Let's do this again, this time with gusto: The Federal Communications Commission has officially and formally approved the merger between Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin confirmed the final vote Friday night.
"I think it's going to be, in the end, a good thing for consumers and be in the public interest," Martin told The Associated Press.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said this in a statement:
"The merger is in the public interest and will provide consumers with greater flexibility and choices. Consumers will enjoy a variety of programming at reduced prices and more diversified programming choices. It will also spur innovation and advance the development and use of interoperable radios, bringing more flexible programming options to all subscribers."
"I am pleased that before acting on this merger, the Commission first finalized our enforcement proceeding against two companies that have flagrantly violated FCC rules and regulations," said Commissioner Tate in a statement.
Commissioner Adelstein couldn't help but to throw in a few jabs about the process of course.
"They kept each other on their toes," Democratic commissioner Jonathan Adelstein said of the two companies. "I hope they keep their edge and don't become a fat and happy monopoly."
The conditions haven't changed since we last presumed the final closure of the deal, it was simply a case of finalizing the process.
Congratulations everyone... I'm going to go sleep for a very, very long time now.
Thank-you ,thank-you ,it wqas a wild ride.
and that's all folks. Good job Ryan...now comes a ton of speculation...
Thank-you ,thank-you it was a wild ride...
100k listeners out of 10 million subs just wont cut it, boys.
See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya.
ZERO POINT ZERO
hoo hoo we invented last place
tell 'em Fred!
NAB loses!
HD Radio loses!
Hooray!
Jesse Jackson,can go blow,along with his friends .Mr Kerry of MA. you really suck,for asking the FCC to delay this merger as long as they did to please you,I had to get that off my chest.
Now for the proposed channel line-up.
It's not like they haven't had enough time to figure that one out!
when do we get the barker channel back??!!
bring on those single artist channels. XM will be overrun with them now!!
0.0 ON THE FUCKING WAY OUT.
STERN ALWAYS WINS IN THE END YOU FUCKING DOUCHES. NO NEED FOR YOU TO KEEP IMPERSONATING THE BEST TALK SHOW ON THE RADIO. YOU HAVE THE REAL THING NOW.
HAVE FUN ON TESTICLE RADIO. OH WAIT, YOU ARE ON THE WAY OUT THERE NOW TOO. HOW MANY STATIONS ARE YOU ON AGAIN? 11? WAIT NO MORE SYRACUSE. 10? BUT THIS WEEK YOU ARE GOING OFF OF BUFFALO. SO 9 BY THE END OF THE WEEK? HAHAHA GREG & TONY COMING TO PODCAST WILLY NEAR YOU!
Yeeeee Haaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our long nightmare is finally over.
I look forward to the full sports package. It should be interesting to see what channels get dropped, what ones are kept and which are combined.
Obviously, this will give Stern an even bigger audience. Really, he's the main reason this merger was possible. Had XM done the smart thing and signed him when they had a chance, Sirius would probably be done by now - a forgotten footnote in radio history. Instead, he gave Sirius the audience and juice necessary to buy out it's rival.
I look forward to seeing what Mel decides to do with Greg & Tony, now that they're his bitches. Frankly, I don't think Howard gives a rats ass about them, but I'm sure he'll still enjoy watching Mel torture those middle-aged "boys" a bit. Judging by all 10 of their fat virgin fans who pollute the boards here, it appears there is some concern as to their fate. I think he'll ultimately consult Howard about what to do with them. Either way, they have such a small audience and bring so little to the table, I doubt they're concern number 1 anyway. Zero. Point. Zero. Heh... It's over, Johnny!!
I find the sour grapes from the Greg & Tony/Pro-NAB crowd (i.e.: the 2 or 3 obviously paid flacks from Ibiquity and/or Clear Channel, etc) on this board amusing... My suggestion to all of you is to dump Satellite Radio and go listen to terrestrial radio from here on out. See ya, losers! Enjoy the brilliant "content" and playlists! Ha!
Even better, buy an "HD" Radio (there's a joke all on it's own)!! The textbook example of stillborn technology! It doesn't work that well and no one wants it. You can't force the public to adopt something they're not interested in. Idiots.
I see a bright, happy future going forward. It won't be easy, but things will be alright!
In the end, a victory against Washington's kingdom of whores.
Rehr is humiliated.
Georgetown is humiliated.
HD radio is going the way of 8 track. Anonymous Coward lies bleeding in the street, a discharged gun in his hand, duct tape over his mouth.
