Do you think the SIRIUS/XM merger will save SAT. radio??!
Question: 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.
Answers: 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.
no, they will just monopolize the market
Save? Perhaps not. It at least gives them a decent shot.
There the only 2 satellite radio providors in the U.S. So yes it will save them.
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.