Competitors

In a contentious issue that has been brewing for weeks, the latest salvo comes from the National Association of Broadcasters. In their longstanding battle with the record labels, the radio industry began to concede with some caveats that included lower streaming rates, as well as a mandate that… → Read More

In an effort to improve their service Pandora is now allowing genre based station seeding and has launched over 100 genre based stations to their line-up. Station seeding in the past was accomplished through the user providing an artist or song name from which Pandora would begin to… → Read More

In a move that is not really surprising, the national Association of Broadcasters is laying out a royalty proposal that would end terrestrial radio’s long and costly battle with the record labels. The royalty issue has been battled over for a couple of years now, with both sides… → Read More

Slacker has worked out a relationship with music related merchandise specialist ShockHound that gives Slacker users and subscribers instant access to collectibles, CD’s, DVD’s, t_shirts and more. The ShockHound service is fully integrated with Slacker, and allows instant access to merchandise geared toward the artist you are listening… → Read More

As SiriusBuzz reported earlier in the week, the RIAA and terrestrial radio are in the midst of working a deal, and part of that deal involves getting FM radio chips mandated in cellular phones. While the idea may seem harmless to many, the wireless industry is not very… → Read More

Here at SiriusBuzz we cover satellite radio as well as the entire radio sector as it relates to Sirius XM. We feel it is important to keep our finger on the pulse of what is happening across the entire audio entertainment landscape. Last week we reported that a… → Read More

It is an issue that has been coming to a boiling point for years now. The record labels and performing artists have been seeking royalties from terrestrial radio for some time. Terrestrial radio has been pushing back saying that the exposure received with radio airplay gives free exposure…. → Read More

It is a subject that has been in the news for quite some time, yet satellite radio fans and sites seem to ignore the news. In my experience one thing that no one should ever do is ignore Google. The company is a giant, has a bankroll bigger… → Read More

In an interesting move that could have an impact on any music service globally, Google seems to be taking enough of an interest in music that they have brought on board music licensing attorney Elizabet Moody. In a story released by Billboards Antony Bruno, it is stated that… → Read More

We are all well aware that Sirius XM is a subscription service. We are also aware that over 16,000,000 Americans are willing to pay for subscriptions themselves. What we don’t know is if the current pricing structure of Sirius XM is at that magic point that maximizes potential…. → Read More