Don't ya love it?
Thanks Ryan. Great job covering this merger!
There was a light at the end of tunnel , and it wasn't a train on a collision course.
Now it is time to re-align the channels.
Well it's now OVER! I went back and forth but was never in favor of the merger. I willl keep my sub. for now and hope for the best. Alot of us should get ready for lots of changes. Some good and some that will be really annoying. I'm just happy it's over and hope SatRad becomes relevant to the average person. Fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the ride....while the merger is over, the insane ride has only begun. Many here will be watching closely.
"HD radio is going the way of 8 track. "
"FCC approves Sirius/XM radio merger"
"In the future, the FCC is also expected to inquire as to whether satellite radio receiver makers should be mandated to include HD Radio tuners as proposed by terrestrial radio groups, which claim that a larger, unified satellite radio provider would equate to a monopoly."
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/07/26/fcc.approves.sirius.xm/
Someone else reported that the HD A-LIE-ANCE is comcerned with Satrad locking them out with exclusive agreements, while the guy above states that mandated HD Radio is not over, yet.
Major kudos to Ryan on all of the coverage. I can only imagine how much time you've put into this over the last 18 months!
Here are the questions that should make this interesting going forward -
> When will the NAB or some other interest group file their 'emergency injunction' this weekend?
> When will Sirius announce programming updates. I'm sure they'll be mostly good!
> Can't wait to see what happens to the XM device that has been undercover...
> When does Stern get simulcast on old XM radios ie..the Skyfi. I would think they would want him available on as many radios as possible ASAP!
Sirius has Stern and some interesting alliances, XM has the better tech and MLB. This is going to be a fantastic service!!
About TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RYAN....Thanks for the hard work covering the merger. Now get some sleep and get ready for the Monday action. It will be interesting to hear Mel's comments.
Where is Sirius with official word an guidance for it's subscribers? It's not like they haven't had enough time to have a game plan and web pages ready for GO time.
Where is THE channel line up?
Where are THE new radio's?
What content, talent, and programming is it time to say goodbye to?
Where are THE new pricing plans?
Where is Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin?
GO PATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations to FCC Commissioer Tate for finally coming thru on this issue.
One Sirius shareholder was hear to say that he would crawl a mile on his hands and knees through broken glass to kiss the ass of the dog that pissed on the hubcap of the truck that takes Tate's underwear to the laundramat.
That's showing gratitude!
"Where is Sirius with official word an guidance for it's subscribers? It's not like they haven't had enough time to have a game plan and web pages ready for GO time"
Could you just be cool and leave this board now, go find a Ipod board and tell them to put in HD Radio, you'll sell alot more with them. Time to go.
Thank you Ryan.
Could you tom c. just be cool and leave this board now, go find a Ipod board and tell them to put in HD Radio, you'll sell alot more with them. Time to go.
Holy freakin' crap!
And the Lord said, "Go Sox."
Now really, who wants to do the Solja Boy dance? Or dance to Shake It? Or we can all sleep naked over the weekend, and invite random guys over to celebrate while we drink Jack D out our old radios that we have to get rid of, in order to get all these yummy Sirius channels. Or not.
May National Lampoon Radio R.I.P.
Thanks for bringing up HD Radio tom c.
iBiquity CEO Struble Debuts Web Column
COLUMBIA, MD -- July 25, 2008: Bob Struble, CEO of HD Radio developer iBiquity Digital, has launched a monthly column on the iBiquity website headed "Thoughts on Radio's Digital Future."
In the debut column, Struble's topic is "How Are We Doing: A Conversion Reality Check," and, he writes, his answer to "How's it going?" is "In a word, fantastic."
Struble continues, "That answer may surprise some, given a lot of the contrasting opinions out there. No one is better at beating up radio than radio people. I will qualify my assessment by highlighting the reality that there is a long way to go."
But on the "fantastic" side, Struble cites the nearly 1,800 stations now broadcasting in HD, the "better, cheaper" HD receivers now available, new deals with automakers, and iTunes Tagging. He says, "I look at all that progress in a fairly short time and get tremendously excited. When I read some of the strident HD Radio critics, I am reminded of the Seinfeld "Superman Bizarro World" episode. Things will never be perfect and legitimate criticism is helpful, but doing so by ignoring the tremendous momentum described above is delusional or dishonest."
