It's official - DOJ wont block Sirius & XM merger

[Artifice]

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Anyone keeping up with this? How will this work from a lineup/service perspective?

 

I'm afraid that they will mess with MY PRECIOUS, a/k/a Sirius 26... This cannot be allowed to happen.

[aricandover]

took long enough.

[bjorn_skurj]

As an XM user and liker, I worry about it too.

[bjorn_skurj]

This from a CNN story a couple weeks ago:

 

" Sirius and XM now offer packages of music, talk, sports and other programming for a fixed rate of $12.95 a month. Many of the music channels are commercial-free, and unlike terrestrial radio, the signals can be received anywhere in the U.S.

 

If the deal is approved, the companies have said they would offer pricing plans ranging from $6.99 per month, for 50 channels offered by one service, up to $16.99 a month, where subscribers would keep their existing service plus choose channels offered by the other service. It isn't possible now to pick channels one by one."

[imsjry]

If they mess with the Sirius Disorder channel I will cancel! On the XM side, The Loft is a great one.

[bjorn_skurj]

Deep Tracks is my fave XM, followed by the old-school rap channel and the '70s one. Dylan's radio show is the shit; Petty's one is nearly as good. Best 19 some-odd dollars I spend a month. (Two radios; home and car.)

[quarter23cd]

If they mess with the Sirius Disorder channel I will cancel! On the XM side, The Loft is a great one.

Is Disorder still around? I thought it became the Grateful Dead channel. Did it get a new station number??

 

Any chance the merger will help reception?(by putting more satellites to use?) I get lousy Sirius signal at my house (just north of Columbus, OH)--I don't get reliable signal until I get in my car and drive towards the city--I'm guessing b/c there must be terrestrial repeaters there. I dunno--it baffles me how a frigging satellite can't seem to find my house.

[IATTBYB]

Is Disorder still around? I thought it became the Grateful Dead channel. Did it get a new station number??

 

Any chance the merger will help reception?(by putting more satellites to use?) I get lousy Sirius signal at my house (just north of Columbus, OH)--I don't get reliable signal until I get in my car and drive towards the city--I'm guessing b/c there must be terrestrial repeaters there. I dunno--it baffles me how a frigging satellite can't seem to find my house.

Maybe you need to remove the tin foil from the attic.

[Boots]

XM user here, if this means I can listen to both MLB and the NFL I will be very happy, and willing to pay a bit more

[quarter23cd]

Maybe you need to remove the tin foil from the attic.

Can I still wear the hat?

[tennisclay]

yes i too would be sad if they got rid of left of center or charged more

[bjorn_skurj]

Is Disorder still around? I thought it became the Grateful Dead channel. Did it get a new station number??

 

Any chance the merger will help reception?(by putting more satellites to use?) I get lousy Sirius signal at my house (just north of Columbus, OH)--I don't get reliable signal until I get in my car and drive towards the city--I'm guessing b/c there must be terrestrial repeaters there. I dunno--it baffles me how a frigging satellite can't seem to find my house.

XM uses satellites in geosynchronous orbit - all you need is a straight shot at the southern sky. Sirius' four satellites move around, but the wiki says they will launch a geosynchronous one next year.