The best things on air aren’t free
It’s a common refrain, one that XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio have heard too many times to count: No one will pay for what they already can hear for free.
So what happens if you can’t get it for free anymore?
Numerous announcements during the past year by XM […]
Sea Launch Plans Newest Satellite Launch
The DIRECTV Group has scheduled a late April launch for a satellite aboard a Sea Launch rocket.
Sea Launch, which launches satellites into orbit from a mobile sea-going platform near the equator, is headquartered in Long Beach.
The Boeing-built Spaceway F1 satellite is one of four that DIRECTV has scheduled for launch […]
AOL, XM Satellite to start Web radio service
America Online Monday announced plans to launch a Web-based radio service with XM Satellite Radio in a move that may help XM win customers from AOL’s 24 million subscribers.
The service, which will offer about 200 channels streamed over the Web in CD-quality sound for a monthly fee, […]
Radio quality of either satellite radio service isn’t quite what either Sirius or XM Radio would have you believe in their marketing hype. It is not pure CD quality (although, technically, that may be what they’re streaming). (See this interesting thread on Sirius and XM sound quality.) I’m not the first to notice or […]
XM, Sirius gaining traction
Car dealer Tom Barenboim considered himself a skeptic of satellite radio until a customer made it clear: He wasn’t going to buy the $34,000 silver Jeep Grand Cherokee unless it had a $199 satellite receiver.
“Two months ago, I would have told you I didn’t really see it getting any traction,'’ says Barenboim, […]
Tuning in satellite radio
In what may mark the coming-of-age for satellite radio, Hyundai announced it will include XM Satellite Radio as standard equipment for all its models starting next year.
While several manufacturers offer Sirius Satellite Radio or XM as an option, Hyundai is the first to make satellite radio a standard feature. The company expects […]
Sirius gets into new cars
Four 2005 Jaguar models–X-Type, X-Type Wagon, S-Type and the XJ Sedan–will have Sirius radio as a dealer-installed option, the British automaker said. In addition, the receiver will be offered as a port-installed accessory in the 2006 editions of all four models. Jaguar said it will announce pricing at a later stage.
Mercedes-Benz, […]
XM, Sirius Score New Auto Deals
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. clinched a key victory Wednesday in securing future growth for the emerging industry when Hyundai Motor Co. agreed to plug in XM’s receivers as a standard feature in all its models.
The deal marks the first time a major auto manufacturer has agreed to offer satellite […]
XM Gets Teed Off
The two satellite radio upstarts continue to carve up the sporting world as XM Satellite Radio announced that it was hooking up with the PGA for live event coverage as well as a dedicated channel where fans can tune in for exclusive programming beyond the 18th hole.
Ever since XM announced that it […]
XM gets PGA deal
Football, baseball, Nascar and now golf. Rivals XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio are working hard to beef up sports programming, and XM landed the latest deal.
The District-based broadcaster says it has exclusive rights to broadcast PGA Tour events in a long-term broadcasting and marketing agreement with the Professional Golf Association. […]