A lot has been discussed about the new iPhone application that allows subscribers to access their accounts and listen to Sirius XM Radio right over their iPhone. It is a great concept, but without a push from either Apple or Sirius XM, it will have to grow organically… → Read More
Ford Includes Sirius In Long Range Plans
Ford Motor Company is working hard to streamline their business and build synergies of their own. With truck sales down, and consumers buying smaller and more fuel efficient cars, Ford is Focusing on the Focus model. The big three automaker is making strides at creating a more global… → Read More
The Other Side of the OEM Story
I wanted to expand a bit on the problems that people see with the slowdown in OEM sales. Tyler covered part of it in his weekly radio show (which I got home just in time to hear the last 45 seconds of). He also wrote a piece about… → Read More
GM Cuts Costs To Stem Cash Burn
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
June 2008 Auto Sales And SDARS Relationships
Auto sales are down. This has been the month after month news item for most auto manufacturers. With the exception of a few bright spots, the entire auto industry is in a slump. With high gas prices, many companies are offering clearance price on what are now considered… → Read More
Lamborghini Inks Exclusive Agreement With Sirius
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. announced last week that they will offer Sirius as its exclusive satellite radio provider in Lamborghini vehicles. The first Lamborghini to include Sirius as standard factory installed equipment will be the Murcielago (above) beginning with the 2009 model year in the U.S. “SIRIUS was the… → Read More
AMTC Puts a Zoom-Zoom on Mazda Dealerships
Mazda Motor of America, is providing a new way for its dealers to promote the Sirius Satellite Radio they already offer in many of their vehicle models, as well as a method for getting the message out about new Mazda models and other dealership news. With the help… → Read More
Directed Electronics Shows Better Satellite Radio Sales
Directed Electronics released their Q1 2008 financial results today, and reported that net revenue from satellite radio sales are up 14% on a pro-forma basis. Now, readers should be cautioned that this reporting method does not mean that sales of satellite radios are up. It simply means that… → Read More
Will GM Woes Impact Satellite?
Satellite radio garners a lot of subscriptions from the automobile (OEM) channel. In fact, for the past several months, the weaker retail channel has had SDARS sector watchers relying quite heavily on cars equipped with satellite radio as a saving grace for subscriber numbers. Headlines that GM is… → Read More
USTelematics Inks Revenue Sharing Agreement with Sirius
USTelematics has announced a deal that will integrate Sirius’ music programming and offer Sirius subscriptions to users of the Voyager infotainment unit. Voyager provides live and downloaded wireless mobile internet protocol TV (IPTV) and audio programming for rear-seat passenger vehicle infotainment, and integrates a broad suite of features… → Read More
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