Beerball Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Sirius & XM Satellite Radio. Are there other governmental hurdles standing in the way? Link is to CNN main page, it's on the banner, no further info right now. Merger linky Does this make you subscribers happy or is this a bad thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 They should create a Sirius robot and a XM robot and have them fight each other in a winner take all match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 competition is a good thing for the consumer. Are there any other competitors? If it's XM and Sirius that dominate market share, I am not so sure it is a good thing for consumers. Monopolies are no good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 They should create a Sirius robot and a XM robot and have them fight each other in a winner take all match. Why not let the satellites fight it out in space? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 It's a good thing! This should bring a la carte prgramming so that I can now get NFL, NHL and MLB broadcasts along with Stern. The music is so compressed on satellite that I rarely listen to those stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Why not let the satellites fight it out in space? that just might happen in the next decade. And there are gonna be many more important satellites then XM and Sirius targeted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Why not let the satellites fight it out in space? Sirius would win, theirs are always moving, while XMs sit in one spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 as long as my current subscription allows me nfl, syracuse football and basketball and Howard Stern. I will accept other subscription tiers to get MLB for example, but I want what i have already for the same rate Sirius & XM Satellite Radio. Are there other governmental hurdles standing in the way? Link is to CNN main page, it's on the banner, no further info right now. Merger linky Does this make you subscribers happy or is this a bad thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 of course there are competitors, terrestrial radio is a competitor....you do not need satellite to listen to radio competition is a good thing for the consumer. Are there any other competitors? If it's XM and Sirius that dominate market share, I am not so sure it is a good thing for consumers. Monopolies are no good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Why not let the satellites fight it out in space? would the winner face the winner of the Googlebot vs. Megarotic on Battlebots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewPort71 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I have XM service. If I am able to pick up Sirius channels ala carte I would be a happy camper. Just for the NFL games...nuttin else...Stern's show is something I would not buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 would the winner face the winner of the Googlebot vs. Megarotic on Battlebots? Megarotic would smear the competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Does this make you subscribers happy or is this a bad thing? Makes me very very , But thats only cause I have a proposal in there(XM) for my software. No merger, they buy. Merger no buy!!!!!!! On a subscirption note, i am worried bout my price going up and my euipment being obsolete at some point. But eh, have the radio for 5 years so can't complain too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 of course there are competitors, terrestrial radio is a competitor....you do not need satellite to listen to radio As are iPods, music "hard drives" in cars, etc. The argument that the merger of XM and Sirius squelches competition was one raised solely by radio broadcasters because they know their product is inferior and they'll have to make changes to compete. Great news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 It's a good thing! This should bring a la carte prgramming so that I can now get NFL, NHL and MLB broadcasts along with Stern. The music is so compressed on satellite that I rarely listen to those stations. Like the iPod, Satellite Radio is another blow to quality sound. As to the topic, these kinds of mergers rarely help the consumer, in the long run. That's not their purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 As are iPods, music "hard drives" in cars, etc. The argument that the merger of XM and Sirius squelches competition was one raised solely by radio broadcasters because they know their product is inferior and they'll have to make changes to compete. Great news. Exactly. I read, back when this first thing started, that XM and Sirius spend a lot of money competing against each other and that if they merged, rates would stay the same and you'd get more channels. We'll see if that really happens though. My wife has XM, we pay about $6.50/month, and although she doesn't use it all the time, it's still worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Like the iPod, Satellite Radio is another blow to quality sound. As to the topic, these kinds of mergers rarely help the consumer, in the long run. That's not their purpose. Forgive my audible groan. For the 99.9% of us who don't need to listen to music in acoustically engineered and insulated rooms, the sound quality coming out of iPods and satellite radio is just fine, thank-you-very-much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 As are iPods, music "hard drives" in cars, etc. The argument that the merger of XM and Sirius squelches competition was one raised solely by radio broadcasters because they know their product is inferior and they'll have to make changes to compete. Great news. What eball said. It actually was pretty humorous that it was traditional radio bitching and moaning about the merger and, at the same time, claiming that the market for antitrust purposes did not include them. This is great news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 as long as my current subscription allows me nfl, syracuse football and basketball and Howard Stern. I will accept other subscription tiers to get MLB for example, but I want what i have already for the same rate If they don't raise prices, how are they going to pay all the legal bills from the merger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 As are iPods, music "hard drives" in cars, etc. The argument that the merger of XM and Sirius squelches competition was one raised solely by radio broadcasters because they know their product is inferior and they'll have to make changes to compete. Great news. If all the cell phone carriers merged into one company, I suppose that would be OK, too? After all, you could use land lines, VOIP or walkie talkies to communicate. In the case of Satellite Radio, the technology is part-and-parcel to the product itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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