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[Posted on January 10, 2007 - 2:35 PM]
The two satellite radio companies in North America, Sirius and XM, have been waging war for a couple of years now, and today's battle signifies a shift in the balance of power. XM has been the leader in both market share and technology since Sirius' inception. XM has released technology a full generation ahead of Sirius, but today Sirius was...

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[Posted on November 27, 2006 - 2:20 PM]
A throw-away, obligatory question from The Deal's Richard Morgan at the Convergence 2.0 conference back in June to Mel Karmazin led to widespread speculation and a temporary uptick for both Sirius and rival XM's share prices. Karmazin played the devil's advocate when asked if Sirius would do a deal with XM, the press took him seriously, and continues to do...

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[Posted on October 4, 2006 - 1:12 PM]
The gap between the No. 1 and No. 2 satellite radio companies continues to close. Sirius, currently No. 2, added 441,100 net new subscribers in the third quarter, bringing its total to 5.12 million (analysts put the number at 440,000). XM, the industry leader, for the time being, added 285,000 new net subscribers, bringing its total at 7.185 million subscribers...

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[Posted on August 15, 2006 - 3:25 PM]
The wait appears to be nearly over for the early adopter Sirius subscribers who have been chomping at the bit to get their hands on a fully-portable Sirius satellite radio receiver. XM, the No. 1 satellite radio company, is on its second generation of portable receivers, but the Sirius Stiletto 100 is poised to raise the bar for satellite radio...

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[Posted on August 10, 2006 - 1:08 PM]
The No. 1 satellite radio company has signed a deal with Alltel to provide 20 satellite music stations on select Alltel handsets. The service will cost $7.99 per month, and the release hinted at future deals with other wireless carriers. XM's lead in the satellite radio industry over No. 2 Sirius has been dwindling since Howard Stern joined Sirius in...

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[Posted on August 2, 2006 - 2:26 PM]
In the good news/bad news arena today is this announcement from Google and XM Radio. The two companies will team up to enhance XM's advertising, the only problem is that advertising is what made a lot of people flee terrestrial radio for the uncluttered satellite world. Both XM and Sirius currently have advertising on their talk radio stations, and XM...

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[Posted on August 1, 2006 - 1:16 PM]
In a conference call, Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin announced that the Sirius "Stiletto," the company's first fully-portable receiver/digital audio player, will hit the market by the end of August. Karmazin first unveiled the receiver at The Deal's Convergence 2.0 conference in June (pictured at left). No price has been announced for the device and no firm release date was set....

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[Posted on July 10, 2006 - 1:38 PM]
Hilary Rosen may be the Johnny Damon of the music world. Damon, formerly the center fielder for the Boston Red Sox took the money and ran to the arch-rival New York Yankees, a move met with hatred in Boston and skepticism in New York. Rosen went from being chief of the Recording Industry Association of America, to consulting for XM...

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[Posted on June 29, 2006 - 4:49 PM]
During the Convergence 2.0 conference Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin talked about a new, fully-portable Sirius receiver/MP3 player. He even took a beta version of the device out of his pocket and flashed it to the crowd. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera handy, and thought the opportunity was lost. Luckily, another photographer working for The Deal was front and center...

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[Posted on June 29, 2006 - 4:20 PM]
Two quick notes about the aftermath of the Convergence 2.0 conference earlier this week. Gizmodo has the first hands-on review of Vonage's new V-Phone. We broke the news here of the new USB device. Techdirt had some particularly uninformed comments regarding Mel Karmazin's keynote at the conference as well. The post titled, "Does Mel Karmazin Realize That XM Isn't The...

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