Face it, Glenn, you aren't the impulsive, lazy, sports-crazed,
Stern-worshiping listener that is one of the XM/Sirius target
customers!
Sometimes folks just want the serendipity of browsing a bunch of channels...
And some of us also aren't as organized as you to plan ahead &
inventory programming
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. As one who does not commute, but who does make
occasional long car trips; who does have an AM/FM/SW caradio which gets more
stations than I can possibly tune in; with cassette player and stacks of
unheard program-delay tapes I will never get to in my lifetime; who doesn`t
g
Therein lies the debate...the argument will be that the "finite
resource" is the space between one's ears and the time afforded to
fill that space.
Keep in mind this is a highly fixed-asset business. Each new
subscriber obtained yields mostly profit -- certainly it yields a lot
of cash -- and it
This is nothing but bad news in my view. When does creating another monopoly
controlling a finite resource serve the public trust?
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and north of the border
The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Ont.)
...The deal will likely push a combination of Canada's two affiliate
companies soon after, since the two separate entities in the U.S. will
cease to exist, analyst Andrea Horan at Genuity Capital Markets said.
It is not cl
>From Skyreport.com, 3:13 PM today:
BREAKING NEWS: Sirius, XM to Merge in $13 Billion Deal
The companies made it official this afternoon: XM Satellite Radio and Sirius
entered into a definitive agreement to merge operations in a deal valued at $13
billion, which includes net debt of about $1.6 bi
I run off to a meeting at work, and look what happens...
Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA
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From: Fred Waterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Feb 19, 2007 3:41 PM
Subject: [ODXA] Sirius and XM Merge
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnew
DX Listening Digest 7-021 has now been posted at
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxld7021.txt CONTENTS:
WOR 1346 / ALASKA / ANTARCTICA / BANGLADESH / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / CANADA CBCNQ /
CANADA Pride FM / CANADA CJRS / CANADA CHOU / CHINA / COSTA RICA +non / CUBA
+non / DENMARK / FRANCE +non / GERMANY h
DX Listening Digest 7-022 has now been posted at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org CONTENTS:
WOR 1347 / ABKHAZIA / ANTARCTICA +non ham+ / AUSTRALIA ARDS / CANADA CJRS /
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / CHINA / CONGO DR / COSTA RICA / CUBA +non /
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / ERITR
I can certainly see savings in production costs, programming,
and administrative overlaps (such as subscription processing) by
a merger.
My curiousity is in how long they will rely on different
receivers, plus two sets of satellites and activated
frequencies. The sooner they settle on just one se
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> HEAVENLY DEAL
> SIRIUS, XM SET TO CONFIRM MERGER PLAN TODAY
> By PETER LAURIA, NY Post. 2.19
> Satellite radio operators Sirius and XM are expected to announce their
> long-awaited merger today, according to a source familiar with the
> deal.
> The two sides were locked in negotiation
The Associated Press has now picked up the NY Post story.
See, for example,
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/X/XM_RADIO_SIRIUS?SITE=WFMZ&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
or http://preview.tinyurl.com/23hvkv
Also, the WSJ has updated its story. See
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB11719097898
There was a more detailed WSJ article I spotted on Saturday.
It was less rosy regarding the possibility of a merger:
"Mr. Martin's support for a deal would be critical to its success. The
political climate at the Republican-controlled commission has been
more strained than usual since Democrats t
This looks legit. There are a bunch of other reports out there,
including Business Week magazine, that corroborate this.
General feeling is that it will indeed pass FCC muster on antitrust concerns.
Check here:
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/feb2007/db20070216_470333.htm?c
I just came upon the following item. I have no idea how reliable this
is.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02192007/business/heavenly_deal_business_pet
er_lauria.htm
XM And Sirius To Announce Merger, NY Post
According to the NY Post, XMSR and Sirius will announce a merger as
early as today. Both Si
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