Fool Video: XM and Sirius: The Future of Radio?
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XM and Sirius feel the urge to merge.  What does the future hold for the former rivals?
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Will HD radio be enough to keep listeners tuned in?
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By Seth Sutel  XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., rivals in the fledgling satellite radio industry, have agreed to combine in a deal that investors hope will result in lower costs, assuming it overcomes significant regulatory hurdles.
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Radio broadcasters are considering technology and business models that may soon allow listeners to click, listen and buy the tunes they hear on their favorite radio stations.
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Analyst Jeffrey Wlodarczak says Sirius has undergone an extraordinary transformation in the last few months, from a company teetering toward bankruptcy, to arguably a company that in some respects is on an equal footing with XM Satellite Radio.
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Sirius continues to make serious inroads into XM's lead in satellite radio. On Wednesday, both companies announced their quarterly subscriber adds, and the smaller company continued to beat its larger rival by a 2-to-1 margin.
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Everyday investors ponder both sides of satellite radio's bad boy.
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While questions surround the planned merger of the XM and Sirius satellite radio systems in the United States, the situation for their Canadian affiliates may be more uncertain.
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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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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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The Motley Fool - Is the Stiletto in? That's the question of the day among the tech chic. But it's not shoes with sticks -- as my three-year-old daughter calls them -- that are the rage, it's radio. Wired News reports that Sirius Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI - News) is on the verge of introducing the Stiletto 100, a portable music player that boasts both a satellite receiver and built-in Wi-Fi.
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Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.   and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.  expect their  merger to close by the end of 2007, according to presentation  slides for an analysts' conference call on Tuesday.
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By Jonathan Sidener, The San Diego Union-Tribune  Feb. 21--The proposed merger of the XM and Sirius satellite radio  networks creates confusion for consumers in the short term. That much is  clear.
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By Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 26--The only two satellite radio systems in America, Sirius and XM, want to merge. A decade-old federal rule bars it. But neither has shown a profit, so Washington should let them combine.
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Sirius and XM committed to offer a la carte programming options, hoping to curry favor with regulators as its proposed $13 billion merger comes under increasing scrutiny.
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The satellite radio provider has gotten ahead of itself, but selling now would be a mistake.
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There's more to satellite radio than meets the ear.