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XM and Sirius Merger APPROVED!
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about time i think.
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Hooray! Now I can... continue listening to my iPod while driving... and not pay a monthly fee.
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Hurray. The hangups that made it look like this might not happen were frustrating, NAB and Clear Channel charging that it would reduce competition just because they're failing with their unification and conglomerization of media.
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Howard Stern and O&A, on one network? The satellites are going to jump out of orbit and kill themselves just to avoid broadcasting so much suck.
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satellite radio??? what frequency is that on...109.5?
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Now they might actually make some money!
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I'll keep listening to my old radio until they give out free service.
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Howard Stern and MLB coming out of one receiver.. hold me..
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I thought it was a pipe dream when this was announced, but I guess pipe dreams come true too.
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Title of the story here is slightly misleading - it was approved by the Justice Department but is still awaiting approval from the FCC.
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As Opie and Anthony are now going to get bounced out of the company. I invented satellites robin. hoo hoo
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Now only for $25 a month......
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Pfffft, now we get twice as many "commercial-free" channels with spam-like commercials. Comedy channels are the worst, but they all do it. Debt consolidation! Gambling! Bodog fights! Penis enlargement! MEDAMEDS! Remortgage! That crap is why I dropped XM and went for an iPod in the first place.
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MOther ***** A I totaly missed the bump to sell it. I would have thought those ass hats at DOJ would drag this ***** out more and didn't pay attention at all. What douch bags. I hope this ***** rallys tomorrow.
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Still waiting on the FCC though
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Maybe I am ignorant about this, but wouldn't this leave the satellite radio industry with only one major provider, thus becoming a monopoly? And aren't those illegal?
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I usually use XM but sirus is good too. Thank god there finally coming together. Probably the price will go up with no competition. Satellite radio is now complete.
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it's "it's"
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They can't be sirius?
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Now they do it? Sirius had the rights to the march madness games, and I just got back from a 14 hour car trip with only XM. I was so mad they didn't have it.
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Wow satellite radio is the future!
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Who wants to hear a racist and who wants to hear an obese women talk about giving cars away.
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Buried as inaccurate:
1) It isn't "done" - only the DOJ approved it.
2) That FCC logo doesn't belong there since FCC approval is still pending.
It's damn close to done, but not yet. -
I have a free 6 months of Sirius in my truck and I cannot understand why anyone would pay for it. It's the same music every single day on heavy rotation. No better than free FM radio. For now I'm still playing my MP3's.
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How nice of the government to allow private individuals do business in the way they see fit.
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All your satellites are belong to them
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bababooey to you all!
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Actually, not quite done. FCC still needs to weigh in.
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and still NO ONE cares!
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can you say monopoly? now they can charge whatever they want.
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I think this is great, xm had a few stations i liked, as did Sirius. Now maybe i can get them in 1 package so i could have maybe a total of 4 stations i like.
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Having a competitive industry is a good thing...this might be good in the short run for you and me but not in the long run.
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This is bad news, not good anyway.
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I'm just annoyed this was considered Breaking News by CNN and arrived in my inbox accordingly.
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If only XM and Sirius didn't sound like such ass. Most music channels on XM are encoded at around 40kbps, and sound like total crap on a decent sound system.
Maybe the merger will free up some bandwidth and I'll be able to stand to listen to it again. -
I'm more interested in only paying $7/mo for channels I actually listen to. I'm not a sports person so having 100 or so sports channels is a complete waste. Howard Stern and Bubba the Love Sponge are all I care about.
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I am a big fan of competition, but the sat radio field was one in which the competition was nearly useless. yay for teh consumer!
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Good news...just as long as we don't all have to go out and buy new equipment in order to get all the stations.
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As a current Sirius subscriber, I think this is going to completely ruin the quality and diversity of the programming.
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This took to long to make it to the front page of Digg, especially since it is so relevant to most of our interests. I heard about this on CNN almost three hours ago.
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***** the FCC!
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Pretty fricken awesome. I'll continue to download my episodes of Howard. In my experience, satellite has just as many commercials as regular radio, they're just all about satellite radio.
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it still has to be approved by FCC
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APPROVED?!?!?!
OH MY GOD THAT IS SO EXCITING! THIS AFFECT EVERY ASPECT OF MY EVERY DAY LIFE!!! -
In the long run, I don't think this is a good idea. However, I also think there is a reason the market is small. The only people who seem to be into XM or Sirius are people who are gadget freaks. And "well-to-do" gadget freaks at that. Also, as long as alternatives like AM and FM radio exist, people who don't want to pay for something that was meant to be free won't buy in. Finally, with things like iPods floating around and the possibility of streaming audio via wireless internet providers (think G3). I think XM and Sirius being merged is more like taking the parts of two terminally ill patients in the hopes of building a Frankenstein that might be able to live through the illness but is destined to die anyway. Within ten years, the hybrid of the two will be functionally dead anyway. The name might live on as an add-on service to terrestrial wireless internet services, but that's about it. XM and Sirius have nothing to offer.
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***** FINALLY.
Maybe these companies can actually start paying their talent what they're worth instead of bleeding money waiting for this merger.
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I wish I could live in a reality where I could listen to Opie and Anthony and to Sirius's MUCH superior chill channel on one unit with one sub.
Sadly even if they merge I somehow doubt I'll get my dream. -
Hooo Hooo, Frrrrrrunkis, Yimmy, BabaBooey, My Vagiiiiinaaaa, Your Moms Box, O&A all the way, that's what I say, cause I'm a closet gay with hair made of hay... Ron & Fez 12-3 And that's the end of our show DONK!!!
That should make sense to at least 3 people. I miss sound board Fez :( -
Hopefully, the Sirius-XM Company-to-be will indeed offer a la carte programming. I'm a Sirius subscriber and can't wait to have MLB in addition to all the great programming.
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