[BC] Re: XM / Sirius Merger

[Robert Meuser]

I disagree. Since we are talking about a subscription service, dual mode 
receivers could  hit the market much more quickly than in the HD 
scenario. They could give them away to existing subscribers if necessary.

R


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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