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XM / Sirius merger appears close to conclusion

article published on 17 June, 2008

It's been more than a year and a half since XM and Sirius, the only 2 companies licensed by the FCC to provide satellite radio service, filed for government permission to merge into a single company and service. It took more than a year to get approval from the Justice Department, and nearly 3 months more for FCC chairmain Kevin Martin to announce his position. Now it looks like the merger ... [ read the full article ]

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SProdigy
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_ 		17. June 2008 @ 12:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's about time. I may consider signing up again if I can get both of the services features for a low monthly rate.
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Tecbot
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_ 		17. June 2008 @ 13:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
doubt ill get it anyway signed up for a lifetime service after a year see more charges from this company on my cc bill...they refunded me and service along with box were thrown out.

Good for some people I guess..would of been for me if I got what I paid for in the beginning.
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yellowsub
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_ 		17. June 2008 @ 14:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is the problem with "licensing". First look how long this process has taken. The government has delayed consumers getting a better service for almost a year and a half. The second problem I have with this is someone in the government is allowed to dictate their personal preferences to a private business. When did the government start requiring 8% of programming be non profit and minority programming. Will Cable TV be next? This is an intrusion into the free market, unequal treatment under the law, and a breach of economic liberties. What scares the hell out of me is businesses has tolerated this intrusion which means it will continue and the people are asleep or don?t give a @#$!!!
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bobiroc
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_ 		17. June 2008 @ 18:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well I hope that eventually they add some of the Sirius channels for XM Radios. I have XM in my car and I am on my 3 month free trial and I have yet to find a station I can turn on and leave on. I have Sirius channels with my Dish Network and I find I like those stations more.
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JOHNSTARR
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_ 		18. June 2008 @ 17:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This whole situation is a joke but maybe someday SIRI stock just might go over 3$ again and i will only be stuck 6000$.

FCC stalled because free radio lined there pockets with mass cash causing both companies to bleed out.
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rockjckey
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_ 		20. June 2008 @ 03:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I've had Sirius for three years now and I couldn't live without it. As soon as the merger is approved they will start their ad campaign and the world will see what they are missing. NFL,NBA,NHL,NASCAR,MLB all teams wherever you are with no blackouts. This is heaven! I'm buying more stock tomorrow! Oh yeah,video feeds are coming too from Sirius as well as feeds to blackberries.
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