Finally, it seems the SIRIUS is offering a newsletter giving highlights of what’s on different channels for the week.

If you haven’t gotten yours, you can also check it out online.

This has been one of the biggest pet peeves of many subscribers, and it’s nice to see that Sirius is listenening (and responding).

XM announced their Q205 Results, and here’s the jist of it all:

• Quarterly revenue increased 136 percent over last year’s quarter to $125 million
• They had 647,226 net subscriber additions in the second quarter
• They ended the Quarter with 4,417,490 subscribers compared with 2,100,352 subscribers from last year.

As a result of all the massive growth, XM Satellite Radio has their subscriber guidance from 5.5 Million to 6 Million subscribers by years end.

There’s a whole lot else announced, so go ahead and read the Press Release here.

Napster and XM Satellite Radio have announced a massive partnership, and the debut of the XM + Napster online music service. With XM + Napster, users will be able to access, purchase and download XM and Napster content. Expected launch date? The fourth quarter of this year.

This service announcement comes also with the announcement of several new XM/MP3 players using XM’s Connect and Play technology.

When the XM/MP3 player is connected to a PC, the “XM + Napster” service will match the marked XM song titles with Napster’s massive music catalog; available songs can be purchased individually for on-demand listening and transferred to the player for a completely portable experience.

The “XM + Napster” service will also enable XM subscribers to manage their entire digital music collection under a single interface from a variety of sources.

The NY Times reports that a new Public Radio International program, “Open Source from P.R.I.” will be made available. Not only does the program pull from unfiltered voices and opinions found on blogs, Open Source uses its own blog to cull ideas and sources from its listeners.

“Part of the goal here is to get off the island and burst out of the bubble of traditional media,” says host Christopher Lydon, co-creator of the program, who adds that the idea is “both getting the signal out and harvesting the energy and insight that comes on the web.”

The program is produced at Boston’s WGBH-FM and broadcast on KUOW in Seattle and KCPW in Salt Lake City. It is available online as live stream audio and a podcast. PRI is negotiating to begin broadcasting Open Source on XM Satellite Radio on August 1.

XM Satellite Radio has entered the motorcycle market with Harley-Davidson’s 2006 Screamin’ Eagle Ultra Classic Electra Glide (FLHTCUSE model), the first motorcycle ever equipped with a standard XM Satellite Radio.

This is all part of the Advanced Audio System by Harmon/Kardon. The Advanced Audio System is standard on the Screamin’ Eagle Ultra, and can be added as an accessory feature to the Harley-Davidson’s 2006 FLHX, FLHTC, FLTR and FLHTCU models.

Dallas Wayne and Hillbilly Jim join Mojo Nixon and crew on SIRIUS’ Outlaw Country channel 36.

Professional wrestler Hillbilly Jim now hosts Hillbilly’s Jim’s Moonshine Matinee on Outlaw Country on Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm ET (repeated on Sundays from 2 to 6 pm ET).

Singer, songwriter and actor Dallas Wayne hosts weeknights on Outlaw Country from 8 pm to 12 midnight ET.

This is sorta neat. Digital Home Canada did a poll for Satellite Radio in Canada, and it looks like 65% of repondants said they would.

Now, mind you that the type of person who visits Digital Home Canada is probably of the “early adopter” moniker, but hell - that’s some good results!

But even more interesting is that there’s nearly a 50/50 split between which service the respondants would go with. 207 readers or 50.1% said they would subscribe to XM Radio while 206 or 49.9% said they would subscribe to Sirius.

According to a new Eastlan study, 80% of Americans still have little interest in satellite radio and remain unlikely to subscribe to satellite radio in the future. This reflects similar results to the same study performed back in 2001.

The study also found that 5% of those surveyed are currently subscribing to satellite radio, while another 5% have never even heard of satellite radio. 9% are likely to subscribe to satellite radio sometime in the future.

Not for nothing, but 20% of the population being interested in Satellite Radio isn’t all that bad. That’s something like 50 million people no? Very similar number to what analysts are expecting the satellite radio market to be by 2010. So yeah, 50 million people * $13/month = $7,800,000,000 annually. I’ll take it!

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According to a new Eastlan study, 80% of Americans still have little interest in satellite radio and remain unlikely to subscribe to satellite radio in the future. This reflects similar results to the same study performed back in 2001.

The study also found that 5% of those surveyed are currently subscribing to satellite radio, while another 5% have never even heard of satellite radio. 9% are likely to subscribe to satellite radio sometime in the future.

Not for nothing, but 20% of the population being interested in Satellite Radio isn’t all that bad. That’s something like 50 million people no? Very similar number to what analysts are expecting the satellite radio market to be by 2010. So yeah, 50 million people * $13/month = $7,800,000,000 annually. I’ll take it!

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Kagan Research forecasts that consumer interest in satellite radio is growing at a rapid pace. Factors such as low churn, new programming and exclusive agreements with auto manufacturers will boost subscriptions for XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio to 46.8 million, with revenues of $7.6 billion, by 2014.

Sure, free emerging technologies will cause competitive pressure, but the auto partnerships are offering some protection according to Kagan.

Interestingly enough, they’re estimating that XM will reach cash-flow-break-even by Q3 2007 and Sirius will be around 2008. This is a much more conservative estimate than what we’ve been hearing.