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Offline nirvana

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« on: February 16, 2006, 10:49:50 AM »
Was just talking about this last night with my friend before this story broke.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11383797/

Oprah is joining XM to counter their falling sales while Sirius enjoys increasing sales, in part due to Howard Stern.  That article would just go to show what I was talking about.  Sirius, while having about 1/3 the stock value of XM, is doing relatively well.  Kinda makes you think there were a few million dollars being thrown around for Oprah to hit the radio waves again.
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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2006, 10:55:43 AM »
Oprah on the radio would cause the subs to go away, not help it
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2006, 10:58:26 AM »
Not when she get's Dr. Phil on there:aok


Besides, if someones willing to watch her show, I imagine they'd be even more willing to listen to her without having to see her.  Hell it would be a damn near miracle for those stay at home moms that run out and do errands while their precious Oprah is yelling at lying authors.  I heard XM is developing an Opradio too.
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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2006, 11:30:09 AM »
Opradio is just plain scary, like a friggen cult she has :rofl
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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2006, 02:26:36 PM »
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Originally posted by nirvana
Was just talking about this last night with my friend before this story broke.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11383797/

Oprah is joining XM to counter their falling sales while Sirius enjoys increasing sales, in part due to Howard Stern.  That article would just go to show what I was talking about.  Sirius, while having about 1/3 the stock value of XM, is doing relatively well.  Kinda makes you think there were a few million dollars being thrown around for Oprah to hit the radio waves again.


XM sales are not falling, subscribers increase by 83% last year. Also, stock price has nada to do with stock value of company.  Example:

1 share of a $10 stock is same value as 10 shares of a $1 stock. need to look at outstanding shares to determine market cap of company. In fact, Sirius is bigger than XM, not 1/3 the value
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« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2006, 02:33:38 PM »
i always hated the made up name "sirius" is it supposed to be a play on serious? is there no significance at all? WHAT THE F DOES IT MEAN!!?? :mad: :furious

anyway, i can't believe with all the MP3 players and FREE radio out there people still choose to pay for radio. at least paying for TV you can see boobs and stuff. what do you get with radio? someone who can cuss like a sailor? whooo that gives me pleasure :rolleyes:

it just seems like a rich way to waste money, and show off.
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« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2006, 02:34:35 PM »
Good thing I have Sirius. I can't imagine Oprah going to XM bodes well for those who have XM, and a wife that watches Oprah. Enjoy those car rides.
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« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2006, 02:38:19 PM »
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i always hated the made up name "sirius" is it supposed to be a play on serious? is there no significance at all? WHAT THE F DOES IT MEAN!!?? :mad: :furious

anyway, i can't believe with all the MP3 players and FREE radio out there people still choose to pay for radio. at least paying for TV you can see boobs and stuff. what do you get with radio? someone who can cuss like a sailor? whooo that gives me pleasure :rolleyes:

it just seems like a rich way to waste money, and show off.


My google impaired friend, Sirius is a star in the constellation Canis Major (the big dog).  Hence the dog logo for the company.  It's also the brightest star in the sky (excluding the sun, of course).
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« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2006, 02:42:13 PM »
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.
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« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2006, 02:42:21 PM »
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Originally posted by Mustaine
i always hated the made up name "sirius" is it supposed to be a play on serious? is there no significance at all? WHAT THE F DOES IT MEAN!!?? :mad: :furious

anyway, i can't believe with all the MP3 players and FREE radio out there people still choose to pay for radio. at least paying for TV you can see boobs and stuff. what do you get with radio? someone who can cuss like a sailor? whooo that gives me pleasure :rolleyes:

it just seems like a rich way to waste money, and show off.


I gladly pay. Monthly fee is next to nothing really. And the music programming and other programming beats the hell out of radio. Can hardly stomach regular radio anymore. $12 a month hardly rich people category. In fact, if think that is lot..u must be one those poor people.
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« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2006, 02:50:51 PM »
XM predicts it will turn its first quarterly profit in Q4 2006 and will go from 6+ million subscribers to 9 million.  Sirus has half the subscriber base and will be quite a few years longer to hit profitability.
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« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2006, 03:07:15 PM »
XM gives me me NEXRAD radar in the air. Sirius doesn't.;)
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« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2006, 03:22:22 PM »
As much as I like competition, Sirius is far too reliant on Howard Stern for its subscribers... in one interview he was already talking about what he was going to do after being on Sirius after his contract expired.

Unless something drastic happens, it will be another Mircrosoft/Apple competition.
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« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2006, 03:51:35 PM »
Which of those providers carries O'Reilly and such?  The Fox guys?

Ive never been a Stern Fan...I agree with Delirium.  So, asides Stern, whatcha got?
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« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2006, 04:40:57 PM »
They got commercial free radio, just like XM.
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