XM, Sirius to offer low cost, a-la-carte options
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Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM  Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said on Monday they would offer a  subscription package priced 46 percent below current levels,  and would also let customers buy packages of their favorite  channels, after their proposed merger.
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Listeners would have several new options, including an "a la carte" package that costs about half the current lowest-price subscription plan.
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Rivals XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio both have ventured again to the automotive industry in their latest efforts to land new subscribers, announcing separate distribution agreements Tuesday with Toyota Motor Corp.
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Automaker Toyota Motor Corp. will offer XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. radios as a factory-installed option starting in 2006, XM said on Tuesday.
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The satellite radio companiesâ pricing plans would allow customers to choose which channels they want if the two firms are permitted to merge.
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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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Sirius is teaming with Microsoft to offer more in-car entertainment.
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XM Radio, which offers a subscription to commercial-free radio via satellite, is set to expand its services to online music. Dubbed XM Radio Online, the new offering will launch in early October and cost $7.99 USD per month for unlimited listening. Current XM subscribers can sign up to the online service for only $3.99 USD per month. XM has partnered with Dell to offer 30 days of free XM Radio Online to purchasers of new computers.
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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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XM and Sirius, the two satellite radio companies that have spent millions of dollars trying to woo pay-for-service customers, yesterday announced plans to merge in hopes of stemming losses and offering an even larger smorgasbord of music, talk and sports.
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The two companies that offer satellite radio service are hoping to expand their customer base by selling smaller after-market receivers with a range of new capabilities.
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By Seth Sutel THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  NEW YORK -- Satellite radio rivals XM and Sirius have every intention of merging, but not just yet.  Until they clear serious regulatory hurdles, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.
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The top executives at the nation's two satellite radio companies detailed pricing plans Monday that they said would let customers choose which channels they want to receive if the two firms are combined.
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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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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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But only if they're allowed to merge XM and Sirius are dangling a new carrot in front of the Federal Communications Commission in order to get the green light to merge. The satellite radio companies say they will offer a la carte packages of their lineups if the antitrust regulators look the other way.â¦
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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.