Comments on: Sirius and XM, Sitting in a Tree http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/02/20/sirius-and-xm-sitting-in-a-tree/ What is seen and what is unseen. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeffrey Beech http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/02/20/sirius-and-xm-sitting-in-a-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 Jeffrey Beech Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:18:00 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/02/20/sirius-and-xm-sitting-in-a-tree/#comment-1307 Interesting Blog- as a current subscriber and former shareholder of XM, I had considered the regulatory environment only to the minimal extent that satellite radio has penetrated the overall market- and that a great deal of the 'listeners' that Sirius claims are actually unsold vehicles sitting on dealers' lots, subject to a free trial after sale. I think that the intent of the FCC in trying to avoid monopolization of a small segment of the radio market may be somewhat dated. These rules were written when Americans got their news and information from terrestrial radio, then broadcast television. With the proliferation of news and information outlets, not the least of which in the internet, these restrictions may be overkill. Whether there will be sufficient economies to drive the price down to a level where there is a sufficient number of buyers to make the new venture commercially viable remains to be seen. I do not see anyone getting in too big a hurry to snap up the license that gets turned in to the FCC, though. Interesting Blog- as a current subscriber and former shareholder of XM, I had considered the regulatory environment only to the minimal extent that satellite radio has penetrated the overall market- and that a great deal of the ‘listeners’ that Sirius claims are actually unsold vehicles sitting on dealers’ lots, subject to a free trial after sale.

I think that the intent of the FCC in trying to avoid monopolization of a small segment of the radio market may be somewhat dated. These rules were written when Americans got their news and information from terrestrial radio, then broadcast television. With the proliferation of news and information outlets, not the least of which in the internet, these restrictions may be overkill.

Whether there will be sufficient economies to drive the price down to a level where there is a sufficient number of buyers to make the new venture commercially viable remains to be seen. I do not see anyone getting in too big a hurry to snap up the license that gets turned in to the FCC, though.

]]> By: Morris Coats http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/02/20/sirius-and-xm-sitting-in-a-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 Morris Coats Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:39:07 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/02/20/sirius-and-xm-sitting-in-a-tree/#comment-1274 After posting the above article on the Sirius-XM merger, I got the following message: Sirius Radio's Takeover of XM Satellite Radio Faces Opposition from Regulators, Lawmakers and Broadcasters; Music Industry Today Offers Extended News Coverage at music.einnews.com Dear Friends and Colleagues, You and your associates can now have a free trial subscription to Music Industry Today, an ideal resource for journalists, analysts, industry professionals and others who need to follow the latest industry developments in areas such as technology, copyright wars, government actions affecting the industry, music genres, instruments, hundreds of individual artists, major record companies, and much more. As a subscriber you will receive one daily e-mail that contains an unmatched selection of human-edited top stories as well as access to the entire Music Industry Today website, its hundreds of news sections and RSS feeds. You can learn more about Music Industry Today and get a free trial at: http://www.ipdgroup.com/newschannels.php See also: -- Sirius & XM News - http://music.einnews.com/news/xm-sirius-merger -- Sirius Satellite Radio News - http://music.einnews.com/news/sirius-satellite-radio -- XM Satellite Radio News - http://music.einnews.com/news/xm-satellite-radio The publisher of Music Industry Today, EIN News, has been publishing since 1996 and ranks in Alexa's Top 10 list of online media services. We provide Internet data mining and search services to organizations, researchers and professional users who find them an indispensable source of latest news. If you have any questions, comments, or need assistance signing up, please simply reply to this e-mail. Feel free to forward this offer to any of your colleagues. Best regards, Subscription Department IPD Group, Inc. www.ipdgroup.com MC After posting the above article on the Sirius-XM merger, I got the following message:

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