Struble cites how long it took FM broadcasting and other technologies to take hold with consumers and the industry and says, "So when I hear a naysayer urge me to throw in the towel, I chuckle and think that's like pushing to shut down FMs in 1967. We now know that would have been ludicrous back then, and it's just as silly now."
http://www.ibiquity.com/about_us/message
We consumers need to send millions of thank-yous to the 3 republicans who voted in favor of consumers. As for the two democrats, they just need to be ignored because they are against consumers.
We consumers need to send millions of thank-yous to the 3 republicans who voted in favor of consumers. As for the two democrats, they just need to be ignored because they are against consumers.
AS long as I don't loose xm 40s, xm watercolors, sirius movin eazy, sirius jazz cafa,xm the blend,hopefully xm sunny I'll be here for the long run as both services are great. I think they should both keep doing what there doing as they should keep two seperate channels play lists and yes and keep some duplicat channels not all though but then again maybe am wrong some people won't want change. so lets hope and pry on this
Great job Ryan. Thanks for your hard work. I'm ready for the baseball. Hopefully we will have it by the time the Cubs get to the world series this year (hopefully)
Shirley Saunders better educate yourself instead of proving your ignorance again and again. Save your "thank-yous" because this "merge" wasn't done for consumers and will not benefit consumers or the satradio industry. Your foolish to continue to think you'll benefit with a MONOPOLY in satradio.
Monday will be a most interesting day in the Market ... and I do believe, like many others in the market, we will be reaping a tidy reward for this Commission finally doing their job.
And it only took ONE YEAR & 158 DAYS ...
Plus the ability to have MLB, NASCAR, NHL & NFL (all at their extra fee ... but) on one SATRAD.
Life is good ...
You morons! I can't wait to see your faces when your favorite channels start disappearing. No wonder corporate and political America keeps getting away with duping the public, you are all soooooo stupid and gullible. Yes keep believing that the programming is going to expand, there's more of a chance that the alien story is true.
AND THAT LIGHT WAS GREEN GREEN GREEN AS IN THE COLOR OF THE MONEY FLOODING MY BANK ACCOUNT .WHOPEEEEEE......... RIDE EM PLOWBOY .....TWHAT A RODEO RYAN ........10.0 ON THE RICHER SCALE ........
I will be a sad day monday for all those novice investors that buy into the news and not the financials. Retail investors will be screwed again in the long run.
Monday will be a most interesting day in the Market ... and I do believe, like many others in the market, we will be seeing we've been duped.
And the blind ignorance only took ONE YEAR & 158 DAYS ...
Plus the ability to have MLB, NASCAR, NHL & NFL (all at their extra fee ... but) on one SATRAD. Paying more for less, having choice taken away, having content, talent and programming removed. Yeah it's going to be a interesting day.
Has the NAB lost or did thy get what they wanted, a long protracted process. That drained the $120 million of scarce dollars from two companies that can not afford it.
Fact is that the NAB will still be there and will move on to other issues. 400+ days, no price increase for 3 years, is no win for SIRI investors.
As someone intimately familiar with the satrad industry, I can absolutely say this IS a victory for consumers and the company(s). Definitely more choice (pricing, channel lineups and content), plus the XM network gets to stay on the air! What everyone seems to forget is that without the merger, one or both of the companies could go belly-up - how does that benefit the consumer driving around with a dead XM receiver built into their dash?
What it does hurt is the content providers, who won't be able to play off XM and Sirius against each other to get outrageous contracts, and the NAB, whose members face a stronger competitor now. For those who fear that Sirius will become some monopolistic behemoth, since satrad is an optional luxury, Sirius will have to keep the the content and pricing attractive to maintain and grow the subscriber base.
Oh, and in response to a comment above - XM definitely does NOT have the better technology (see Sirius Backseat TV).
Well, on the whole I'm glad it went through. I buy the argument that SIRIXM isn't a monopoly given all the other radio/audio options out there, but I see two distinct advantages going forward: for sports fans it will be an all-in-one option that'll be more portable and cheaper than satellite TV and subscribing to the various leagues for streaming services; and unlike most streaming services I know the better satrad music outlets (Underground Garage, Squizz, Outlaw Country, Disorder) there are actually PERSONALITIES amidst the music and a point of view about what and why we're hearing rather than a higher grade of Muzak.
