Competitors

The folks at Slacker have taken the next step in their business by launching a new portable player that is smaller, more capable, and hitting the market in time for the 2008 holiday season. As is typical, Slacker brings a unique flair to their player, and given how… → Read More

Pandora is likely among the best known Internet radio stations. It is a wonderful service that allows listeners to experience a diverse selection of music, and even learn more about artists, customize channels, and give consumers musical access that they can not experience on terrestrial radio, and in… → Read More

File this under “irony”. FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein will be a featured speaker at the upcoming NAB Radio Show from September 17-19 in Austin Texas. Adelstein is expected to address a number of regulatory issues facing radio broadcasters, including the FCC’s localism proceeding, HD Radio and low-power FM…. → Read More

HD Radio had high hopes of being included in SDARS receivers. If such a requirement were mandated by the FCC, the business model of terrestrial radio could continue virtually unfettered, and without offering up a revenue share to automobile manufacturers. At this point there is no requirement to… → Read More

Pioneer has been very vocal in their position with one particular “concession” that has been a frequent subject of the proposed merger between Sirius and XM. The audio equipment manufacturer believes that there should be no requirement to install HD radio chipsets in all SDARS receivers. Pioneer met… → Read More

Now AlphaStar wants to get involved in satellite radio. The company filed a letter with the FCC stating that should the merger be approved, that 20% of the spectrum should be leased to a independent entity. AlphaStar is a broadcasting and broadband company capable of delivering television, audio… → Read More

GM announced that they are taking measures to cut costs. GM is not alone. Cash strapped OEM’s are suffering from slower vehicle sales, and many are caught with a large supply of gas hungry models that consumers are hesitant to buy with current gas prices. GM is making… → Read More

In an interesting development in the proposed merger of Sirius and XM, General Motors and Toyota jointly issued a letter to the FCC stating their opposition to the requirement that HD be mandated in all SDARS receivers. The letter states, ” The proponents of the proposed condition are… → Read More

In a filing with the FCC some of the conversations between Ibiquity and commissioner Tate have become more clear. Specifically, Ibiquity wrote in an Exparte that they were responding to “certain issues raised in our meeting last week” (referring to a previous meeting between Ibiquity and Tate). Questions… → Read More

The NAB, iBiquity, and virtually every Congressman and Attorney General who steps in to this circus that we call a merger has been asking for the inclusion of HD chips into Satellite Radios. Of course, they never once mention who should pay for the design, installation, manufacturing, etc…… → Read More