Surely you are not arguing that paying Stern what they paid (and are still paying) him was a sound economic decision... The service's finances are still in the toilet and the stock price is teetering on the rim.
John Figliozzi ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 3:38 pm Subject: Re: [Swprograms] OT: Sirius Dropping C-SPAN To: Shortwave programming discussion <[email protected]> > It's simple economics, unfortunately... > > Assumption 1: > > It costs more to increase bandwidth than it would to annoy a > subset of > subscribers. > > Their contractual obligations probably prohibit limiting the sports > coverage or the Stern coverage, or they figure the sports service > limitation would be more likely to drive subscribers away than > limiting C-SPAN. > > The good news is that satellite radio remains a "give away the cow, > but sell the milk" business. Yes, we can gripe about our sunk > investment, but the prices for the receivers themselves are still > relatively small, and switching costs are small (unless one chose a > longer-term subscription. > > C-SPAN remains on XM, if one can trust the website... > > Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA > > On 2/13/07, Jim Strader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I just sent an email to Sirius and > > asked why they can pay a billion > > dollars to Howard yet drop C-SPAN > > to make room for Sporting Events. > > > > It makes no sense. > > > > jim > > > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. > _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
