The key question is whether XM or Sirius would be willing to shell out the millions to lure Stern Co. Analysts were split on that. It's not quite economical yet for them to do it, although they both have cash on the balance sheet, ... The economics of it are not going to be easy. They're going to have to give up a pound of flesh.
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We've expressed concerns about some aspects of the content. But Sirius Canada has in place significant safeguards to make sure that the people who are going to hear Howard Stern are the people that want to hear Howard Stern.
We have expressed some reservations about the programming. But this is a business decision on the part of Sirius Canada.
Howard Stern is a business. Sirius is paying, in essence, a license fee for what is a large and successful business.
When Sirius asked me if I wanted to program a channel committed solely to Elvis, it was a no-brainer. Everybody has an Elvis connection. I don't care who you are or where you're from, you know who Elvis is. This is no gimmick we're not going away.
I think it's probably one of the most brilliant business moves radio has ever seen. He has so many die-hard fans that will follow him anywhere, and with his publicity and this subscription-based radio he has effectively advertised more for SIRIUS than SIRIUS has.
This is a business where the infrastructure costs are invested up front and now Sirius and XM are at the point where they are finally able to capitalize on those costs.
I went to Sirius Satellite Radio and did my show, Rapping With Rip.
First, the orbital broadcaster announced that its exclusivity deal with BMW would continue. The agreement covers all makes of the Teutonic master automaker. We are very pleased that BMW has decided to extend its exclusivity with Sirius, thereby making Sirius' unique mix of commercial-free music and talk programming available to future BMW owners, ... We are pleased to continue to make the Sirius service available to current and future BMW owners.
BBC Radio 1's global popularity and its importance in the world of music can't be underestimated, ... Sirius music channels and Radio 1 are both focused on the listener, and now Sirius subscribers will have the unique ability to enjoy this exceptional addition to our service.
It's always hard when you're playing someone for a lot of people out there who are going to see the movie after reading the books. There's a communion between a reader and the writer, so people will have an idea who Sirius Black is and I might not be everyone's idea of that.
It's an exceptional accomplishment by co-hosts Dave Johnson and Bill Finley and producer Ed Pappas, and all of our team at Sirius to win this award. It was an extremely demanding challenge to broadcast all eight races of the World Thoroughbred championships, but we had first-rate people on the talent and production side to get the job done.
I think it will turn out to be a very astute investment by Sirius. The value of what (Sirius has) already gotten from him in promotional appearances alone is worth tens of millions of dollars in free advertising.
Rarely does Clear Channel make an acquisition that isn't accretive to earnings, and Sirius wouldn't be accretive, and Clear Channel also has a seat on XM Satellite's board, which it would probably have to give up if it wanted a stake in Sirius,
We see continued pressure on Sirius shares in months ahead.
We are very pleased to have reached an agreement with FOX to bring back its news service to SIRIUS and to add what is a compelling talk channel. Our goal was to negotiate a new agreement that would be in the best interest of our subscribers and shareholders, and the new agreement fulfills that objective.