XM and Sirius Merging

Jared Atchison (jared) Word on the grapevine is that XM and Sirius are on working on closing a deal that would merge the world's two biggest satellite radio providers.

February 19, 2007 12:57 PM ET in News,

XM and Sirius might be merging

The nation’s largest satellite radio providers could soon be merging.


NFL and MLB fans are still crossing their fingers, but according to the rumors, soon they will be united and rejoicing.

XM and Sirius are expected to announce the news of their merge sometimes this week; possibly even today. The merger would bring the total number of subscribers to about 12 million. Ultimately this would be a good move for the listener, bringing all the content to one single service. Currently sports and entertainment fans are torn between exclusive deals. XM has the rights to all the MLB coverage while Sirius has all the NFL action.

Sadly, the merger could take up to 15 months to go through. Better late than never?

Update: It has been confirmed, the companies are indeed merging. Of course there is still a bunch of fire hoops they have to jump through; such as getting the FCC to actually approve. But we like to stay positive right?

3 Comments:

  1. Jengo
    19 Feb '07, 6:54 pm

    thats awesome, i just hope there isnt some sort of price hike because of competition loss.

  2. Madball
    20 Feb '07, 3:18 am

    This is cool, my wife's Suburban and my work truck both have XM, but I like Sirius much better.

  3. deepsea
    20 Feb '07, 12:27 pm

    I hope it's rejected by the FCC. Both companies have compelling content as a result of the competition for subscribers. Prices have remained stable as well. I would like to see a standard interface so that you can choose one or the other regardless of vehicle brand, or even both if you so desire, but my suspicion is that folding them into one company will ultimately lead to many dissatisfied consumers.

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