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Following the merger, Sirius XM began offering numerous new options, including à la carte offerings, a family-friendly version, and "mostly music" or "news, sports, and talk" packages, ranging in price from US$6.99 to US$16.99 per month. [93]
On March 24, 2008, the United States Department of Justice approved the merger of XM and Sirius Satellite Radio. [29] On July 26, the FCC approved the XM-Sirius merger [30] and on July 29, Sirius and XM officially merged as Sirius XM Radio. [31] XM Canada and Sirius Canada, subsidiaries of the parent companies, remained separate until April ...
On February 19, 2007, Sirius announced a merger deal with competitor XM Satellite Radio. [27] If the pending merger received government approval, which was required because of antitrust considerations, it would combine the two services into a single satellite radio network in the United States and would be named Sirius/XM Radio.
However, as part of the Sirius/XM channel lineup merger on 2008-11-12, P.O.T.U.S `08 was merged with Sirius' Indie Talk channel and rechristened as a permanent channel on both services. Igor (XM 120) – Between 2007-10-29 and 2007-11-01, this channel featured Halloween music and aired on XM Live Channel 120.
Sirius XM Radio raised some serious money this week, and it's a testament to how far the satellite radio provider has come since completing the merger between Sirius and XM five summers ago.
XM satellite radio was launched in Canada on November 29, 2005. Sirius followed two days later on December 1, 2005. Sirius Canada and XM Radio Canada announced their merger into Sirius XM Canada on November 24, 2010. [35] It was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on April 12, 2011. [36]
How well do you know Sirius XM Radio (NAS: SIRI) ? You may know a lot about the history of satellite radio and the merger that stitched XM to Sirius in a company that now combines for 21.9 million ...
On August 27, 2007, Primosphere filed a second comment concerning the merger of Sirius and XM Satellite Radio. [6] In 2009 Sirius/XM was required to lease 8% or 4 channels each to qualified groups as a condition of their merger, potentially opening the door to Primophere leasing channels on XM and on Sirius existing radios for free to consumers ...