[BC] sats merger

[Robert Meuser]

I agree and I have both services.  The question is that since this would 
be in essence a take over of XM by Sirius and Mel is the top dog, where 
will the tech loyalty go?  It might go the XM way only because their 
base operation costs are less and Mel likes that kind of stuff. I see 
multi format receivers as the first step.  Funny our group discussed 
this exact scenario a few years back.  Remember Bernie???

R



Craig Bowman wrote:

> Most of the people I have talked to whom have sampled and or 
> subscribed to both systems (myself included) prefer Sirius.  The "air 
> talent" is more palatable, the music selection is generally better and 
> the overall presentation is better.  The audio quality is poor on 
> both, especially on the talk channels.
>
> Craig Bowman
>
> Bernie Courtney wrote:
>
>> In this case I think its for the better.  XM has better technology, they
>> both have tons of programming that is duplicated between the two and 
>> costs $
>> to produce, and have content that forces people to currently choose 
>> one or
>> the other (NFL on sirius, MLB on XM, etc).  This is the first step in 
>> making
>> the satellite radio marketplace MUCH better off (and profitable for
>> shareholders).
>>
>> Bernie
>>
>> On 2/19/07, WFIFeng at aol.com <WFIFeng at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 02/19/2007 02:19:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>> kkty at netcommander.com writes:
>>>
>>> > Reports today on allaccess.com from ABC News & NY Post say XM & 
>>> Sirius
>>> will
>>> > announce merger, perhaps as soon as today... pending FCC approval &
>>> antitrust
>>> > approval... Mel K would serve as CEO.
>>>
>>> Oh my. Monopoly reigns. Again.
>>