[BC] Re: XM / Sirius Merger

[Mike McCarthy]

I see something entirely different. I see some format trimming with the 
freed bandwidth to be used for feeding podcasts and other long form program 
content by large packet batches and not packetized streams.  I also see a 
merger of technologies where the cell phone and the sat-cast RX become one 
device in the not to distant future.  This would be especially applicable 
in higher end cars.

MM

At 10:19 PM 2/19/2007 -0500, r j carpenter wrote

>One thing we can be sure of in the short term is that there won't be any 
>bandwidth freed.  No receiver on the market receives both systems so the 
>duplication of content _HAS_ to continue.
>
>I'd imagine that XM's in house chip design group has been working on a 
>both-systems chip as a low-priority project for a long time.
>
>But it's a little like HD radio. It will take many years before there are 
>enough dual-system sat receivers to allow shutting down duplication.
>
>Higher subscription fees are a more immediate likelihood.
>
>bob c.
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