Comments on: The XM-Sirius Merger

By: john of sparta

john of sparta — Wed, 09 May 2007 04:17:30 +0000

satellite anything is outdated.

WiFi will take that market share.

yes, some low population areas don’t

and won’t get WiFi, but Big Media doesn’t

care about them. as long as WiFi saturates

NY/CA/FL the rest of the US can do without.

By: Jens

Jens — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:47:05 +0000

Hu? You have to pay the satellite company in the US? Here in Europe (at least in Germany), there are two major satellite systems for TV transmission: Astra and Eutelsat Hotbird. Both have many major free TV channels, and I think most Pay TV packages are on both systems. Well, the TV stations pay the satellite operators for broadcasting, and if you want to subscribe to Pay TV, you have a contract with a Pay TV company (who rent equipment, but you can also use your own) …

Sounds like better opportunities for competition to me …

Ah, and I forgot one thing: There are multi-feed satellite dishes with which you can receive both Astra and Eutelsat Hotbird.

By: David

David — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:10:45 +0000

BTW–what does it say about football that it’s slumming with Howard Stern, whereas baseball resides in the penthouse suite with Mr. Bob Edwards?

By: David

David — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:42:54 +0000

Awesome–I just can’t live without both Bob Edwards and Howard Stern.

By: Chris Hoofnagle

Chris Hoofnagle — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:29:05 +0000

Another possible solution is to sell devices than can hop from one provider to the other. Sirius proposed creating such receivers, but XM opposed it.

Once you’ve bought a receiver, you’re basically locked in, so the competitive element is a bit illusory.