XM's President speaking

[Capricorne]

From Saturday's New York Times:

Q. Some consumers may imagine that if the merger goes through, they are
suddenly going to get double the number of channels. Is that correct?

PARSONS Subscribers with current radios will continue to get all of
what they get from either XM or Sirius, and they will also get 10 to 12
of the most important best-quality content from the other service. But
they will not suddenly have their existing radio get 300 rather than
100 channels.

DAVIS What you will get is more choice: you will get packages that will
allow you to buy all sports or mostly music. You will be able to pick
the channels you want, all at various prices. That’s not something we
can do if we do not merge.

Now I know why they play too much black music on XM. If you want to
read the entire article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/15/business/15interview.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[David]

Post by Capricorne
Q. Some consumers may imagine that if the merger goes through, they are
suddenly going to get double the number of channels. Is that correct?
PARSONS Subscribers with current radios will continue to get all of
what they get from either XM or Sirius, and they will also get 10 to 12
of the most important best-quality content from the other service. But
they will not suddenly have their existing radio get 300 rather than
100 channels.
DAVIS What you will get is more choice: you will get packages that will
allow you to buy all sports or mostly music. You will be able to pick
the channels you want, all at various prices. That’s not something we
can do if we do not merge.
Now I know why they play too much black music on XM. If you want to
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/15/business/15interview.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

XM sounds like it's being squeezed out of a tube already. There's no
way they can add 10 more channels. Sirius sounds like shit when they
push it too far, too. At least they have the good sense to not push
it too hard most of the time. XM burned that milepost long ago.