Cos.................. you made the $1, my side bet made $10. Not surprising to me. Kudos ! The spaceman is back !!!
Cos................. have you ever gone weightless ???.........
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.
Last edited by relmor2003; 03-15-2009 at 11:05 PM.
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%
Last edited by asm610; 03-17-2009 at 08:28 PM.