And if SIRIXM screws up, I'm not concerned. Tivoli Audio just came out with a wifi radio for streaming stations that'll sound good ... not to mention terrestrial radio's dinosaurs (including Clear Channelsaurus Rex) that may die and leave an opportunity to reclaim cool local radio stations like they were 20-30 years ago.
So I got options.
P.S.: Dave Rehr blows rubber donkey dongs.
Consumer loses!
Subscriber loses!
US Citizen loses!
Hooray! (only if your blind, ignorant, and duped)
The current population of the United States is 304,000,000. With 18 million satrad subs under one company you can bet that media companies are looking at the new merged company with envy. Approximately 1 in 17 reisdents of the US have a satrad sub. If you start figuring listeners per sub it even gets better, maybe 1 in 7. There isn't a media company who wouldn't mind having that kind of listening audience, something along the lines of Super Bowl exposure every day. They can have it by simply buying the company. That is the whole point of the merger from a business standpoint. It won't take too long before somebody makes a offer. Hopefully there will be two or more potential buyers who will bid on it. That's when investors make the really big bucks. These $2, $3 and $4 figures are chicken feed compared to satrad's potential. This will happen a lot sooner than most folks realize, maybe even by EOY.
Microsoft -- 3:1
Yahoo -- 45:1
Google -- 5:2
AOL -- 30:1
Blockbuster -- 150:1
ClearChannel -- 50:1
Apple -- 7:1
Field -- 9:1
When will you people realize that satradio is not now, nor will it ever be, a monopoly. Can you listen to the news on terrestrial radio? Check. Music? Check. Weather and traffic? Check. I don't see where free and unfettered access to 24 hour Nascar or Oprah or Springsteen is anyone's RIGHT. You want the basics? You have it on free radio and broadcast television. You want something more? You have to pay. I had to subscribe to HBO to see The Sopranos - I didn't go whining to the FCC.
No one is forcing you to subscribe.
It's amazing.....all anyone is writing about is all the money they're going to make on their stock....not one mention about the consumer....I thought the merger was about the consumer?
My guess is if anyone buys the merged company, it's a company that's in the radio broadcasting industry. I say Clear Channel. Quite possibly a consortium of NAB members. Clear Channel buys a percentage, CBS/Infinity buys a percentage, Citadel buys a percentage, etc. Do like those companies started doing in 1996: buy out the competition.
The merger is about te consumer, but the huge investment in the infrastructure of satrad was made quite a while back and it's now time for the investors to reap their due reward. We didn't invest in satrad because it was the humanitarian thing to go or that we were on a mission from God. It was to make a profit. Without our inestment this whole thing would have never got off the ground, really!
ronb,
drink more kool-aid you might actually start to believe the FUD your trying to spread.
Any company "could go belly-up" without a government bailout of becoming a MONOPOLY, but neither XM with it's millions of customers and sirius with it's millions of customers was in no danger of "could go belly-up" UNLESS it's management teams are even worse than we know.
YES! Finally, I will be able to recieve the shows that I want on the radio in my car. Horray!
YES! Finally, I will be able to recieve the shows that I want on the radio in my car. Horray!
Baeseball and ster is all I wanted and now I got it
Baeseball and stern is all I wanted and now I got it
I wonder if Sirius birds can be reprogramed to broadcast on XM's spectrum or vice versa. They could unload several satelites if so and get a pretty big cash influx.
radiogirl,
When will you people realize that satradio is now a monopoly. Just because you can listen to the news on terrestrial radio? Music? Weather and traffic? does NOT NOT make Sirius/xm a MONOPOLY. Now there is only one satradio in control of US radio spectrum meant for 2 companies. There is no other CHOICE in satradio. Your very confused and hell bent on proving your ignorance too? No one is upset that it's pay-radio, but consumers had choice when it came to satradio companies now because of arrogance, greed, and blind ignorance there is NO choice in satradio, there is no longer direct competition. Consumers will pay more for less, talent, content and programming will be reduced.
"No one is forcing you to subscribe", and it seems no one is forcing some of you to educate yourselves before proving your complete blind ignorance and that you've been duped by Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin
Great to see the Commission rule positively here for Consumers, the Companies, and the Country; I do however support HD-radio...it is the future of am/fm, but it should and rightly have never ridden on the back of a combined Sirius-XMSR!
But the greatest victory of all is against the "Evil-Empire"---the NAB! I just can't express enough how grateful I am that the Commission had the foresight, courage, and acumen to see that this comeing-together was separate from the damaging pleas, the destructive, wailing and cooercive derision of this evil-empire, the NAB!
