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  1. cos1000 is offline
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    03-14-2009, 08:22 PM #21
    Quote Originally Posted by Beach Gambler View Post
    Does anyone know how to get the picture to upload, I put in under edit picture but it always says upload failed it is a small (within guidelines) pic.....
    Looks like someone or you found your own way..... nice beach

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    03-14-2009, 08:25 PM #22
    Cos.................. you made the $1, my side bet made $10. Not surprising to me. Kudos ! The spaceman is back !!!

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    03-14-2009, 09:41 PM #23
    Quote Originally Posted by killerkaul View Post
    Cos.................. you made the $1, my side bet made $10. Not surprising to me. Kudos ! The spaceman is back !!!

    Thanks killer.... had to get the suit on because it appears they moved the launch of the Sirius 5 sat up to Q2 09, need to run through some drills to get placing that baby jusssst right, ......

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    03-15-2009, 08:48 PM #24
    Cos................. have you ever gone weightless ???.........

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    03-15-2009, 11:03 PM #25
    Quote Originally Posted by homer985 View Post
    I beg to differ with this -- at the end of Q4, XM vs. Sirius:

    Cash and cash equivalents.. $206,740.......... $173,706
    Total current assets.......... $464,082.......... $328,924
    Total assets..................... $4,336,785....... $3,153,910

    Total current liabilities........ $1,381,992....... $1,025,344
    Long-term debt................. $1,439,102....... $1,412,638

    Total liabilities................... $4,912,339*....... $2,569,819

    (includes a $1BB liability of defered credit from the merger; and $886MM of deferred tax liability from the merger -- both of which Sirius does not have. The true comparison of like liabilities has Sirius at $2.56BB and XM at $2.99BB.)


    Seems to me that the balance sheets are still quite similiar... and if anything, XM has a billion in more assets. So I disagree with your assesment of whom has a stronger balance sheet.


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    Debt load is more, and some XM asset values are argueable. I still like Sirius balance sheet better. There debt load is also easier and more favorable. Some XM value might still be writen down, possible, in the future. Look for Sirius to work with the FCC on aquiring XM bandwidth, if XM losses more subs. MLB, Oprah are terrible contracts on the XM side. Sirius Howard contract(although still not a terrible one) is up soon as well, and the NFL might rework theirs due to economy, etc.. You like XM's balance sheet better? If anything you can make a case for both.
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    03-16-2009, 08:34 AM #26
    Quote Originally Posted by killerkaul View Post
    Cos................. have you ever gone weightless ???.........
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    Only with scuba gear on..... in N. England with wet suits and weight belts, zero gravity is the goal for a good effortless dive..... haven't been diving for years though.. the waters of the Caribean spoiled me with great visibility and warm water.....

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    03-17-2009, 07:56 PM #27
    Came across this info on SES Corporation's launch of a new satellite:

    SES Sirius 5 is a powerful multi-mission satellite, which will deliver high performance and extensive coverage for direct-to-home broadcasting, broadband, point-to-point, and VSAT services in Europe and Africa. Designed to be located at 5 degrees East, it is configured with two Ku-band beams, one serving customers in the Nordic and Baltic countries and the other serving Sub-Saharan Africa. It has a total of 36 active Ku-band transponders available. The spacecraft also has two C-band beams, one with global coverage and one with hemispheric coverage, which can be operated with up to 24 active C-band transponders. The satellite design also includes a Ka-band uplink capability, allowing for flexible operations between Europe and Africa. It is scheduled for delivery to SES in 2011.


    Question for John or Homer....can SIRIXM enter into an agreement with SES offering some of their content, and would it be feasible to SES based on their satellite configuration? I would assume they would have to uplink SIRIUSXM from somewhere other than the SIRIXM SATS themselves. This would allow SIRIXM to expand into areas of Europe and abroad without having to buy and maintain Satellites broadening the customer base in the process.


    I ask because of the following ownership by Liberty of 15% of Mobile streams


    Mobile Streams (LSE: MOS) is a global mobile content retailer. Founded in 1999, the Company retails a range of wide range of mobile content including full-track downloads, truetones, polyphonic ringtones, videos, graphics and games. Mobile Streams sells its content directly to consumers through its Ringtones.com mobile internet superstore as well as through the content portals operated by many of the world's largest mobile network carrier groups. Mobile Streams has wholly owned subsidiaries in the USA, Europe, Latin America and Asia. For more information, please go to www.ringtones.com and www.mobilestreams.com.

    Liberty ATTRIBUTED OWNERSHIP 15.8%
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