Sirius/XM blast US Electronics in FCC filing
Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 1:57 PM
Tags: 2, XM
In a Consolidated Opposition filing with the FCC, Sirius and XM have blasted the "multitude" of filings submitted by U.S. Electronics, Inc. (USE), using some of the strongest language to date.
"USE never petitioned to deny the merger in accordance with the Commission’s rules and thus has no standing to raise anything but informal objections to the transaction," the companies state in the joint filing. "But since the close of the formal merger pleading cycle, USE has inundated the Commission with at least 40 petitions, motions, letters, and other filings in the merger docket."
Sirius and XM go on to argue all the arguments that US Electronics has presented (as they have done so in the past... "repeatedly"), and contend that the company is attempting to use the FCC to resolve a private contract dispute. US Electronics filed a lawsuit earlier this year against Sirius, asking for $48 Million in damages.
"In essence, USE invites the Commission to insert itself in the arbitration between Sirius and USE in order to require Sirius to license USE to manufacture and distribute Sirius equipment, in spite of the inability of Sirius and USE to work together in a contractual relationship," write Sirius-XM.
"The volume of USE’s filings expose the grudge match that it is pursuing against Sirius, and the relief it seeks exposes the self-interest underlying USE’s filings. Sirius and XM urge the Commission to resist USE’s invitation to insert the FCC into this private contractual dispute."
It's a very strongly worded filing and well worth the read if you're interested.
[FCC Filing (PDF) via SiriusBuzz]
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He wrote that the merger would result in an "elimination of competition" that "would hurt my constituents who are consumers of satellite radio." Opra should go to GA. and kick this crackers ass. He is not talking for his constituents he is talking for the nab, another fuc**** puppet bought with election money! RANT AND RAVE : "Hey buddy why dont you at least take the time to figure out who your constituents are and how this merge is going to hurt them (elaborate your claim a little) before you go open up your cracker pie hole spouting stuff you really no nothing about."
Every day this merger is denied the competition is mounting all around siri/xm if it is not approved soon it will be hard for even a merged company to compete. The satellite tech advantage is fragile at best.
Signed
Anarchey in the U.S.A
Posted by: dfoz | December 27, 2007 4:50 PM
He wrote that the merger would result in an "elimination of competition" that "would hurt my constituents who are consumers of satellite radio." Opra should go to GA. and kick this crackers ass. He is not talking for his constituents he is talking for the nab, another fuc**** puppet bought with election money! RANT AND RAVE : "Hey buddy why dont you at least take the time to figure out who your constituents are and how this merge is going to hurt them (elaborate your claim a little) before you go open up your cracker pie hole spouting stuff you really no nothing about."
Every day this merger is denied the competition is mounting all around siri/xm if it is not approved soon it will be hard for even a merged company to compete. The satellite tech advantage is fragile at best.
Signed
Anarchey in the U.S.A
Posted by: dfoz | December 27, 2007 4:51 PM