http://www.satelliteblog.com Sirius, XM, DirecTV and DISH Network Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:46:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.satelliteblog.com/2007/12/01/sirius-new-web-interface/ So we finally turned in our first generation Sirius satellite radio (which was big and bulky and never really had a good fit in our car) to get a free Stratus 4 from Sirius (free because they nearly always have an offer to get a free radio). The old maxim, ... http://www.satelliteblog.com/2007/12/01/stratus-4-sucks/ With high-end products like Sonos being marketed as a good way to get whole-house satellite radio, the inexpensive option is so much easier and uses the thing you already have — ordinary radios! Simply Google for an FM transmitter (like this one or this one or one of these — all ... http://www.satelliteblog.com/2007/08/20/low-cost-whole-house-sirius-or-xm/ John Caldwell over at Electronic House has a lengthy blog entry about the quality (or lack thereof) in satellite radio. It’s a quiet problem few people are willing to talk about. His rant is directed at XM and not owning XM, we can’t comment about XM’s sound quality. But the inventor ... http://www.satelliteblog.com/2007/03/01/sound-quality-in-satellite-radio/ If the FCC approves the Sirius and XM Radio merger, they would only do so because they consider their competition to be “all of radio,” including terrestrial radio. But, if they are on the same playing field as terrestrial radio, then shouldn’t they have to play by the same rules ... http://www.satelliteblog.com/2007/02/27/sirius-and-xm-have-and-eat-cake-too/ Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin joined the cast of “The Howard Stern Show” this morning to share with the shock-jock’s audience his reasons for the merger with XM and how it will be “good for subscribers.” First of all, he eschewed the suggestion that the combined company would be a monopoly, thus ... http://www.satelliteblog.com/2007/02/27/sirius-and-xm-propose-merger-of-equals/ Dish Network shut off access to out-of-local-market network stations to 900,000 people nationwide this week. For many, morning rituals of watching New York City morning news, or catching tidbits from ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox stations from outside their local markets. http://www.satelliteblog.com/2006/12/06/dish-network-cuts-service-to-nearly-1m-customers/ DirecTV generated about $1 billion of free cash flow before interest and taxes this year, doubling last year’s output, and analysts expect earnings per share to jump 21% next year, to $1.31. In the 2006 third quarter, DirecTV’s customer churn rate was a higher-than-expected 1.8%, and the company added fewer new ... http://www.satelliteblog.com/2006/12/06/directv-is-up-60-this-year-and-still-going-strong/ Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. announced that it would cut year-end 2006 subscriber guidance to between 5.9 and 6.1 million. Sirius shares closed lower by 7.67%. This year’s retail sales results will be hurt by lackluster holiday sales. This bad news for Sirius is also bad news for RadioShack Corp. According to ... http://www.satelliteblog.com/2006/12/06/sirius-lowers-subscriber-guidance/ XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. on Tuesday said that automaker General Motors Corp. plans to make over 1.8 million vehicles with the XM radio-service built-in in 2007. Every GM vehicle with factory-installed XM radio includes a three-month trial service period. After that period, customers typically pay about $13 a month ... http://www.satelliteblog.com/2006/12/06/xm-radio-says-to-be-in-18-mln-gm-cars-in-2007/