Live Free or Die! Ringing the Liberty Bell here on this merger...and I'll never forget that it was -3- Republicans who gave us (consumers, companies, country) a chance to actually "love-live-free" with this merger!
Great to see the Commission rule positively here for Consumers, the Companies, and the Country; I do however support HD-radio...it is the future of am/fm, but it should and rightly have never ridden on the back of a combined Sirius-XMSR!
But the greatest victory of all is against the "Evil-Empire"---the NAB! I just can't express enough how grateful I am that the Commission had the foresight, courage, and acumen to see that this comeing-together was separate from the damaging pleas, the destructive, wailing and cooercive derision of this evil-empire, the NAB!
Live Free or Die! Ringing the Liberty Bell here on this merger...and I'll never forget that it was -3- Republicans who gave us (consumers, companies, country) a chance to actually "love-live-free" with this merger!
"Baeseball and stern is all I wanted and now I got it"? NOW? REALLY? did they change the channel line up already? you mean those of us with Sirius radio's can listen to MLB NOW? Stern is a has been, his show "jumped the shark" the day is moved to Sirius, and now he and the show is irrelevant which is sad to see after so many great and funny years on free terrestrial radio, other than now we suckers pay for it.
Where is Sirius with official word an guidance for it's subscribers? It's not like they haven't had enough time to have a game plan and web pages ready for GO time.
Where is THE channel line up?
Where are THE new radio's?
What content, talent, and programming is it time to say goodbye to?
Where are THE new pricing plans?
Where is Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin?
Here's something to consider. It's quite possible that the current receivers can receive a lot more channels than what is currently being transmitted. By multiplexing the number of transmitted channels, assuming that is even necessary, it could easily go to 300 or a whole lot more. All Sirius would have to do is feed all of the XM channels on top of the current Sirius channels and vice versus for XM. The end result is that you would get both sets of media programs. Some small coding would allow you to be able to receive both sets or either. Why manufacture a dual format receiver when the current one will do just fine by simply adding more channels in order to accommodate the former other company's programs? That way all of the current XM and Sirius auto receivers would not be left out in the cold, so to speak. The last thing they need to do is piss off all of their current 18 million subscribers.
I will never vote democratic ever again and either should you!
First order of business....Fire Dopey and Aint Funny
Has there been anything been said about how soon the baseball games will be on my Sirius? I'm hoping I'll be able to listen to the pennant drives in September!!
Here's what most of you shallow Hals are missing in all this. It's not about XM listeners now getting to hear Howard. It's not about Sirius listeners now getting to hear baseball. It's not about which duplicated channels will be dropped, or what new packages will be offered. It's not about out-dueling the NAB. It's not about victory over HD radio. It's not Democrats versus Republicans, even if the Democrats are on one side, and Republicans are on the other. This is what it is: it is the very survival of the satellite radio industry, period. Without the merger, there would be no XM in ten years. There would be no Sirius in ten years. You'd all be listening to AM and FM radio, and maybe HD sidebands if they survived, or your iPods, or 8-Tracks or your old 78's. But you would not be listening to satellite radio, because as two separate companies, satellite radio was bleeding money rapidly and unnecessarily incurring unnecessary redundant expenditures. This merger is no guarantee that satellite radio will survive, anyway, but its chances increase greatly with it. That is what you should be celebrating today. (PS Once Internet radio is in cars, satellite radioas such, with its constant dropouts, may be a lost cause anyway.)
"sterns the reason this merger happened in the 1st place...?" heh? yep, the universe revolves around one man on sat radio with a steady audience of a million out of 20 million listeners... sheesh...
Has StackPointer transformed into an Anonymous Coward?
Stern's channels are 25% of Sirius' weekly cume. Stern bringing in 2 million subs his first year is the only reason Sirius could even consider buying XM. Sterns owns you like he owns the NAB and the FCC hahahahahahh suckers!!!!!! See you in the Hamptons!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
The MLB and NHL (and other XM sports) on Sirius.... is that all it comes down to with this merger?......
NOT SO FAST!
I personally don't mind all the sports under one roof. But if the music channels were to get further diluted or and the new XM/Sirius is reluctant to create a greater array of programming as promised, I am out as a longtime XM subscriber.
