Author Topic: XM vs Sirius (Read 807 times)

Estes · « **Reply #15 on:** February 16, 2006, 04:49:26 PM »

I had XM for a long time, but it got to the point where they played the same crap over and over again. Too much like FM radio to me.

So I went with Sirius and have been satisfied with their music line up.

Scootter · « **Reply #16 on:** February 16, 2006, 08:47:41 PM »

GARMEN 396 + XM = WINNER

FuBaR · « **Reply #17 on:** February 17, 2006, 12:10:30 AM »

CD player

Habu · « **Reply #18 on:** February 17, 2006, 08:54:39 AM »

I think Sirius will win the competition for listeners due to one thing, their superior content. They paid the big bucks and now they have a much better lineup of channels. Howard Stern (both channels are really good, he is adding other people to them such as Danny Bonaduce), NFL, Nascar (coming shortly), Martha Stewart, and a ton of very good music channels.

XM has sort of dropped the ball on content. Forget Oprah, she is only going to call in for 30 minutes a week. It is a joke how little effort she is putting in to the channel after being paid so much money.

I do agree the data content on XM is great and worth a few hundred thousand subscribers for things like real time weather and traffic on your Garmin 396.

JimBear · « **Reply #19 on:** February 17, 2006, 09:11:18 AM »

Well Sirius just signed a 55mil $ contract with Opah for a 30minute weekly "show". 11grand a minute for drivel, yeesh. The idea of Stern and O at the same place is kind of ironic.

Eagler · « **Reply #20 on:** February 17, 2006, 09:11:54 AM »

streaming sirius off the web is nice at work too

Habu · « **Reply #21 on:** February 17, 2006, 09:19:16 AM »

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Originally posted by JimBear
Well Sirius just signed a 55mil $ contract with Opah for a 30minute weekly "show". 11grand a minute for drivel, yeesh. The idea of Stern and O at the same place is kind of ironic.

XM signed Oprah. It was a joke deal as she will not allow her tv show to be rebroadcast and she is only going to do 30 min live a week.

It was a desperate deal in order to get some subscribers and boost their stock price.

JimBear · « **Reply #22 on:** February 17, 2006, 09:52:56 AM »

XM? my bad. oh jebus there goes my stock value

Habu · « **Reply #23 on:** February 17, 2006, 10:24:25 AM »

I think the strongest thing XM has right now is the subscriber income from weather and traffic data for GPS users. That could end up being a fairly big business alone.

Sirius has better content but they paid quite a bit for it.

If I had to pick a stock I would pick Sirius.

However I think one or both of them will eventually be bought or merged with a content provider such as Time Warner, or Viacom or Sony etc.

Mustaine · « **Reply #24 on:** February 17, 2006, 10:30:36 AM »

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Originally posted by NattyIced
Us fat cats, with our pricely satellite radios, love cruising down through the poor areas of town, where the commoners live in their slums listening to FM *HAH* radio, lighting up our fine cuban cigars with $1000 bills in our chauffered Bentleys. It's just the way rich people waste their riches.

it's not that...

i have my MP3 player for music, and the best morning show in the world IMHO with the local morning guys on 1 station.

there is nothing else i listen too. don't need sat. for local guys, and i get to hear exactly what i want.