On Jan 8, 2005, at 3:57 PM, Rusty Hodge wrote:
quoted 9 lines XM and Sirius will be compatible in the next few years. Receivers will> XM and Sirius will be compatible in the next few years. Receivers will
> receive any. I suspect that both services will then start selling
> programming bundles and customers will buy programming from both
> providers. As it stands now, XM and Sirius are wasting bandwith with
> many almost identical channels.
>
> If Satellite radio had 200 unique channels to work with, there would
> be lots of room for niche programming like IDM, DnB and other flavors
> of electronica.
Where do you base your allegations that XM and Sirius will be
compatible?
After ten years, Dish Network and DirecTV are incompatible. I don't
see XM and Sirius becoming "compatible", unless one buys the other out.
They have extensive contracts (with certain program/stations) that
would probably negate any compatibility). I could possibly see a
receiver coming out that could pick up both, but you'd obviously have
to pay for each service to XM and Sirius for the pleasure.
--
Mr. Tangent [the binary police]
www.mrtangent.com
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