And if anything happens to O&A and Ron & Fez, well, I'd rather not say anything other than they would create far more problems than they will ever solve if O&A and/or R&F were to be cut loose.
ironic that someone as irrelevent and washed up as stern is the top station in the satellite world and the driving force behind this merger....
odd pests huh?
youd think the "fastest growing radio program in the country O&A" would have been..
very very odd
(ZERO POINT ZERO)podcast willy cunts...now what have we learned clones.
DONT
FUCK
WITH
STERN
You still here? why?
Do you really think your right? still? Well, I am done picking on you, and your stupid statements. I most likely will never post on this site again.
However - If you continue to post crap. I will post crap as well, and force RYAN to change his policy for letting you post under Anonymous Coward. I will post the bible, every piece of news, etc... - off topic, just like you. I will do this until everyone leaves this site.
Seriously! GROW A SPINE. CREEP.
GO AWAY! or I WILL MAKE YOU GO AWAY. GO AHEAD, TRY IT!
At this point you come across like a dead southern civil war soulder. YOU LOST.
STOP POSTING CRAP!
Now your just a sore loser. LOSER!
P.S. Ryan, you need to change the Anonymous thing ASAP. This could get ugly.
Congrats to everyone! We have waited for sooooooo long for this and now it's time to invest double. I can't wait to buy everyone I know a year subcription for the Holidays. Subcriptions are going to go through the roof! and when those numbers show up after the holidays - - THAT WILL BE THE BIG POP! HUGE POP! .... HUGE.
Enjoy the great new service! Go Sirius!
WOOF!
Now we cross our figers and hope that 1) the company can survive.. 2) it wasn't a mistake to let them merge.. 3) The tuna doesn't spoil that I bought but left open and out over night, could be nasty...
DID YOU GET THAT AC? Please play nice and conceed.
SEEMS SO LONG AGO
http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/2004/11/its_war_xm_radi.html
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAH
BUB BYE CUNTS
Steve L,
You've been DUPED if you continue to believe this BS. Who told you this and why do you feel you need to believe it and not use some common sense to call out complete BS (and worse continue to repeat the ignorance)
"Without the merger, there would be no XM in ten years. There would be no Sirius in ten years."
I do not like Strern but for sure it is because of him that Sirius owns XM.
What is so strange is this all started with Jackson showing her Boob. That is what started the FCC with cleaning up the airwaves with a vengeance and forced Howard find a new home.
LONG TIME COMING..........
WE SHALL SEE.............
Steve L
Sirius did not need XM Sirius wanted the bandwith and did not want the likes of Clear Channel picking up XM. XM would not have lasted much longer and this merger also protected the Holders of XM the big boys from loosing. If you look back you will see that the big boys started getting out of XM when the Howard effect started.
At that time they started to see the end of XM. Jacoby was used to try and hold the XM price with his talk that XM was going to $40 and everything Sirius was bad. That allowed the Big holders of XM some time to get out some at a good price.
My guess now is that we are going to see some Sirius bashing and then lots of pumping when the big investors are in at a low price.
Look for something big in september when another company teams up with Sirius.
AC BASHER,
You still here? why? Because your FEARFUL, DESPERATE AND YOUR OUR BITCH!
Do you really think your right? still? Well, I am NOT done picking on you, and your stupid statements. WILL CONTINUE to post the TRUTH and REALITY,to bring some educated info to the minority of blind and ignorant.
So if others post and have opinions which differ from your our blind and ignorant views you threaten to:
"I will post crap as well, and force RYAN to change his policy for letting you post under Anonymous Coward. I will post the bible, every piece of news, etc... - off topic, just like you. I will do this until everyone leaves this site." "P.S. Ryan, you need to change the Anonymous thing ASAP. This could get ugly."
Guess what nobody, your big man threats and ego posts are meaningless. You got ZERO say and find it typical of a troll like yourself that you'll threaten to piss off our host and damage his site, just because your a blind, ignorant child who can't handle others opinions. You WILL NOT make others go away, You WILL NOT threaten Ryan and Orbitcast, You WILL NOT troll and attack others for posting their thoughts. Your a little child who needs to grow up AND get yourself a education. Your going to only get yourself into big trouble presenting and carrying on the way you think you can. Your desperate need to stroke your own ego only proves your a complete embarrassment and waste.
Sorry already have a "spine", and haven't "lost" any more than anyone else. Your the ignorant one to continue to think you personally won something, and carry on cheering and congratulating everyone like this "merge" was something that is a win for them. As subscribers we had the choice of 2 satradio companies, now there is only one we ALL LOST, we all will be paying more for less. The satradio industry also LOST, 2 companies competing had alot more going for it than one.
