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Old 11-29-2007, 08:21 PM
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What's going to happen to all the XM stuff? SIRIUSis buyingXM see:

NEW YORK — Friendly satellite radio rivals Sirius (SIRI) and XM (XMSR) enter the final month of 2007 with reasons to be wary. [/align]They have to worry whether the softening economy will hurt new car sales — the largest generator of new satellite radio subscribers.
Also up in the air is how many holiday shoppers put portable satellite radios on their gift lists.
Several analysts were disappointed by non-car radio sales for Sirius and XM in the third quarter. That led Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes to write that "The retail satellite radio market is on life support."
But more than anything, the companies are anxiously waiting to see whether federal officials will OK Sirius' agreement last February to offer stock currently worth about $5 billion for XM.
 
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Old 11-29-2007, 08:35 PM
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don't know but I had Sirius and loved it but they had a problem, you had to pay for the year in advance. The fact is that Sirius has been working to buy XM for a year or more... however from what we were told they were going to keep the formats seperate and then eventually switch to the Sirius format.
 
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Old 11-29-2007, 09:04 PM
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Both XM and Sirius has said all along, that both companies recievers will be compatible with the merger/buyout. So anyone with an XM unit doesnt have to worry, when its all said and done with you'll still be listening to CD quality tunes no matter where you are.
 
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Old 11-29-2007, 09:09 PM
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Yep, your radio will still work, it will just have Sirius on the channels after a while
 
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Old 11-29-2007, 09:16 PM
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Yep... What they said.... Still be able to use you current system\s
 
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As long as they will carry Opie and Anthony I'll be happy.
 
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The merger is supposed to be a good thing for the subscribers. The radios will work for both and you should get many new channels. I am sure they will change how they are selling it last miute and people will get pissed... It always happens like that.
 
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Is that something new? I've had Sirius for a couple of years and it's been month-to-month since I got it.

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don't know but I had Sirius and loved it but they had a problem, you had to pay for the year in advance. The fact is that Sirius has been working to buy XM for a year or more... however from what we were told they were going to keep the formats seperate and then eventually switch to the Sirius format.
 
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What's going to happen to all the XM stuff? SIRIUSis buyingXM see:

NEW YORK — Friendly satellite radio rivals Sirius (SIRI) and XM (XMSR) enter the final month of 2007 with reasons to be wary. [/align]They have to worry whether the softening economy will hurt new car sales — the largest generator of new satellite radio subscribers.
Also up in the air is how many holiday shoppers put portable satellite radios on their gift lists.
Several analysts were disappointed by non-car radio sales for Sirius and XM in the third quarter. That led Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes to write that "The retail satellite radio market is on life support."
But more than anything, the companies are anxiously waiting to see whether federal officials will OK Sirius' agreement last February to offer stock currently worth about $5 billion for XM.

So what has the FCC done towards acting on the FEB 07 proposal?
 
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Who cares? Get an Ipod and listen to what YOU want whenever YOU want it.
 


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