Satellite Radio Merger

Source: www.news.com --- 11 days ago
Federal regulators formally approve Sirius Satellite Radio's $3.3 billion buyout of former competitor XM Satellite Radio with conditions. ...

Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- 11 days ago
WASHINGTON -- Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s $3.3 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. will mean millions of subscribers will be able to receive programming from both services, while executives say it will create huge cost savings for the industry. ...

Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- 11 days ago
The government has approved the long-delayed Merger of the nation's only Satellite Radio companies, combining Sirius and XM into a single entity with 18 million subscribers. ...

Source: www.usatoday.com --- 11 days ago
Federal regulators have formally approved the Merger of the nation's only two Satellite Radio operators, ending a 16-month-long ... ...

Source: www.cbsnews.com --- 11 days ago
Sirius Satellite Radio will buyout XM Radio form $3.3 billion after a 3-2 FCC ruling approving the deal. ...

Source: www.theglobeandmail.com --- 11 days ago
Federal regulators formally approved the Merger of the nation's only two Satellite Radio operators yesterday, ending a 16-month-long drama.Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s $3.3-billion (U.S.) buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. will mean 18 million-plus subscribers will be able to receive programming from both services. Executives say it will mean huge cost savings that will lead to a first-ever profit for the relatively nascent industry. ...

Source: www.detnews.com --- 11 days ago
WASHINGTON -- Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s $3.3 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. will mean millions of subscribers will be able to receive programming from both services, while executives say it will create huge cost savings for the industry. ...

Source: cbs4.com --- 11 days ago
The FCC has approved the Merger of the nation's only 2 Satellite Radio companies in a deal which will cap prices for customers for 3 years, allow them to cut costs by eliminating unwanted channels, and eventually install a single Radio which receives both services. The $3.3 billion deal was approved Friday night, and will give the combined company 18 million subscribers. ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 19 days ago
Sirius Satellite Radio Chief Executive Officer Mel Karmazin, center, talks with company president Scott Greenstein, right, in New York. The potential deciding vote in the U.S. government's review of t... ...

Source: www.gazettenet.com --- 11 days ago
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators formally approved the Merger of the nation's only two Satellite Radio operators Friday, ending a 16-month-long drama closely watched by Washington and Wall Street. read more ...

Source: www.mediacastermagazine.com --- 10 days ago
XM Canada says it is reviewing its options following the Federal Communications [ Full Story ] ...

Source: www.idobi.com --- 5 days ago
Federal regulators formally approved the Merger of the nation’s only two Satellite Radio operators Friday, ending a 16-month-long drama closely watched by Washington and Wall Street. Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.’s $3.3 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. will mean 18 million-plus subscribers will be able to receive programming from both services. Executives [...] ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 4 days ago
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Source: blog.reallyrocketscience.com --- 11 days ago
    Deborah Taylor Tate is the FCC commissioner who will cast the deciding vote to approve the Sirius/XM Merger , via the Wall Street Journal : Republican commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate is the only FCC member left to vote on the deal and she is expected to do so shortly, two FCC officials close to the negotiations said. She is expected to sign off on the deal in exchange for a consent decree that resolves several enforcement issues involving the Satellite Radio companies and a combined fine of about $20 million, an FCC source close to the deal said. Ms. Tate has also asked for a variety of other minor conditions, an FCC source said. An adviser to Ms. Tate did not respond to a call for comment. Exact details about the deal are not known since FCC officials and lawyers for the companies appear to still be working them out. Ms. Tate's vote would finally end the agency's 13-month review of the deal. Her vote is critical for the deal's approval since the rest of the five-member board remained evenly split on the deal. As of Wednesday morning, both of the FCC's two Democratic commissioners had voted against the deal. Democrat Jonathan Adelstein announced his decision in a statement, noting he was hoping for a "bipartisan solution" but that the other commissioners weren't interested. Last week, Mr. Adelstein proposed conditions including a six-year price cap, a 25% channel set-aside for non-commercial and minority-owned stations and interop ...

Source: www.ronacierno.com --- 3 days ago
For the past couple of years the only thing holding me back from getting either XM or Sirius sat. Radio is the fact that I felt each of them by them selves weren’t pushing out enough quality content that I would enjoy to pay the $10 bucks a month. Needless to say I was very [...] ...

Source: futuremusic.com --- 11 days ago
Federal regulators formally approved the Merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio. The FCC voted 3-2 to approve the buyout, with the tiebreaker coming Friday night from Republican commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate. Tate had insisted that the companies settle charges that they violated FCC rules before she would approve the deal. The companies agreed [...] ...