XM Satellite loss widens, director quits

XM and rival Sirius are growing rapidly but losing money as they spend heavily on technology and celebrity hosts.

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[superdave132]

they should have beat sirius to the big names

since sirius got howard stern and nfl, xm has no real media giants on there list,they seem to have taken a approach that hardware was more important then content. they seem to have taken all the second class companys onboard as well as some horrible choices in content(opey and anthony) who are completely dismal with childish humor in their content and preformance. if they want to survive I believe they need much better preformers who will draw more big name entertainers to their roster. on the other hand their music choices and number of channels and quality of sound is superior to sirius.

[FusedAndCondazed]

XM's Decision Making is X-tremely Moronic

XM doesn't think about what customers want, and in turn, its costing them money. They seem to think its get more 2nd class names for less to complete with one big name at the competition. It doesn't work that way.

For me, I considered switching to Sirius not because of the sports, not because of Stern, but they have more of what I listen to available from the names I know.

Sort of like people going to foreign countries, you still tend to stick with names you know. Like Coca-Cola versys ThumbsUp Cola, or McDonalds vs. Venky's Chicken. They are not on the same level, and can't compete against each other.

Or better yet, this is like the state of Georgia vs the rest of the US. Georgia would lose. Smaller names lose.

On O&A specifically, I never heard of these bozos before XM picked them up. But everyone knows who Stern is, and on the same level most know who Leykis is. Two different nationally known shock jocks. They compete. Not O&A here.