Uh-oh!! The world IS coming to an end!

[99Silver6.0]

http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/...0p-410882c.html

 

Wonder what is gonna happen with this deal.

[ricko2]

And I'm getting ready to buy the SIR-GM1 when my XM is up, now I wonder if I should bother?????

[c4cruiser]

This has been talked about in various news articles over the last few months. It will be interesting to see what happens. A merger effectively makes satellite radio a single-source market and I would not be suprised to see monthly rates go up. When it becomes the only storea on the block, you pay their price or don't buy

 

I tried the 3-day online freebie for both XM and Sirius and I found Sirius had a better music selection for what I listen to and there are no "commercials" like XM has on some of their channels. Whether or not that will change with a merger remains to be seen.

 

 

I would expect that the FCC would have to approve a merger and that could take time to do. And there is always the possibility that they could deny the merger.

[99Silver6.0]

I dont know for sure what will happen. Just found that interesting.

[Mike M2]

I doubt it will happen, tho i think XM would be more interested than Sirius. XM has been on a decine in growth while Sirius has been growing very fast with the help of Ford and Stern. I love the spin at the end of the article tho, "struggling to add subcribers". Hehehe....Sirius has grown 5 times over in the last year alone....

[Nova5]

This has been talked about in various news articles over the last few months.  It will be interesting to see what happens.  A merger effectively makes satellite radio a single-source market and I would not be suprised to see monthly rates go up.  When it becomes the only storea on the block, you pay their price or don't buy 

 

I tried the 3-day online freebie for both XM and Sirius and I found Sirius had a better music selection for what I listen to and there are no "commercials" like XM has on some of their channels.  Whether or not that will change with a merger remains to be seen. 

 

 

I would expect that the FCC would have to approve a merger and that could take time to do.  And there is always the possibility that they could deny the merger.

 

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Those commericals are on the ClearChannel controlled stations. XM had to give those up to them due to some judgement by the courts for CC. All of XM's inhome channels are commercial free. avoid CC's 5 channels and you have no commericals.

[uh6077]

I wonder if satellite radio brand choices are a reagional thing. I have 4 radios on my XM account. Many of my friends have XM, I would say around 20 or so. I have never met anyone with Sirius.... never. I find that weird. I wonder if Sirius is more popular in other parts of the country. I doubt that the government would allo a merger. That would be too many satellites in the sky owned by one company. Big brother might have a problem with that.

[Wingnut]

I tried the 3-day online freebie for both XM and Sirius and I found Sirius had a better music selection for what I listen to and there are no "commercials" like XM has on some of their channels. Whether or not that will change with a merger remains to be seen.

 

Same here. I let my 3 months of free XM lapse without a second thought. The music was f'n horrible, and I can't stand talk radio.

 

I wonder if satellite radio brand choices are a reagional thing. I have 4 radios on my XM account. Many of my friends have XM, I would say around 20 or so. I have never met anyone with Sirius.... never. I find that weird. I wonder if Sirius is more popular in other parts of the country.

 

I think it's more of a person thing rather than a regional thing. People who like sports/talk/comedy/news type channels prefer XM in a big way.

 

Those of us that want nothing but normal music prefer Serius' linup.

[SilveradoLAX7]

I doubt it will happen, tho i think XM would be more interested than Sirius. XM has been on a decine in growth while Sirius has been growing very fast with the help of Ford and Stern. I love the spin at the end of the article tho, "struggling to add subcribers". Hehehe....Sirius has grown 5 times over in the last year alone....

 

well... the article is actually not that far off. Stern didn't bring a fraction of the audience they anticipated, and they broke the bank to pay him. Sirius also "jukes" the stats. For example they are counting vehicles sitting on a lot in Detroit that haven’t been delivered to dealers as actual subscribers. XM's stock is priced 3x higher than Sirius and they carry 50% more subscribers. Sirius had 3.3 million subscribers at the end of 2005. At the end of 2006 they had about 6 mil. (not sure where you got your fact about growing 5x last year)

 

-Jay

[Kania2k1]

I hope they don't merge together. I haven't heard much of XM's programming, but I do hear Opie and Anthony every once in a while on "Free FM" when I'm using one of the work trucks. If they are similar to what XM has in their line up, you couldn't GIVE me an XM subscription! Those guys are horrible, but that's my opinion. Anyways, I think the government would not allow this to go through, I can't believe they let the cable companies operate the way they do. In the few places I've lived around the country, there is only one cable supplier, unless you want Satelite, which I hear can suck.

[chakis24]

i dont know if they would even allow that. wouldnt that be considered a monopoly then? personally i think paying for radio is a waste, why not just buy an ipod and an fm transmitter or cassette adapter (unless you have a jack) and have all the music you want? the price for xm or sirius will eventually cost more than the ipod did.