RadioGlue » satellite http://radioglue.com/radioblog News and Information for the Radio Industry Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:38:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Sirius XM agrees to $530 million Liberty Media stake http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2009/02/sirius-xm-agrees-to-530-million-liberty-media-stake/ http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2009/02/sirius-xm-agrees-to-530-million-liberty-media-stake/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:05:53 +0000 RadioGlue http://radioglue.com/radioblog/?p=288 Troubled satellite radio company Sirius XM announced Tuesday, following reports, that it will accept an investment from cable giant Liberty Media. [MORE]

Source: cnet
]]> http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2009/02/sirius-xm-agrees-to-530-million-liberty-media-stake/feed/ 0 Surprise, Surprise… Sirius XM Already Talking Bankruptcy http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2009/02/surprise-surprise-sirius-xm-already-talking-bankruptcy/ http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2009/02/surprise-surprise-sirius-xm-already-talking-bankruptcy/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:09:25 +0000 RadioGlue http://radioglue.com/radioblog/?p=285 The Sirius and XM satellite radio companies may have succeeded in merging, but their combined company could declare bankruptcy within the year. [MORE]

Source: Wired
]]> http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2009/02/surprise-surprise-sirius-xm-already-talking-bankruptcy/feed/ 0 Sirius XM Plans Rate Increase As Stock Continues to Decrease http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2009/01/sirius-xm-plans-rate-increase-as-stock-continues-to-decrease/ http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2009/01/sirius-xm-plans-rate-increase-as-stock-continues-to-decrease/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:29:39 +0000 RadioGlue http://radioglue.com/radioblog/?p=281 With its shares of stock worth little more than a dime, Sirius XM will reportedly impose a rate increase on March 11th. [MORE]

Source: Rolling Stone
]]> http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2009/01/sirius-xm-plans-rate-increase-as-stock-continues-to-decrease/feed/ 0 Satellite Radio Still Reaches for the Payday http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/12/satellite-radio-still-reaches-for-the-payday/ http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/12/satellite-radio-still-reaches-for-the-payday/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:05:51 +0000 RadioGlue http://radioglue.com/radioblog/?p=267 Deep debt, including Howard Stern’s $500 million contract, is causing Sirius XM Radio big worries despite growing revenue and subscriptions. [MORE]

Source: The New York Times
]]> http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/12/satellite-radio-still-reaches-for-the-payday/feed/ 0 Satellite Radio Listeners Rankled By XM-Sirius Merger http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/11/satellite-radio-listeners-rankled-by-xm-sirius-merger/ http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/11/satellite-radio-listeners-rankled-by-xm-sirius-merger/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:42:27 +0000 RadioGlue http://radioglue.com/radioblog/?p=258

Now that the Sirius-XM satellite radio merger has gone into effect, the programming has merged as well. And many longtime listeners are not pleased, crying foul over dropped shows and channels that some say they didn’t know were going to to be changed. [MORE]

Source: Rolling Stone

]]> http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/11/satellite-radio-listeners-rankled-by-xm-sirius-merger/feed/ 0 Sirius gets serious, reshuffles lineup, cuts DJs http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/11/sirius-gets-serious-reshuffles-lineup-cuts-djs/ http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/11/sirius-gets-serious-reshuffles-lineup-cuts-djs/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:19:34 +0000 RadioGlue http://radioglue.com/radioblog/?p=255 As a Sirius Satellite Radio subscriber, I received an e-mail on Wednesday “Announcing The New Sirius Channel Lineup” that confirmed my worst fears about the Sirius-XM merger. [MORE]

Source: CNET
]]> http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/11/sirius-gets-serious-reshuffles-lineup-cuts-djs/feed/ 0 Digital radio ‘without frontiers’ http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/10/digital-radio-without-frontiers/ http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/10/digital-radio-without-frontiers/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:38:08 +0000 RadioGlue http://radioglue.com/radioblog/?p=242 A new form of digital broadcasting, David Reid discovered, has the potential to re-draw the global radio map. [MORE]

Source: BBC News
]]> http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/10/digital-radio-without-frontiers/feed/ 0 Pioneer’s XMp3 Is the TiVo of Satellite Radio http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/10/pioneers-xmp3-is-the-tivo-of-satellite-radio/ http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/10/pioneers-xmp3-is-the-tivo-of-satellite-radio/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:56:18 +0000 RadioGlue http://radioglue.com/radioblog/?p=238 Pioneer’s XMp3, which begins shipping today, not only plays satellite radio; it also records up to five stations at once. The player also has a 30-minute buffer to rewind and fast forward through live shows. It’s essentially a TiVo for satellite radio. [MORE]

Source: Wired
]]> http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/10/pioneers-xmp3-is-the-tivo-of-satellite-radio/feed/ 0 Sirius XM chief: Yes, we will be profitable http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/10/sirius-xm-chief-yes-we-will-be-profitable/ http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/10/sirius-xm-chief-yes-we-will-be-profitable/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:08:17 +0000 RadioGlue http://radioglue.com/radioblog/?p=237 In his keynote interview Tuesday at the Media & Money Conference, a joint production of Dow Jones and Nielsen, Karmazin wasn’t in humility mode. “We’re probably one of the top 25 media companies today,” he said of the newly merged Sirius XM, which brought together the world’s only two satellite radio companies. “I think it’s very clear that we will be the most successful company in the audio entertainment industry. I know certainly, as ranked by revenue, we’ll be there soon. Now we just need to grow our free cash flow and demonstrate that.” [MORE]

Source: CNET
]]> http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/10/sirius-xm-chief-yes-we-will-be-profitable/feed/ 0 New bill calls for HD-compatible satellite radio http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/09/new-bill-calls-for-hd-compatible-satellite-radio/ http://radioglue.com/radioblog/2008/09/new-bill-calls-for-hd-compatible-satellite-radio/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:06:30 +0000 RadioGlue http://radioglue.com/radioblog/?p=228 Legislators over the weekend introduced new legislation requiring satellite radio receivers to pick up digital signals, even though federal regulators are still seeking public comment on the issue. [MORE]

Source: CNET
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