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FunFun... that would depend on the ability for Sirius satellites to broadcast to XM recievers, which has been something disputed by Homer for quite some time, and I have yet to see anyone prove him wrong. XM's satellites and bandwith will be needed for many many years to come...
$75 pps? This would pay the majority of my mortgage, which would in turn allow me to waste more money on stocks that will never see a return significant enough to pay off my mortgage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenland
If we build it, fellow longs, they will come.
To $3, at least ...
http://biz.yahoo.com/ts/090223/10465341.html?.v=1
Interesting link
"Hopeful" is a good name for you! :) I Hope you are right about #1.
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Originally Posted by Hopeful
FunFun, As you know, Sirius and XM were originally competing services and designed their systems seperately. The likelihood that there could be compatibility between the systems is very, very slim. I highly doubt that they shared information regarding proprietary technology until the merger was approved so, at best, only the new satellite would likely be able to broadcast to both receivers. (according to Homer who seems very knowledgable)
I wonder whether they have a plan in mind to slowly convert XM receiver owners to the Sirius system. I think (If they aren't already) they should stop making XM receivers and configure their service options to allow their XM customers to buy new Sirius receivers and receive the same service they have now. I think that this is in place but they have to renegotiate agreements they have with the car companies (GM is still XM, correct?) and providers such as MLB.
XM made what I thought were some poor decisions in programming choices as a knee-jerk reaction to the signing of Stern and the subsequent rise of Sirius as a competitor to XM. Oprah was a foolish signing and they overpaid for her.
MLB is an expensive contract as well and only Sirius management may know if it is worth it, subscriber-wise. Either way they are stuck with the current contract. MLB has no motivation to change anything unless Mel was able to scare them with a bankruptcy threat, which I doubt.
Sorry if the post seems to ramble.
Etrade has updated its Q4 report:
Q4 earnings are expected to be announced before market hours on February 27, 2009Estimates: -0.06 | -0.066 | -0.08 (High | Mean | Low)
That would be Friday. Can anyone else confirm this yet?
Etrade said last week it was 23rd before market opened. Only source I trust is this one....
http://investor.sirius.com/
Could this happen for SiriusXm in the United States???
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/...0News/2194918/
Sirius Hope, I don't know. Maybe but it gives me an idea. The way Ticketmaster, ticket agencies, stubhub, ticketsnow, etc. screw the fans and maybe the artists, could Sirius institute a "Pay-per-listen" setup, where you could pay to listen to a concert perfomed by an artist for a nominal fee, say a couple of bucks. No venue or travel charges for the artist. Just a thought.
I don't know if it could sustain an entire channel.
http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0090225?rpc=44
maybe they will shed some more light/optimism into their investment into sirius later today on their call...
The better idea would be to phase out Sirius recievers and start transitioning over to XM recievers. XM recievers have a superior compression technology that allowed XM to squeeze out about 20 more channels than Sirius can. This technology is in the CODEC, which means they cannot simply install it into the Sirius recievers, since they use a different codec.Quote:
Originally Posted by bananaz
liberty just talked about sirius, they said they could bundle the siri service with the 80 dollar direct tv service, it will be a free trial. Also mentioned that as new contracts come up they will try and renegotiate them and improve stockholder value, the only time the damn conference buffered was during his siri answer.
RE: phase out of receivers
This has been a hot button topic for me. We have two very valuable distribution systems transmitting very similar programming. As the company moves to renegotiate contracts I assume that the programming will get even more similar. This is a terrible waste!
Yes I do understand that it may take 10 or even more years to shift all receivers to one service but that process needs to start and it needs to start by making the OEM vehicle radios either work with the ultimate service or dual services.
In the past I might have had a difficult time deciding which service to keep for the radios. Yes XM has a superior CODEC & the dual-ensemble system is vastly superior to the Sirius stream.....but the Sirius figure 8 constellation has important coverage advantages. Recently, however with the Liberty situation I believe that the best choice is to move all of the radio to the XM system & use the Sirius system for a greatly expanded backseat TV operation.
At any rate, many may disagree with me but IMO it is very, very important to get started with some strategy. About half of the radios now being manufactured and activated will someday be a problem for the company.
Whichever system they end up using, I hope that they are moving in that direction as fast as possible. Even if they don't have the cash righ now, I hope they have a plan in that direction.
the stock is really, finally, beginning to make no sense to me; none.
yesterday it goes up 3%; today it is down 5%; and virtually
nothing has happened, nothing much at all has changed with
regard to the stock or the entire freakin economy, within the
past 2 days; ayedoughntgeddit
yep the mm's took it down to .12's then a trade for a half million shares went through, tons of 100 share blocks now, wasnt like that earlier. Tired of this shit, its gonna be in limbo till mel and the gang get off there lazy ass and give us a conference call.
when you are trading as low as SIRI is at around .13 then a 3% move up or a 5% move down is negligible to most of us. Stay long or get out. Don't follow the intraday relatively small % moves at these levels IMHO
umm im trying not too but when i check it and its at .12 again with no bk in sight it just blows my mind, this is the most retarded shit ever.
I was responding to NISVAN Tripping but that's ok. Look I don't doubt there's some manipulation by the big boys who are the only ones really that have enough day trading capital to profit for these small moves. I just hope formerly LONG retail investors are not selling at these levels. Now that would be "retarded" as you say tripping. I can't imagine even a bad conf call bringing this sp down too much further but i guess you never know... it's all almost amusing to me after on paper I've lost so much already. frustrating and painful too.
well now we know why they brought it down to .12, 10 million shares just went through in 2 seperate trades, right at close, ask is high .13