Do you think the SIRIUS/XM merger will save SAT. radio??

Question

Do you think the SIRIUS/XM merger will save SAT. radio??

Answer 1

It will consolidate the losses, but until we see the concessions the FCC will impose on the new company it will be hard to say.

Answer 2

IT will certainly help.  Then folks will be able to get things a la carte.  In other words if I want NFL and MLB I dont' have to have two radios - one for NFL (Sirius) and one for MLB (XM).  I also wouldn't have to choose a car based on the type of satellite it receives.  (Obviously I'm not dumb enough to make a $25k purchase based on the radio, but if I bought a Nissan I wouldn't need satellite radio cause I want XM, and I'm not going to buy an Acura instead of a Nissan because it has XM).  But it would be nice to have one receiver that receives it all.

Also with a la carte pricing satellite radio will cost less.  The companies have already submitted a pricing guide to Congress and it is lower in many cases than current pricing.

This will not be a monopoly.  Sat radio is only 4% of radio listeners.  A monopoly is what Clear Channel has on the terrestrial radio market.  4% share is not a monopoly.

Answer 3

Save?  Perhaps not.  It at least gives them a decent shot.

Answer 4

There the only 2 satellite radio providors in the U.S. So yes it will save them.

Answer 5

no, they will just monopolize the market