Archive for March, 2005

XM Gets Lapped by Sirius

Monday, March 7th, 2005

XM Gets Lapped by Sirius (Lockergnome)

Well, things don’t look good for XM Satellite radio as it lost one of its largest draws to Sirius this week. If it wasn’t bad enough that the struggling competitor got Howard Stern on its doggy network, now yanking XM’s bread-and-butter NASCAR contract will surely make XM clutch tightly to […]

XM Satellite Radio Lifts Monthly Fee by 30%

Monday, March 7th, 2005

XM Satellite Radio Lifts Monthly Fee by 30%

XM Satellite Radio on Monday said it would raise the monthly fee for its nationwide radio service by about 30 percent in April and would add some premium features to its basic plan, putting it on par with smaller rival Sirius Satellite Radio .

XM, whose shares jumped 13 […]

XM gets new satellite, Sirius gets new partner

Monday, March 7th, 2005

XM gets new satellite, Sirius gets new partner

Rival satellite radio companies XM and Sirius both made news Tuesday, with one launching a satellite and the other landing a new partner.

And both companies got a boost to their stock prices Tuesday morning, after UBS raised its investment ratings on the businesses.

XM Satellite Radio announced the successful […]

Volkswagen, Volvos and Mitsubishi All Get Sirius

Monday, March 7th, 2005

Sirius, a provider of subscription-based satellite radio services, said Monday that Volkswagen AG, Europe’s largest carmaker, will offer Sirius as a factory-installed option on the new 2005 Volkswagen Jetta beginning this month. Sirius is currently available as a factory-installed option on the 2005 Beetle and Beetle Convertible, and will also be available on the new […]