Not that this ties in with anything but thought I would throw it out there. Any connection other than the obvious come to mind?
XM objects to Worldspace auction
Chris Forrester 04-03-2009
Worldspace’s managers, still drawing down millions of dollars each month as ‘Debtors in Possession’ during its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, have managed to upset a major client in the shape of XM Satellite Radio. While Sirius now owns XM, there are still XM legal contracts in existence, one of which is with Worldspace.
The XM-Worldspace “co-operation agreement” requires Worldspace to supply 4 channels of music into the XM (and now Sirius) pay-radio system. XM, for its part, was required to share the revenues with Worldspace for these 4 audio channels, and to pay Worldspace for certain costs incurred by Worldspace in connection with the channels.
In other words here was a revenue stream for the near-bankrupt channel. Reading these assorted Court Motions can often be a challenge for a layman, but in XM’s affidavit some of the considerable frustration comes through despite the legal niceties used. XM alleges that Worldspace is now in material default for no longer providing these 4 channels. Moreover, Worldspace didn’t seemingly have the courtesy of informing XM that the 4 stations would be going dark. They just vanished from the air at midnight on Feb 6.
Cheekily, Worldspace is looking to assign this and other contacts they have with XM to a new buyer/owner when the bankruptcy process is concluded. XM is looking to the bankruptcy court to deny Worldspace its plan to assign to a new owner these contracts. XM informed the court that it believed the staff that were working on these 4 channels have been laid off.
Worldspace’s court Sale Hearing is scheduled for this coming Friday (March 6).
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