John/Slackonomics wrote:
quoted 21 lines On Jan 8, 2005, at 3:57 PM, Rusty Hodge wrote:> On Jan 8, 2005, at 3:57 PM, Rusty Hodge wrote:
>
>> 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.
Right. Besides, like I said and everyone ignored, we really only need to
wait a year or so for the shakeout. Sirius had no money left to give
before they started paying for Howard and NFL.
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