the last hour on 165 is live and the first two on 158 are also. The rest are replays. Sirius' FamilyNet Radio plays Dave Ramsey's show from 9-midnight eastern. Of course completely delayed.

 

[radioman148]

Thanks for the complete rundown.

 

[bostonradioguy2009]

its a sim ulcast i thought on 173 and 165 and 158 and 163 i would rather have xm but i had a sirius installed in my car a while back but have xm in my house and enjoy it alot more well they wont be around much longer anyhow

 

[radioman148]

Judging by the amount of emails I get from them begging me to subscribe long term you're probably right.

 

[simontemplar]

For the first time this year XM is airing some live games on the MLB home plate channel (XM 175). In the past XM 175 never aired live games - only replays of historic games in the off season. What is Sirius airing on MLB home plate when XM 175 is broadcasting the live games? Tonight (4/13) the Yankees-Rays game is airing at 7pm on Xm 175.

 

[radioman148]

Judging by the amount of emails I get from them begging me to subscribe long term you're probably right.

Yeah they keep extending my deadlines to get in on the special rates.

 

[livingfruitvirus]

For the first time this year XM is airing some live games on the MLB home plate channel (XM 175). In the past XM 175 never aired live games - only replays of historic games in the off season. What is Sirius airing on MLB home plate when XM 175 is broadcasting the live games? Tonight (4/13) the Yankees-Rays game is airing at 7pm on Xm 175.

Sirius will play replayed content.