Sirius and XM commissioned Hazlett - currently a law and economics professor at George Mason University -- to write a brief to the FCC on behalf of their merger.
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After months of negotiating, on December 9, Sirius XM finally signed a new five-year deal with him.
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We had an airplane running flawlessly, we had real-time weather displayed on a large-screen map, and we had XM Satellite Radio to make the hours pass.
As new vehicles slowly enter the used-car market, Sirius XM will have a greater opportunity to grab subscribers.
But if Sirius and XM continue adding subscribers at a steady clip--and avoid churn--the high-stakes gamble may pay off.
As these new vehicles enter the used-car market slowly, Sirius XM will have a greater opportunity to grab subscribers.
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We tuned the XM Satellite Radio (nasdaq: XMSR - news - people ) to a station playing Sixties tunes to help the time fly.
The model I drove came loaded with heated and cooled front and rear leather seats, Bluetooth, Xenon headlamps, illuminated door plates, XM radio, stability control, lane departure warning, 19-inch alloy wheels, a sunroof, and park assistance with rearview camera.
With that little Department of Justice business out of their way, Sirius and XM have unsurprisingly been quick to start chatting up the all-important FCC, and a recent filing from the agency has now revealed that lawyers from the two companies have met with none other than FCC Chairman Kevin Martin himself, along with other higher-ups.
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In the fourth quarter, Sirius reported a year-over-year 332% jump in net subscribers, while XM, the larger of the two, recorded subscriber growth of 66%.
Martin endorsed the deal in exchange for concessions including turning 24 channels over to noncommercial and minority programming, a three-year price freeze for customers, packages offering services from both XM and Sirius, and standards designed to encourage competition from the companies that make their radios.
Sirius XM Radio posted better-than-expected second-quarter results Wednesday as revenue soared 16% thanks to a surge in subscribers.
He recently teamed with troubled Sirius XM Radio and Garmin, maker of global-positioning displays, to beam weather data to automobiles--a potentially large but still nascent market.
The system offers the usual satellite-radio amenities (XM NavWeather, local fuel prices, real-time traffic and stock updates, and more) as well as a brace of Internet apps, such as Pandora and Open Table.
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You can also listen to internet radio via a customized vTuner radio station database or attach an optional Connect-and-Play satellite antenna for XM radio goodness.
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