Suggest you STFU when you have a thought you can attack others and ego post. Learn to post like everyone else and relax, your going to need it. Sooner than later the reality of the "merge" is going to set in and people are going to be UPSET. XM and SIRIUS can not continue operation as they did before they "merged" content, programming and talent is going to change. fee's are going to change.
But you "AC BASHER" will still be a fearful, desperate, blind and ignorant unless you grow up and educate yourself.
"Struble cites how long it took FM broadcasting and other technologies to take hold with consumers and the industry and says, "So when I hear a naysayer urge me to throw in the towel, I chuckle and think that's like pushing to shut down FMs in 1967. We now know that would have been ludicrous back then, and it's just as silly now."
Struble is a fool for thinking this way, and he probably knows it himself. The way technology gets adopted today is a hell of a lot different than it was in 1967. How long did it take Apple to sell over 100 million Ipods? How long did it take them to sell millions of IPhones?
It is amazing how people carry on like this- either they are lying or exceptionally stupid.
as both a shareholder and multi-subber...I'm thrilled at the affirmation of the merger. not only do I get to enjoy satrad for the forseeable future, but my xm stock is at an avg basis of around 8.18/sh.
fuck the NAB
fuck HD
fuck Georgetown Partners
fuck the Democrats
and, most importantly...
fuck AC. hahahahaha
"It is amazing how people carry on like this- either they are lying or exceptionally stupid."
Struble is a well-known lier an con-artist:
"HD Radio spinners claim a breakthrough year: Pulling a fast one"
"According to a press release from the Alliance 330,000 HD receivers were sold last year. This is a 725 per cent increase from the 40,000 sets purchased a year earlier and therefore 2007 was a 'breakthrough year' for the technology. In 2008 they will sell a million of the things."
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ENOUGH OF THE STERN VS OPIE AND ANTHONY SHIT! STERNS A HOMO AND O&A ARE HACKS WE GET IT!!!! Now that the merger has gone through the real picture should be focused on the programming (or loss of programming through consolidation). Will HOO-HOO's ridiculous contract be re-evaluated and possibly rescinded (after all two struggling companies need to re-examine EVERY thing in order to create a PROFITABLE stronger company) Will Opie and dopey's contract be renewed or thrown out simply because Mel and Howard are best of friends? In either case there probably be a lost of subscriptions due to each show's fan base. BUT there is one thing that all you idiots are forgetting - XM & Sirius have subscriber base that can care less about either program and enjoy a variety of programming that each company provided. With the consolidation what changes will be dropped from each and which will be kept?
ENOUGH OF THE STERN VS OPIE AND ANTHONY SHIT! STERNS A HOMO AND O&A ARE HACKS WE GET IT!!!! Now that the merger has gone through the real picture should be focused on the programming (or loss of programming through consolidation). Will HOO-HOO's ridiculous contract be re-evaluated and possibly rescinded (after all two struggling companies need to re-examine EVERY thing in order to create a PROFITABLE stronger company) Will Opie and dopey's contract be renewed or thrown out simply because Mel and Howard are best of friends? In either case there probably be a lost of subscriptions due to each show's fan base. BUT there is one thing that all you idiots are forgetting - XM & Sirius have subscriber base that can care less about either program and enjoy a variety of programming that each company provided. With the consolidation what changes will be dropped from each and which will be kept?
However Max on the flip side,
How long did it take cellphone companies to get consumers to upgrade from analog technologies to digital?
How long is it taking television broadcasters to get consumers to upgrade from analog technology to HD-TV?
Some technologies such as radio and tv unless you can prove to the public a drastic and positive reason to spend money and buy new gear to replace older yet still working gear the change will come in slow phases as broken products get replaced. Radio technology, hasn't changed much in how many years? AM/FM still works well, we might find fault with the programming but thats personal opinion. TV technology hasn't changed much in how many years?
Your somewhat right, until the providers give consumers a reason the majority will not adapt new technologies until they have to do so. Apple with the iPod and iPhone gave consumers a BIG reason to upgrade, and it's Apple. Look at satradio, you and I and about 18-20 million people like it's advantages over am/fm, however there are still 200+million am/fm listeners who like what they got, and it's time and good reason which will either move them towards satradio or even move us on to the next source of radio.