What's Happening with Sat Radio???

[RRG]

I'm hearing more and more merger talk in the media between Sirius and
XM. Many are for it, and many are against (interesting to see what
happens). But from a sales perspective, I cant help but be curious as
to how this is affecting sales in the industry. Can anyone here help
me with this info?

-What exactly is your take on the Satellite Radio Market?
-Would anyone know if year over year sales are up or down (in terms of
units or dollars)?
-Do you think changes, if any have to do with all the merger
talk? The "Stern" effect?
-If anyone here is in the retail end of the business, what are you
sales revenue numbers?
-How many sat radios have sold so far (where can i find this
info?!!?! anyone know?)
-Which type of Sat radio is hot now? In Car? Portables? In House?
Something else i dont know of?
-And of course, which do you prefer? XM or Sirius? Who's doing better/
selling better now? BE HONEST!!!

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

[Mike here]

Search www.orbitcast.com - they have the most info
XM has almost 8 million subs - Sirius around 6 million I think
I have 5 XM radios - 1 Sirius - best thing that ever happened to radio.
Love 'em both.

http://satellitestandard.blogspot.com/
www.xmfan.com
http://satelliteradiotechworld.blogspot.com/

Post by RRG
-What exactly is your take on the Satellite Radio Market?
-Would anyone know if year over year sales are up or down (in terms of
units or dollars)?
-Do you think changes, if any have to do with all the merger
talk? The "Stern" effect?
-If anyone here is in the retail end of the business, what are you
sales revenue numbers?
-How many sat radios have sold so far (where can i find this
info?!!?! anyone know?)
-Which type of Sat radio is hot now? In Car? Portables? In House?
Something else i dont know of?
-And of course, which do you prefer? XM or Sirius? Who's doing better/
selling better now? BE HONEST!!!
I'd love to hear your thoughts.

[Me Know]

The merger will be disasterous consumers.

Prices MAY be lower at first, but only to satisfy the government.
Without a choice in sat providers, prices will ultimately be higher in time.

Programming choices will become poorer - again - no competition.

Sat Radio is wonderful, but only if there are two suppliers.

Post by RRG
I'm hearing more and more merger talk in the media between Sirius and
XM. Many are for it, and many are against (interesting to see what
happens). But from a sales perspective, I cant help but be curious as
to how this is affecting sales in the industry. Can anyone here help
me with this info?
-What exactly is your take on the Satellite Radio Market?
-Would anyone know if year over year sales are up or down (in terms of
units or dollars)?
-Do you think changes, if any have to do with all the merger
talk? The "Stern" effect?
-If anyone here is in the retail end of the business, what are you
sales revenue numbers?
-How many sat radios have sold so far (where can i find this
info?!!?! anyone know?)
-Which type of Sat radio is hot now? In Car? Portables? In House?
Something else i dont know of?
-And of course, which do you prefer? XM or Sirius? Who's doing better/
selling better now? BE HONEST!!!
I'd love to hear your thoughts.

[ORION]

I agree with you to an extent.
What I forsee is multiple parties having to invest.
Simulcast of a televised sporting event on sat.rad, for example, will have
the TV audio or they can do separate spots like they do for FOX NEWS now.
Thats how they get around advertising on the music channels. They simply
drop mention of content on other XM channels.
They dont count that as a "commercial" but it will create competition & keep
consumer costs low.

[Rich]

I am looking forward to having my satellite radio bill reduced up to
25% to 50%.

[N***@gmail.com]

Post by Rich
I am looking forward to having my satellite radio bill reduced up to
25% to 50%.

Idiot.

When did creating a monopoly ever reduce prices for consumers?

[Me Know]

Oh, it probably will reduce prices under their proposed ala carte plan.
Instead of $12.95 for over 200 channels, you'll pay like $8.95 for 20
channels. Your bill is reduced, but they are still ripping you off. I'm
sure they are neglecting to tell the government that information.

Post by N***@gmail.com

Post by Rich
I am looking forward to having my satellite radio bill reduced up to
25% to 50%.

Idiot.
When did creating a monopoly ever reduce prices for consumers?

[cr113]

Post by N***@gmail.com

Post by Rich
I am looking forward to having my satellite radio bill reduced up to
25% to 50%.

Idiot.
When did creating a monopoly ever reduce prices for consumers?

I'm not crazy about the merger but keep in mind that XM/Sirius still
has to compete with free radio, ipods, dishnetwork and other forms of
entertainment.

Has anyone proposed using cellular service to transmit music? I have
no idea if it's feasible, just a wild idea I had.

[Pete]

Post by cr113

Post by N***@gmail.com

Post by Rich
I am looking forward to having my satellite radio bill reduced up to
25% to 50%.

Idiot.
When did creating a monopoly ever reduce prices for consumers?

I'm not crazy about the merger but keep in mind that XM/Sirius still
has to compete with free radio, ipods, dishnetwork and other forms of
entertainment.
Has anyone proposed using cellular service to transmit music? I have
no idea if it's feasible, just a wild idea I had.

Yes and no most do have phones that play downloadable mp3's
Maybe its just a matter of time.

[Captain Funn]

Post by cr113

Post by N***@gmail.com

Post by Rich
I am looking forward to having my satellite radio bill reduced up to
25% to 50%.

Idiot.
When did creating a monopoly ever reduce prices for consumers?

I'm not crazy about the merger but keep in mind that XM/Sirius still
has to compete with free radio, ipods, dishnetwork and other forms of
entertainment.
Has anyone proposed using cellular service to transmit music? I have
no idea if it's feasible, just a wild idea I had.

As for "Has anyone proposed using cellular service to transmit music?"

Actually Sprint and Cingular both did test projects using their own
networks to distribute music in a streaming format. Neither test was
expanded.

Keep in mind that the Cellular & PCS networks were not designed for
broadcasting. They were designed for one-to-one communications.

Wireless phones may have broadcast music reception capabilities in the
future, but they will NOT utilize the Cellular & PCS networks. Instead
they will have an additional receiver for some sort of music broadcast.
This is how the TV content is being offered on Cellular & PCS handsets.

[ORION]

I said, keep costs low. I didn't say "reduce."

I would guess if you use half as many satellites & eliminate duplicate
channels, your overhead would be reduced.
But your investors need a return before you could drop your price.