XM Nation - Fav. Chan?

[zarrell]

I listen to squizz most of the time and if they play crap it's onto lucy or ethel.

[Jayems]

Originally Posted by drp_69

? What do you mean? Are they not doing well financially? I am looking at getting satellite radio but still dont know which service to get. I would hate to get XM, and then they collapse a few months later.
Does anyone else have any insight into these providers and how they are doing, which is superior (if any)?

I was thinking that before i bought too, and from all accounts, they are doing fine.

Think about it... 7,000,000 subscribers @ $12/mth = $84,000,000/mth = $1,008,000,000/year.

Thats enough to keep going.

[Mccree]

Originally Posted by Jayems

I was thinking that before i bought too, and from all accounts, they are doing fine.

Think about it... 7,000,000 subscribers @ $12/mth = $84,000,000/mth = $1,008,000,000/year.

Thats enough to keep going.

I am no expert but the 7 mil number seems high and if that Number is even close to accurate that would be for XM USA not XM Canada. A billion in sales in a year and i am sure the stock price would be near alot higher than the 12/share it is trading at now.

I remember seeing a report on Global saying the subscriptions were not near the level they expected in Canada..

Some links
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=XMSR&annual

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n1323120.shtml

EDIT: The second link seems the indicated that the 7 mill number is not far off and should turn a profit this year but that is what NORTEL kept telling us

[nfotiu]

XM stock has lost about 3/4 of its value. Sirius is off by about 10%, I believe. But analysts think Sirius is the better buy. Sirius is adding subscribers at a faster rate and should pass XM in total subscribers at some point. Howard Stern seems to be paying off. There is lots of talk they may merge as well. Both companies subscriber numbers are inflated with free trials that come with new cars.

I listen to Left of Center non-stop on Sirius. Best indie rock station I've ever heard.

[Jayems]

Originally Posted by Mccree

I am no expert but the 7 mil number seems high and if that Number is even close to accurate that would be for XM USA not XM Canada. A billion in sales in a year and i am sure the stock price would be near alot higher than the 12/share it is trading at now.

I remember seeing a report on Global saying the subscriptions were not near the level they expected in Canada..

Some links
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=XMSR&annual

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n1323120.shtml

EDIT: The second link seems the indicated that the 7 mill number is not far off and should turn a profit this year but that is what NORTEL kept telling us

I did see it on the official site (as they have a counter somewhere) but i can't remember where i saw it.. anyhoo, here is something

WASHINGTON, July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: XMSR - News) today reported financial and operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2006, and it announced that it recently surpassed seven million subscribers. For the second quarter 2006, XM recorded gross subscriber additions of 926,281 and net subscriber additions of 398,012. XM finished the second quarter 2006 with a total of 6,899,871 subscribers, representing a 56 percent increase over the 4,417,490 subscribers at the end of the second quarter 2005.

http://www.xm411.com/

[metallicat]

Tough to accurately count Canadian subscribers with so many people buying the American feed through the gray market.

[FireFly]

I have it on my phone so I get a limited number of channels, though a selection of a number of styles. I listen to Flight 26 a lot, but have dipped into XM Pops, US Country, and one of the comedy stations.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

What is XM like for 80's music? How many channels are devoted to best decade of all time?

[browna]

The radios can technically accept either providers signal (a requirement of the fcc I guess).

Anyone have the new handheld xm radios? Inno I think it is?

[Jayems]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

What is XM like for 80's music? How many channels are devoted to best decade of all time?

Well, they have an 80s on 8 chan... which is dedicated.