said by LouiseBowes :

easy....satellite radio is a totally different medium from an access perspective. There are plenty of areas that are not served by cable where satellite is the ONLY choice and if the DISH/DTV merger were allowed to go through, it would create a monopoly for those customers who have no cable/FIOS/u-verse access. Satellite radio does not have that issue, the worse that you get is poor reception on occasion and the lsitener can always go over to terrestrial radio or an IPOD.

"evidence does not demonstrate that the proposed merger of XM and Sirius is likely to substantially lessen competition, and that the transaction therefore is not likely to harm consumers."

said by LouiseBowes :

There are plenty of areas that are not served by cable where satellite is the ONLY choice and if the DISH/DTV merger were allowed to go through, it would create a monopoly for those customers

said by bnceo :

Bout freakin time already. However, I would love to see a more detailed report on this. What did the Sat companies give up? Is the FCC going to censor them for content? And will Mel K really work for the consumers and not the stock holders (aka milking us so we go back to FM radio)? On the latter, Mel K will sell us out. BIG TIME!

said by Dogfather :

Took long enough. Let's see how long the FCC will drag their feet.

Hopefully this will get done soon so I won't have to have 2 radios and 2 accounts to get MLB and Stern.

said by Count Zero :

Sat Radio competes with FM (free), CDs, iPods, and now HD Radio.

said by Count Zero :

Aside from the commercials on FM I don't find the music selection to be terribly different between comparable stations.

said by b10010011 :

"the proposed merger of XM and Sirius is likely to substantially lessen competition,"

Monopoly = Competition

Because there are already way too many satellite radio providers?

said by b10010011 :

"the proposed merger of XM and Sirius is likely to substantially lessen competition,"

Monopoly = Competition

Because there are already way too many satellite radio providers?

said by b10010011 :

"the proposed merger of XM and Sirius is likely to substantially lessen competition,"

Monopoly = Competition

Because there are already way too many satellite radio providers?

said by OSUGoose :

With the conditions that they must allow any CSBR (Competative Satellite Based Radio) (which btw im copywrighting that term)

said by wombatclov :

So WHO else provides satellite radio in the US? Is the DOJ on drugs?? Or perhaps just the same old story of political power and money!

said by wombatclov :

So WHO else provides satellite radio in the US? Is the DOJ on drugs?? Or perhaps just the same old story of political power and money!

said by flyingjoey :

For those of us who are willing to pay for satellite Radio; this merger is a good thing as it will bring more programming (NASCAR/NBA/NHL/NBA/etc.) Hey we all pay for cable for a reason... It just ain't cuz we like what we see over the air.

So... if Sat Radio doesn't do it for you... then Good! Different strokes for different folks right! Me in particular I like being able to bring a little bit of home whenever I go up to Canada or go down to the Caribbean and while I’m stuck in traffic it beats the hell out of having to listen to terrestrial radio.

Now I’m wondering if Sirius will accept a lifetime subscription from me now.

said by P Ness :

"Those that want the greater selection would have no choice"

good thing you can get 100x more selection from sources like internet, mp3, itunes, slacker, radio, cd's, etc or you would be very pissed that they approved this merger huh?

said by pepperxn :

You misunderstood when I said this. I was talking about GameStop/EB. If you listen to satellite radio, then buy the cd because you like the music, that's not competing with satellite radio. GameStop/EB is like the XM-Sirius.