Sirius Employees Didn’t Get Subpoenas in Probe Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. said Monday that none of its executives or employees had received subpoenas to testify in a Securities and Exchange Commission insider-trading probe. Sirius has no reason to believe it is involved in an investigation of trading in its shares in the weeks immediately before […]
Ripken to Be Voice of Game On XM Radio Cal Ripken will give some major league clout to XM Satellite Radio, which today will launch the nation’s first 24-hour radio channel devoted exclusively to major league baseball. The former Orioles great, who holds the record for consecutive games played, will host a weekly show on […]
Not Your Father’s Radio These days Radio and Records, a trade publication, doesn’t just list what’s hot on America’s AM and FM stations. It also lists the Top 10 songs playing on Sirius satellite radio and the Top 10 downloads from the Internet music service iTunes. “We have to adapt,” says Roger Nadel, executive editor […]
Dish Network Satellite TV Offers Pentagon Channel EchoStar Communications and its Dish Network are now offering The Pentagon Channel. Launched in May 2004, the network will provide information about the Defense Department and military 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Programming includes “Around the Services,” an insider’s view about what is happening in […]
DirecTV playing hardball with signal pirates Tampering with satellite television service can lead to towering court judgments and costly legal representation. Even the appearance of it can have monetary consequences. In the last two years, satellite television giant DirecTV has filed federal lawsuits against 25,000 people nationally for tapping its signal without paying its monthly […]
After listening to satellite radio in my car, my wife has demanded it for her car. Before I had gotten my radio, she didn’t even know what it was. Why the sudden change in heart? Satellite radio, with its genre-focused channels and no or far less commercials than regular terrestrial radio, sells itself after only […]
XM vs Sirius satellite radio… Which one? (Signal vs. Noise) Another option in the new car is either XM or Sirius satellite radio. Anyone have any opinions on which one to go with? Even though Sirius is a few extra bucks a month, I’m leaning towards Sirius because they have nationwide NPR and better sports […]
AirTran Airways and XM Satellite Radio Launch New Inflight Service With Rocket Man Elton John AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., and XM Satellite Radio, yesterday celebrated the official roll out of AirTran Airways’ new complimentary XM Satellite Radio service on its flights at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nev. To mark this […]
Cell Phones Ready To Enter Radio’s Space For the past decade radio has been dealing with assaults from cable television, video games, the Internet, satellite radio, iPods and other sources of entertainment that has eroded the medium’s listenership. As technology improves and devices get smaller and more powerful, the next onslaught radio will face is […]
Sirius getting no play from Apple iPod Sirius Satellite Radio head Mel Karmazin yesterday dismissed rumors that the company is building a street-level studio for Howard Stern and said he approached Apple about adding Sirius to the iPod but the computer maker wasn’t interested. Karmazin, who became Sirius chief executive in November, discussed the company […]