Liberty Speaks About DirecTV / SiriusXM Integration 
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Thursday, 26 February 2009

Liberty Speaks About DirecTV / SiriusXM Integration
Liberty Media, the company which owns a controlling interest in DirectTV and recently saved Sirius XM from the brink of bankruptcy with a $530 million cash loan, is playing with the idea of packaging Sirius XM subscriptions with DirectTV subscriptions.

The CEO of Liberty Media, Greg Maffei, also speculates about reducing Sirius XM to 150 channels, and using the remaining bandwidth to provide mobile video to customers.  He warns that this is highly speculative at the moment, but it is an idea they are considering.  The bundle would tentatively cost about $80, a price that he and CEO of Sirius Mel Karmazin have discussed.
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Thomas Wynn  - Satellite Radio Fan/Investor   |2009-02-27 18:37:31
What I find amazing is just how long it has taken to "figure-out" such a
bundle; People have always over-looked satellite-radio in the home, yet that's
where I get most of my enjoyment of it! I couldn't live in my home without
satellite-radio---at least not as fulfilled as I am.

Why had it taken so
long...for these profitable satelllite-TV guys to "figure-this-out"!
Just think how much the subs would tilt toward DirecTV, if it was bundled
attractively with Sirius....
Still, I guess I'm just amazed that DirecTV is the
only one that apparently has seen value in SDAR! Sometimes big-business is
really short-sighted!
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Dave Vahalik   |2009-03-03 18:35:34
Looks like Rupert Murdoch is going to get his hands on another satellite
company.Doesn't he own enough media. Hey! maybe his wife chipped in with all
that retirement money there billionaire buddy stole. Ah that's right she didn't
know anything about that.
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