Sirius/XM Alignment Confirmed for November 12
Posted by Reid on 11 November 2008
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The rumoured simulcast between the yet unmerged (in Canada) Sirius and XM Radio stations has been confirmed for air on Wednesday November 12th. Users will be able to tune in and check out the potential of what the formation of an actual Sirius XM Canada would be able to provide.
We speculated on the abounding speculation regarding the move before but now that an actual confirmation exists it seems even more likely that Sirius and XM may be considering an actual Canadian merger.
The broadcast will likely function as something of a test for Sirius and XM management to gauge the potential rewards possible in a combination of services for a Canadian audience.
[Via Radio & Records]
Reader Comments
Where the heck is buzzsaw
as long as they don’t try to suck any more money out of us, like the “best of xm” package stateside appears to be doing
What happened to StarLite and EZMovin? Are they no longer available? If that is the case, I am not impressed with the merger.
I am seriously dissapointed with the outcome of the merger between Sirius and XM, as are my brother and friends. The problem I have with this whole bullshit is that you were fixing something that wasn’t broken in the first place. What was the reasoning for changing some of the DJs and programming on Octane, as well as changing the more appropriately named ‘Hard Attack’ to the pussied out ‘Liquid Metal’! THANK CHRIST that the comedy channels have not been changed! Until this little FUCKED UP experiment is deemed dead in the water, and the Sirius we all used to know and love is restored back to the way it was and is meant to be, I will be considering the cancelation of my subscription.
It’s a pretty sad state of affairs that Sirius and XM refuse to consolidate service but instead offer up ‘improvements’ that don’t do much other than cause the unhappiness of existing fans.
We’ll probably continue to lose quality channels in corporate efforts to entice new subscribers until a merger makes this kind of competition unnecessary.