Sirius or XM

[NinjaEd]

which do you have, Sirius or XM?

[UkrainianGuy]

Neither

[The Mighty Thor]

I have neither, but Sirius and XM are merging... so it will be XSiruisM

[NinjaEd]

I have neither, but Sirius and XM are merging... so it will be XSiruisM

that is still up in the air...they are going to have a hard time with congress getting money from the clear channels of the world. I have 2 good friends who have a show on Sirius and both do not think it will happen...unless the price of subs is going to be less, I do not see this merge being allowed to happen as it would create a monopoly

[Warrior]

I don't have either since I work overseas but I got a chunk of change sitting on SIRI... once this merger happens, Sirius XM is going to make me some free money

[Dlew6969]

I don't have either since I work overseas but I got a chunk of change sitting on SIRI... once this merger happens, Sirius XM is going to make me some free money

You meam some "Serius' free money bro....

[Warrior]

You meam some "Serius' free money bro....

Siriusly! Any day now... gotta stay long and wish for the best!

[NinjaEd]

I don't have either since I work overseas

you can get an internet account to listen online....ALL the channels are available

[Warrior]

that is still up in the air...they are going to have a hard time with congress getting money from the clear channels of the world. I have 2 good friends who have a show on Sirius and both do not think it will happen...unless the price of subs is going to be less, I do not see this merge being allowed to happen as it would create a monopoly

eh - I think this is going to happen...


SIRIUS and XM Comment on FCC HD Radio Decision
Friday March 23, 3:20 pm ET

WASHINGTON, and NEW YORK, March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: XMSR - News) and SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI - News) today issued the following comment on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision adopting new rules for digital audio broadcasting:

"The FCC decision underlines that HD radio on the AM/FM bands provide a real alternative to satellite, and that the current audio entertainment market is broad, robust and competitive. The decision will raise competition to a new level by stimulating the growth in HD radio stations (now 1200), enhancing its offerings to consumers and establishing a process for free radio to offer a paid subscription service for the first time."

[The Mighty Thor]

It is totally gonna happen... I can't remember the last time a merger was shot down by a government entity... It's been a long while.

[NinjaEd]

good thing I have my lifetime package, because expect sirius to up the price to keep stern another 5 years at probably $750mil this time around, or that he is going to ask for a 25% ownership in the company.

[Warrior]

Adopted March 22, 2007, Released March 26, 2007
FCC Annual Report and Analysis of Competitive Market Conditions with Respect to Domestic and International Satellite Communications Services
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/at...

4. For retail markets, we assess performance for the Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service market (“SDARS”), but have insufficient data to assess performance for satellite providers in the Fixed Wireless Broadband market. As expected for a relatively new service, neither provider is currently profitable, but growth rates for both subscribers and revenues are high and revenues per user have begun to rise.

27. We emphasize that the market descriptions included in this Report are intended to facilitate discussion of satellite markets and services as required by section 703, and may not reflect the appropriate markets to be considered in other Commission proceedings, including merger reviews, rulemakings involving the Commission’s ownership rules, or other reports to Congress.

29. In this Report, we draw on the relevant market concept to identify the product and geographic markets in which providers of satellite communications services compete with each other and with service providers that use non-satellite technologies. In describing relevant markets, we rely on antitrust law, economic theory, and the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Horizontal Merger Guidelines (“Merger Guidelines”). Although this Report is not an analysis of a proposed merger, the Merger Guidelines provide useful principles for the analysis of competition in satellite communications markets.

30. Antitrust case law and economic theory describe the relevant product market by examining whether most consumers of a given product or service consider that there are close substitutes for the product or service, and whether there are other services that are reasonably interchangeable, even if not identical, for the same purposes. The Merger Guidelines describe a product market as the smallest group of competing services for which a hypothetical monopoly provider would profitably impose at least a small but significant and non transitory price increase, presuming no change in the terms of sale of other services. Both descriptions consider the availability of substitutes that would enable a customer to defeat an attempted increase in price or lowering in quality by a firm in the market.

32. Market Participants. Once a relevant market is described, the next step is to identify the firms that participate in the market. According to the Merger Guidelines, market participants “include firms currently producing or selling the market's products in the market's geographic area.” Market participants can be large or small. A firm that has not yet entered the market and does not exercise a constraining influence on firms that are in the market is not a market participant. A firm that has not yet entered may be considered a market participant, however, if its entry is shown to be certain and significant or to influence the behavior of the firms that are currently producing or selling.

[chadstallion]

sirius: Howard's there.

[paintball]

I have both. XM in my personal truck. I

Sirius in my work truck. Better mounting system and the Octane and Faction channels are better than XM's rock channels. The Top 40 and country channels aren't as good though.

Hope they merge, best of both worlds.

[Warrior]

Merged!!!!!!!! Buy this stock!