Comments on: XM and Sirius Satellite Radio Merger Approved – But It’s Not a Done Deal http://cashmoneylife.com/xm-and-sirius-satellite-radio-merger-approval/ Money Management, Small Business, Career Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:08:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan http://cashmoneylife.com/xm-and-sirius-satellite-radio-merger-approval/#comment-6690 Ryan Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:35:05 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/03/25/xm-and-sirius-satellite-radio-merger-approval/#comment-6690 LOL.. Rocket, That's funny! I decided to go with the entire $50. I figured since it was free money, I didn't have much to lose! ;) LOL.. Rocket, That’s funny! I decided to go with the entire $50. I figured since it was free money, I didn’t have much to lose! ;)

]]> By: rocketc http://cashmoneylife.com/xm-and-sirius-satellite-radio-merger-approval/#comment-6683 rocketc Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:31:56 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/03/25/xm-and-sirius-satellite-radio-merger-approval/#comment-6683 I bought Sirius shares while earning a $50 Sharebuilder bonus, too. Exactly $1 worth. :) I bought Sirius shares while earning a $50 Sharebuilder bonus, too. Exactly $1 worth. :)

]]> By: Katie http://cashmoneylife.com/xm-and-sirius-satellite-radio-merger-approval/#comment-6681 Katie Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:54:16 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/03/25/xm-and-sirius-satellite-radio-merger-approval/#comment-6681 I too bought some Sirius shares... right before Howard Stern made his move over. They went up a bit, and then started going down. I sold them before I took a loss - meaning a made maybe .50 a share on my stocks. I do suscribe to Sirius and I love it.... but I still listen to regular radio, cd's and the Ipod. Just like people still watch NBC, ABC, CBS and watch movies on DVD, VHS or Blu-ray even though they have cable. The merger would be a good thing for consumers, I believe, and definitely for their respective stock holders. I too bought some Sirius shares… right before Howard Stern made his move over. They went up a bit, and then started going down. I sold them before I took a loss – meaning a made maybe .50 a share on my stocks. I do suscribe to Sirius and I love it…. but I still listen to regular radio, cd’s and the Ipod. Just like people still watch NBC, ABC, CBS and watch movies on DVD, VHS or Blu-ray even though they have cable.

The merger would be a good thing for consumers, I believe, and definitely for their respective stock holders.

]]> By: Going Gazelle http://cashmoneylife.com/xm-and-sirius-satellite-radio-merger-approval/#comment-6676 Going Gazelle Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:48:17 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/03/25/xm-and-sirius-satellite-radio-merger-approval/#comment-6676 I canceled my Sirius service because I realized I really only listened to the talk radio channels and half the time they were canceling Christian talk radio for a stupid basketball game. I realized I can podcast absolutely every radio show that I wanted for free. I can use my MP3 to load up hours of music that I like for free. XM/Sirius having a monopoly isn't a big deal to me. A monopoly is only a big deal if its a requirement of life to live or they are tying up a major communication outlet. Its cable for your car. Its just music and news. Its not a basic utility of life. Its a luxury of life as long as we leave on-air broadcast radio as a free source. Their number of subscribers is minimal compared to the the number of people using broadcast radio. (I do like XM for cross country trips - that's nice - but not a requirement). What ticks me off (and I'm in the automotive industry. I installed Sirius in a manufacture's call center to promote the service to the people calling the manufacture about their car.) Here is a brutal that fact: the car makers get a kick back from XM and Sirius when people buy that service in the factory radios. (I'm not against the kick back at all. XM provides the equipment in the cars at a subsidized cost to the car makers.) What I am against is because their agreements with XM/Sirius, the automotive industry is totally cock-blocking putting HD digital on-air radio in the factory cars. How many new cars do you see with digital HD radio built in from the factory? Next to none (if any at all). Why put in subscription free digital radios in the car when you could put subscription only digital in the cars and get a kick back? <b> That is the REAL monopoly that the FCC should start busting on.... Make the auto companies put digital HD radio in cars. Then I could care less what XM charges for their services. Give that over to the free market. </b> I canceled my Sirius service because I realized I really only listened to the talk radio channels and half the time they were canceling Christian talk radio for a stupid basketball game.

I realized I can podcast absolutely every radio show that I wanted for free. I can use my MP3 to load up hours of music that I like for free.

XM/Sirius having a monopoly isn’t a big deal to me. A monopoly is only a big deal if its a requirement of life to live or they are tying up a major communication outlet. Its cable for your car. Its just music and news. Its not a basic utility of life. Its a luxury of life as long as we leave on-air broadcast radio as a free source. Their number of subscribers is minimal compared to the the number of people using broadcast radio.

(I do like XM for cross country trips – that’s nice – but not a requirement).

What ticks me off (and I’m in the automotive industry. I installed Sirius in a manufacture’s call center to promote the service to the people calling the manufacture about their car.)

Here is a brutal that fact: the car makers get a kick back from XM and Sirius when people buy that service in the factory radios. (I’m not against the kick back at all. XM provides the equipment in the cars at a subsidized cost to the car makers.)

What I am against is because their agreements with XM/Sirius, the automotive industry is totally cock-blocking putting HD digital on-air radio in the factory cars. How many new cars do you see with digital HD radio built in from the factory? Next to none (if any at all).

Why put in subscription free digital radios in the car when you could put subscription only digital in the cars and get a kick back?

That is the REAL monopoly that the FCC should start busting on…. Make the auto companies put digital HD radio in cars. Then I could care less what XM charges for their services. Give that over to the free market.

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