Siri Stock Thread March 2011

Adweek -

In a letter to the FCC, Sirius XM argued that the cap should not be extended and questioned the FCC's authority to do so.

"The price cap was suggested by the applicants for a defined period of time. Government-set rates are something quite different,” Robert Pettit, counsel for Sirius XM, wrote. “How would the FCC independently justify setting the $12.95, or any other particular rate, as the appropriate rate for basic satellite subscriptions? And for what period of time? Moreover, what process would the commission employ for determining subscription rates or the period of time they would be in effect?"

An FCC spokesperson said the commission was "reviewing the request," declining further comment.

If the FCC decides to extend the cap, it would be a surprise, Rebecca Arbogast and David Kaut of Stifel Nicolaus, stated in a report. "It would still be surprising to us for this FCC to basically give Comcast-NBCU a pass on rate caps and then extend merger-related caps for a company such as Sirius, whose stock dropped as low as a nickel per share two years ago and which continues to struggle and has no new transaction pending," they wrote.


http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_dis...0a29244271da5b

I seriously doubt this has ever been done before by the FCC. And Mel and Frear both mentioned the FCC authority question publicly.

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Although "it will get more competitive in the car," Frear continued, "I like our chances." He pointed to the company gaining 20 million subscribers despite competition with terrestrial analog and HD Radio and Internet radio. He also pointed out that Internet music services "are going away from subscription to ad-based [business plans]." That development "makes me feel a little bit better," he said, because "we have done well against ad-based radio." Local adds, he added, "are not a meaningful part of our business, and most of the 2 percent of revenues coming from ads are coming from national ads.

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http://www.twice.com/article/465064-...hp?rssid=20310

How dare David Frear say something so outlandish! How dare he! Why just last week Tyler Savery informed us that both Pandora and Slacker "had already shifted to a subscription model."

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...beerfunnel.gif

Four-letter reply for Sirius XM subscriber.

Sirius XM Radio has already caught the attention of attorneys general in several states looking into how its call centers were treating subscribers, including refusing to allow people to cancel their service. But a case in Columbus, OH is a lot more personal.

When subscriber Aaron Kulwicki got into a dispute with a company operator, voices were raised and he ultimately cancelled his service. Then two weeks later he received a letter from Sirius XM with an expletive replacing his last name. Kulwicki tells WBNS-TV that it was “probably a disgruntled worker having a bad day at work” and he admits he found it “somewhat humorous” when the letter arrived. But what angered him was when he called to complain, he got nowhere after three tries. So he called his local TV station’s consumer reporter. Thanks to the WBNS-TV report, Kulwicki finally received an apology and a free year of satellite radio service for his trouble.

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/vid...ius-letter.xml

http://www.insideradio.com//Article....635&spid=32061

premarket at $1.69?

hm, I wonder where Irish is setting the markers today; eh, who cares . . . screw'em! (in the collective sense of course Irish)

You'd think they were giving out the secret formula for Coca Cola over there . . .

first a little theme music to set the mood:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq1qyjNFgPA

ok, here we go:

The category is "Famous Quotes" . . . . "Famous Quotes"

Audience . . . shhhhhhh!



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Contest Rules:

any SB forum member may play
must guess consonants only - no vowels
guesses must alternate between posters - no back-to-back guesses by same poster
guessing a letter already called loses turn
contestants may solve at any time
winner based on time/date stamp of guess - edit time/date will prevail
in event of tie we go head-to-head on new puzzle
johnnyirishxm or members of his extended website family not eligible

Ok Pat, I'll start. :) Give me an L!!
Somebody guess another letter, I don't want to have to play with myself. ;)

Julie

Give me a T and a U and a S. I hope im not bending the rules. :)

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Originally Posted by Havakasha

Give me a T and a U and a S. I hope im not bending the rules. :)

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Matt? . . . Matt Harrigan? . . . Is that you?




No Lloyd . . . you don't get 3 picks at one time! This is not the Wunderlich Securities Wheel of Fortune where you pick multiple price targets and hope one sticks . . .

I must go with your first choice which was "T" . . . and no more breaking the rules . . . and make sure you click the link.

Lets see . . . there are 3 "T's"


btw, when you click this link, try to imagine vanna white (seen down below) turning the blocks to reveal the letters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzTrYk0VWu0



T*LL ** T** ***T** ******

btw, don't worry about this little blip today . . . Last Day of the Month/Last Day of the Quarter, capito?

by next Tuesday the Ivy League Matchstick Men will be taking triple odds on the Pass-Line (dyodd).

I grabbed a quik 9,000 at $1.63 . . . didn't even need irish' lousy markers

In the mean time, relax . .. play some Wheel of Fortune

Tell Us All...

John will appreciate this---can i alternate between Havakasha and Lloyd?

Can i get a S? Sheepishly.

Anything to avoid being associated with Matt Harrigan.