No Buzz Around Sirius Backseat TV
Sirius has been half heartedly promoting and talking about their new Satellite TV service dubbed, Backseat TV for the last month or so. I have wanted to post about the new service for a while now but, there really hasn’t been a buzz behind the product. I often wonder if they don’t have the whole concept figured out yet or if its because of possible legal issues.
After receiving a programming email newsletter from Sirius I noticed they gave the new service a little plug that read “Coming Soon: SIRIUS Backseat TV Get ready for another SIRIUS first. Its TV delivered to the video screens of select vehicles equipped with a SIRIUS Backseat TV.” When I say “little plug” I truly mean little as the entire spot took up less than 1% of the available space in the newsletter.
If you would like additional information concerning the service, head over to the new page Sirius dedicated to Backseat TV. Rest assured, I will keep you all posted with any future news surrounding the Backseat TV service.
The more i think about the back seat tv, i think it would be revolutionary in general. I was listening to howard stern in the am as usual about 2 years ago they had the inventor of satellite radio in the studio. He mentioned that when sirius and xm were seperate companies, they shared the satellite signal. This caused the signals to only be able to carry a set amount of info. Now that the signal is going to be used solely by one company siriusxm, they would be able to stream more information(hence streaming tv) If siriusxm has close to 20 million subscribers, that’s more than any one cable company in the nation. So why don’t they start their own cable tv/radio company and make receivers and tv’s portable for home and car use. This way i would only have to pay for one great radio/cable service. Now that would be something to look for in the future. I bet that’s why the one guy from the direct tv wanted to help sirius out when they had financial trouble with getting a loan. I guess we will wait and see.