Sirius And XM May Combine Forces
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio (DARS) service in the United States that provides 65 streams (channels) of music and 55 streams of sports, news and entertainment. Currently, Sirius has exclusive satellite radio broadcasting rights to all NFL and NBA games. On November 18, 2004 the former COO and President of Viacom, Mel Karmazin, was named the CEO of Sirius.
Digital satellite systems usually make use of a very small dish which can be installed anywhere on the consumer's property with a line-of-sight to an orbiting satellite. Sirius Radio offers an adapter that allows conventional car radios to receive satellite signals. You can buy XM Ready radios at thousands of consumer electronics, auto accessory, retail stores, and online.
On March 1, 2004, XM Radio launched Instant Traffic and Weather Channels for major metropolitan markets in the United States. XM Radio's headquarters, production studios, and high-end concert/recording studio are located in Washington D.C. XM Satellite Radio is revolutionizing radio by offering exciting and unprecedented coast-to-coast programming.
XM Satellite Radio produces the majority of its channels, as well as a few others that are not available via satellite, available on the Internet. XM Radio Canada and Sirius Canada are the first licensed satellite radio services in Canada. Most portable radios let you store several hours of satellite radio programming in their internal memories. At its launch in 2001, satellite radio was targeted only towards motorists. Hybrid portable satellite radios will let you save up to 50 hours of content, and let you store and play back your MP3s. The primary digital satellite systems providers are the Dish Network, Star and DirecTV. A number of home and mobile audio manufacturers have begun to offer HD-Radio capable receivers.
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