Toyota Vehicles to Offer Both XM, Sirius Satellite Radio
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Toyota Motor Corp. will offer XM Satellite Radio as a factory-installed option in Toyota and Lexus vehicles beginning in 2006, but customers also will be able to order rival Sirius Satellite Radio at Toyota dealerships starting next year.
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Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.   and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.  said on Monday  that if their proposed merger is approved, they will offer  subscriptions priced 46 percent below current levels, and would  let customers buy packages of their favorite channels.
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(InfoWorld) - The U.S.'s two satellite radio operators, Sirius Satellite RadioÂ and XM Satellite Radio Holdings announced Monday they plan to merge, pending a potentially difficult approval process. The all-stock deal will see XM shareholders receiving 4.6 shares of Sirius stock for each XM share they own. The new company would be worth $13 billion, based on the companies' estimates, although neither company has ever turned a profit. Sirius and XM combined lost over a billion dollars last year on total revenues of about $1.5 billion. Because the two are the only companies licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to offer satellite radio services, the merger may face regulatory opposition over creating an industry giant that would be hinder competition. Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin will become the new company's CEO, with Gary Parsons, currently XM's chairman, set to become its new chairman. Executives from both companies will continue in their present roles until the deal closes, expected by the end of 2007. The two companies pioneered the concept of subscription-based radio services, delivered nationwide via satellite. Both Sirius and XM charge subscribers $12.95 per month for their services. Sirius surprised the radio world in 2004 when it signed shock-jock Howard Stern to a five-year, $100 million contract. Stern remains the network's chief draw of over 130 channels, which includes NFL game broadcasts and related talk shows. XM has about 160 channels and counts talk-show and entertainment titan Oprah Winfrey among its celebrities. XM claims 7.6 million subscribers, and Sirius 6 million.
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XM Satellite Radio is the latest content provider to join the increasingly crowded online-music market, announcing the impending launch of a service delivering its radio programming via the Internet.
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON  - U.S. satellite radio  companies Sirius  and XM  promised on Monday a  variety of subscription packages that cost up to 46 percent  less than current plans if their merger is approved.
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Ford Motor Co. F.N will begin  offering Sirius Satellite Radio SIRI.O as a factory-installed  option in up to 1 million vehicles over two years beginning  this summer, the companies said on Tuesday.
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Hoping to win approval for their merger, Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio announced plans to let consumers choose the programs in their subscription package.
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Ford Motor Co. said Monday it will begin offering Sirius Satellite Radio as a dealer-installed option in four more vehicles by year&#39;s end and is targeting up to 20 vehicle
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XM Satellite Radio will carry major league baseball games under a $650 million, 11-year deal announced Wednesday, the latest move in a costly race with rival Sirius Satellite Radio to sign personalities and sports leagues as a way of winning customers. -AP
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Sirius Satellite Radio's deal with  controversial radio host Howard Stern should help convince more  automakers to offer its subscription radios as an option in  their vehicles, analysts said on Thursday.
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The Ford Motor Company plans to announce on Monday that it will offer Sirius Satellite Radio in more of its cars and trucks and that it will begin installing the satellite
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XM Satellite Radio disclosed an 11-year, $650 million deal with Major League Baseball yesterday, the latest move in a costly race with rival Sirius Satellite Radio , which this month signed a five-year, $500 million deal with shock jock Howard Stern.
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XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. will soon begin broadcasting some of its stations to subscribers over the Internet, fresh on the heels of the company&#39;s discontinuation of a receiver for PCs that some users
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XM Satellite Radio said Tuesday it will sell a portable satellite radio with a built-in antenna that can record up to five hours of programming.
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If satellite radio's proponents are right, the new medium could be the next cable television, only bigger. Currently available through two companies, the XM and Sirius satellite radio networks, satellite radio requires that users pay a monthly fee and buy a special receiver to translate the signal. Both networks offer a wide range of programming on more than 120 stations, ...
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The two main U.S. satellite radio  providers, Sirius Satellite Radio  and XM Satellite  Radio  on Monday said they would merge in a  stock-for-stock deal, a move that has been long expected in the  young industry.
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Toyota will offer SIRIUS, as both a post production and dealer installed option, in nine models beginning in February 2005. The Toyota models include: Camry, Solara (including Solara Convertible), Land Cruiser