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XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. have agreed to merge, the two companies said Monday. The deal would consolidate the only two companies in the emerging business of subscription-only satellite radio.

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STONERS
Feb. 19, 2007, 2:24 p.m.
Very interesting,thanks pagey...
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coreyspring
Feb. 19, 2007, 5:09 p.m.
Looks like they've officially announced it now
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1-2-Oscar
Feb. 19, 2007, 9:21 p.m.
Satellite radio certainly has a future, but neither of these companies has been able to develop a sufficient subscriber base to cover their outrageous spending.
The good news is that now there will be only one badly-run company, instead of two.
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TOD396
Feb. 19, 2007, 9:31 p.m.
I thought Howard Stern was the one thing satellite radio needed to explode. Guess not...
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jerryskid1
Feb. 19, 2007, 10:01 p.m.
This is good news for XM as Sirius was catching up quickly. I'll take satellite over terrestrial radio anyday.
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samosley
Feb. 19, 2007, 10:16 p.m.
I would be surprised if the merger goes through. It has a 50/50 chance of not going through. There is a specific rule that says the two companies cannot merge.
Regardless, satellite radio is the future.
I've had XM for a couple of years now and I think it's great!
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Tenric
Feb. 19, 2007, 10:37 p.m.
I love XM, but I'm worried that the quality will go down without the competition.
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TechnologyExpert
Feb. 20, 2007, 12:59 a.m.
I'm not sure the feds will let this pass. Remember, they stopped the proposed merger between Dish and DirecTV. This would essentially be the same, but in sat radio instead of sat TV.
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dulci
Feb. 20, 2007, 1:32 a.m.
Great - now I can have one merged reciever rather than two recievers on my dash in the vehicle.
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siliconoff
Feb. 20, 2007, 1:44 a.m.
It is coolest! Thank you..
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okitech
Feb. 20, 2007, 4:09 a.m.
crap now the fcc will get invovled an block it....forcing a new company i bet....but this is all speculation
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mbkijb
Feb. 20, 2007, 6:39 a.m.
Oh, another corporate merger.....just what we need.
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kanezz13
Feb. 20, 2007, 8:19 a.m.
Here in Green Bay there is nothing to listen to but sports and right wing talk. I have sirius for the content and love it. I for one, am looking forward to the proposed merger as XM has better technology.
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PINTO
Feb. 20, 2007, 8:20 a.m.
Doesnt this create an illegal monopoly on the "satellite radio" industry?
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Harbeas
Feb. 20, 2007, 8:45 a.m.
Don't care, don't have either one and have no plans to get either one.
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icelander
Feb. 20, 2007, 1:27 p.m.
Can someone explain why I'd want to pay for radio?
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Macondo
March 13, 2007, 5:05 p.m.
I subscribed to Sirius, payed one year subscription with credit card.
We were experiencing poor reception in our apartment, so wee did not renew. A year latter we found on our credit card charges for renewal second year (Never authorized by us.)
The selection of some musical modalities was fine, on one same channel sounded repetitive. Classic music, rock, big bands was OK. Latin was very much Mexican or Caribbean but nothing of the new trends in Europe or South America.
Talk radio was / -
I wonder about digital HD radio as future alternative. The receptors are still scarce and expensive.
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