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you need to look at this merger the same as the blu-ray vs hd-dvd issue. take away the companies and look at the two products. shortly we will start to see the benefits as consumers for the push to that one high def format in blu-ray - lower player costs, software advancements and the publics less confusion toward that technology, not to mention no battle for movies releasing on different formats. satellite radio will only survive as one combined product because of internal battles for content and separate r&d. sat radio needs to quit fighting itself before we lose it altogether. sat radio is one product, and with a concentrated effort will only benefit the consumer through the competition it will create with regular radio, ipods and so on. maybe then terrestrial radio will be forced to update its horrid programming and even sat radio having to increase its portability to compete with ipods. if at all consumers do not like the merger, and what it brings, then the market will deal with it when those consumers unsubscribe.
as far as the cable argument - if the public all gave up cable i bet you would start to see fees lower. go buy an antenna and get hd programming for free, sign up for netflix and get all the cable programs when they come out on dvd, watch them on the internet. cable is not a necessity. the problem with cable is people have made it an untrue necessity.
the anti-merger groups hold no water on the sirius/xm merger - simply...there is a reason they all seem backed by the NAB and special interest. the FCC and DOJ should be ashamed with the injustic going on - clearly not looking out for the average consumer. | |
Neyland85
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Steve Mehs
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I always find SDARS discussions on this site funny. Most people have no real clue on the industry.
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Satellite is losing the ware because of price, lack of contact, and commercials.
Some people say the price isn't that much. BS. For the average joe $13/month isn't to bad. Now start adding the additional radios. See how quickly the price gets higher. It can get out of hand quickly.
Commercials? With XM and Sirius I have access to 138 channels of COMMERCIAL FREE music.
Lack of content? Where on terrestrial radio can I find southern gospel, electronica, smooth electronica, lounge music, bluegrass, folk, alt country and even formats like oldies, which is disappearing and heavy metal. Not to mention wider playlists.
Cost? With 3 XM subscriptions, 2 Sirius subscriptions and Sirius Premium Internet Radio, I'm at $50 a month for radio. Worth every penny and more. I'd pay $100/month or more in a heartbeat just to keep the content I have access to right now.
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Well I have XM and am frustrated by the addition of commercials on some channels. And the content of the commercials leaves a lot to be desired too.
What commercials? You do realize XM was FORCED to put commercials on 4 of the music channels, right? You do realize the four channels that have commercials have commercial free clones, right?
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if at all consumers do not like the merger, and what it brings, then the market will deal with it when those consumers unsubscribe.
That's a pretty poor attitude. As a dual subscriber it's lose-lose. Yeah if it all goes down hill I'm free to cancel at anytime and quit paying and receiving service, but that doesn't help get me back what I lost. Cost is irrelevant, I love the choices I have with XM and Sirius, I do not want that to go away. If the merger happens, when I lose what I have I can never regain.
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as far as the cable argument - if the public all gave up cable i bet you would start to see fees lower. go buy an antenna and get hd programming for free, sign up for netflix and get all the cable programs when they come out on dvd, watch them on the internet. cable is not a necessity. the problem with cable is people have made it an untrue necessity.
OTA HD and Netflix don't give me Sabres hockey, Yankees baseball and my favorite shows they moment they air. Watching TV shows online sucks, I have a 42" Sony HDTV and a 55" Sony HDTV, yeah like I'd want to watch TV on a dinky 22" PC monitor.
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Neyland85
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| I listen to 90% talk and news. The news I understand, it takes breaks and has commercials at the same time the TV feed does. I just get tired of all the AdamEve,MaleEnhancement,GetRichOnTheInternet,Credit,DayTrading commercials. That's about all they seem to play.
The music channels with commercials are ClearChannel. XM started new channels with the same music without commercials. Very nice of XM, but as I said, I only listen to about 10% of the time to these channels. | |
Steve Mehs
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| Besides the TV simulcasts, you have actual networks like ESPN Radio, Bloomberg Radio, C-SPAN Radio and Air America, where XM is just passing on the network feed. Then you have Clear Channel mish mash talk channels like Extreme XM, Talk Radio and America's Talk, the shows have commercials. The only XM in house talk channels are The Virus, MLB Home Plate, NHL Home Ice and Take 5 to name a few
Satellite radio was never about commercial free talk, and never promoted as such.
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