…big news tomorrow eventually today!

UPDATE: The first part of the NDA we signed before entering the Secret Room was lifted today, but while I’m waiting on additional information & photos, there’s really no reason to say anything else at this time. It’s not an announcement or anything, it’s a unit that we got to see and will be unveiled to the public. (soon?)

Looks like XM files a trademark for the term "Nexus" - no clue as to what it means, but some interesting names coming down the pipe from those guys (Remora, Nexus, etc).

Word Mark NEXUS
Goods and Services IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Satellite =
radio hardware
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 78696195
Filing Date August 19, 2005
Current Filing Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Owner (APPLICANT) XM Satellite Radio Inc. CORPORATION DELAWARE 1500
Eckington Place, NE Washington D.C. 20002
Attorney of Record Cynthia Greer
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

Thanks CB!

XM Satellite Radio will kick off its coverage of the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) and Big Ten Conference (Big Ten) football seasons on September 1st.

XM will also debut a new weekday college football news and call-in show, “College Football Coast to Coast” on September 12th. Hosted by T.J. Rives, this new hour-long program will cover news from college football conferences across the country, game analysis, interviews and listener call-ins. “College Football Coast to Coast” will air weekdays at 9 a.m. ET on XM Channel 191.

The 2005 season also marks the first time play-by-play of Boston College games will be available through XM’s ACC coverage since leaving the Big East Conference earlier this year. A complete schedule of ACC, Pac-10 and Big Ten college football games for the 2005 season broadcast on XM is available here.

There’s a rumor going around that XM may be signing a “big name” to host a show… possibly, Oprah. Interesting. More on this as it develops…

The O&A Army put together $1,000 in 3 days to buy out billboard ad space on Florida's All American Boulevard in the Orlando / Maitland area. I know some people here are O&A fans (can you tell?) and other Orbitcast readers can't stand them (or the fanspests) but you have to give props for putting together this stunt. Supposedly it was done without the knowledge of XM or Opie and Anthony.

Even better is the use of a free press release service to get the word out about it. Happy Birthday Jimmy!

Bon Jovi will be the first band ever to perform at the Nokia Theatre Times Square to kickoff the release of their new album Have a Nice Day.

In a multimedia extravaganza, Network LIVE (the joint venture between XM, AOL and AEG) will beam the event online to AOL Music LIVE! and to XM Satellite Radio on XM Live (Channel 200), as well as simulcast in High Definition and Dolby 5.1 audio to over 100 Regal, United Artists, Edwards, and Georgia Theatre Company movie screens in 50 U.S. markets.

The Bon Jovi: Have A Nice Day multimedia event kicks off on September 19th at 9:00pm (ET), and the World Tour hits the road this fall.

XM Satellite Radio will debut a new six-part series spotlighting country music star Shania Twain starting on Monday, August 22 at 9am ET on Highway 16 (XM Channel 16).

The show “Shania Twain: Forever and For Always,” hosted by Shania herself, and will feature interviews, chronicles Shania’s life and music from her early days in Nashville to international star.

You can check out the schedule for this series after the jump…

Giant has announced they’ve signed a deal with Audiovox to produce XM Satellite Radio enabled car stereo units. The new range of products are expected out in October.

Giant already has the Tao XM2go unit, so it’ll be interesting to see what they do with car stereos.