Posted on 12/20/2005 9:11:13 AM PST by hoosierboy
Sirius Satellite Radio may be debuting Howard Stern after the New Year, but will it also have Fox News Channel? Fox News pulled shows by two of its signature hosts -- lefty Alan Colmes and conservative Tony Snow -- Monday after Sirius allowed their contracts to expire," Variety's Michael Learmonth reports.
"Now, after six months of failed talks, the deal to carry Fox News Channel itself is set to expire Jan. 1, just as Sirius is hoping to move radios with the help of Howard Stern hypehype.
The situation has become so dire that Sirius toppertopper Mel Karmazin walked across West 48th Street from Sirius' headquarters to News Corp. HQ to meet with Fox topper Roger Ailes in person."
"It's causing them a great deal of grief at a time when they are trying to sell radios for Christmas," Fox Radio senior VP Kevin Magee said.
Ailes wants a higher carriage fee and a committment to carry Fox News Talk, too. More...
same here
Switching means all new hardware, yes?
Yes you will need a new radio- I have XM and find that I listen to Fox News often as well- I rarely miss the video.
DISH become a shareholder in Sirius as well as a reseller of the Sirius equipment and service. Most people will go to their local Radio Shack to buy either DISH or Sirius or XM anyway.
The only Sirius channels that DISH offers on their system is the freebie music services, basically channels 1 through 100.
Yes. They're incompatible with one another.
I'm glad I chose XM over Sirius! I just bought my first satellite radio this Christmas, with both systems offering sub $30 receivers.
I chose XM simply for the geosyncronous receivers and more terrestrial repeaters over Sirius's figure-8 orbit over the Mississippi River area.
And DirecTV switched over to XM music channels in November. I do believe the lines have been drawn.
You know, you're right. Having FoxNews available to me on XM was something I thought would be neat to listen to from time to time, but I have found that it occupies probably between 25-30% of my overall listening. Funny thing is that I bought it for the music selection, and have found that I use it to listen to talk radio and Fox just as much if not more than the music.
You have a picture of this? I have both, to see which one I liked better, and having to move my Sirius antenna drives me nuts.
Direct TV now has XM and Radio Shack only sells Sirius in my area ?!?!?
I have XM....the stern BS will keep my money going to XM.
The orbit pattern is irrelevant. XM has more satellites running more power, covering more of the US than Sirius' fleet of satellites. But, if you're out in the middle of fly over country, you're not going to have any of these terrestrial repeaters. They're more common in large metropolitian areas prone to signal fade from bridges, tunnels and skyscrapers.
Sirius is making a strategic error staking their identity to Stern. It may help them in the short term but it cements the idea that Sirius=smut.
My local Radio Shack sells both XM and Sirius radios, antennas, and service plans.
WHY bridges???
So what? You have to pay extra a month for it. It'll be no different than purchasing a subscription to a premium movie service like HBO, or Showtime or Starz! on satellite or cable.
The only people Stern will lure is the hardcore fan base of Stern that he's built for years over terrestrial FM radio.
Are you sure you have to pay extra???
Metal is a type of signal reflector. Which is why in certain instances you can't get squat on either AM or FM in a skyscraper.
Exactly, and XM has an adult porn channel that you have to pay extra for, so what is the difference?
The only dollars going to Stern will be those pony up the extra $$ to receive it.
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