July 28, 2005

XM's 2nd Quarter 2005 Results

Thursday, July 28, 2005 at 9:28 AM

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.

July 27, 2005

XM + Napster Announced!!

Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 9:40 AM

XM Satellite Radio + Napster 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.

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