XM Satellite Radio

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XM Satellite Radio

• By Megan Frankowski
• Section 605
• 9/29/06

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Features

• XM Satellite Radio Holdings (XM) is one of two
  satellite radio services in the U.S. and Canada,
  along with Sirius Radio.
• XM provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to
  premium cable television.
• Its service includes 73 different music channels,
  39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels,
  21 regional traffic and weather channels and 23
  play-by-play sports channels.
• XM channels are identified by Arbitron with the
  label "XM."

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History of XM

• The original launch date of September 12 is
  pushed back after the World Trade Center and
  Pentagon terrorist attacks.
• 2001 September 25 XM Satellite Radio service
  launches, first in San Diego and Dallas/Fort
  Worth, and spreads across the United States.
• The initial lineup includes 71 music channels and
  29 other channels consisting of sports, talk,
  children's programming, entertainment and news.

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XM vs Sirius
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News

• August 15, 2006 XM begins playing
  chronologically every song to ever make the pop
  charts. This is expected to last well over a
  month. This playback is called "IT" The music is
  played on each decade channel.
• September 6 XM announces a Pink version of the
  Pioneer Inno, available exclusively at Circuit
  City (at first). 30 from each unit sold goes to
  support the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
  Foundation's fight against breast cancer.
• September 25 At 11AM ET, "Oprah and Friends"
  radio officially launched on XM channel 156.

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Website Overview

• From the website you can
• Subscribe
• Order products
• Listen to music.

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Products

• Pioneer Inno
• Samsung Helix
• Delphi Roady XT
• AGT Sportscaster
• Delphi SKYFi2
• Samsung NeXus50
• Audiovox Xpress
• Polk XRt12
• XM Mini-Tuner
• XM Commander
• XM Direct
• They come in a variety of colors and styles

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Stock Chart

• XM stock chart for 2 yrs

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Top Executives