tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| Technology marches on..
Unfortunately.. the march of technology is making satellite radio obsolete... with the expansion of wireless broadband, cell phone companies can charge less for the same product in their markets with greater selection and even "on demand" content. So, wireless carriers can do to satellite radio.. what the internet is doing to cable & broadcast tv.... slowly siphoning off subscribers.. |
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casey10s
join:2004-02-01
Monroeville, PA
| Interesting Survey
I am a subscriber to XM for the past few years. A few months ago, I received an email to take a survey from XM. They asked some questions and one of them was if I have heard in the news anything about XM. I mentioned about the XM/Sirius possible merger and this set off a flag. It took me to a different section of the survey where it was asking me preferences on possible programming and prices for the programming. From what I remember, here are the future possibilites in programming.
1. The packages would be a combination of the current Sirius and XM programming.
2. The top level packaging including everything would be about $20 and maybe up to $25 per month.
3. There would be a music only package for around $10 per month.
4. To get the talk shows, this would be extra charge if one does not have the complete package.
5. Special channels (Howard Stern?) would be in a separate tier possibly a part of the complete packge but wasn't clear.
6. Commercial free music also seems to be the future direction for the most part.
7. For the different packages, I was asked if I would pay it, go to a lower level package, or drop it completely.
For me, I don't care about the talk channels and I just want commercial free music at a reasonable price. I responded that the proposed pricing was more than I cared to pay. I would pay $10 a month for the music but for every other plan, I would probably drop XM. |
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TurtleFan
join:2003-05-03
Wyckoff, NJ
| Agreed. The Comedy channels and other stations are just a nice extra. But I listen to XM for the music that Terrestrial radio seems to think is dead  ...
I especially like tuning in to 'On the Rocks' every now and then for something goofy. I hope that survives.. |
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