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Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) Offers Live Broadcast of Preakness Stakes

Posted 17 May 2012 — by Demian Russian
Category Internet Radio, Media, Programming News, Radio Industry, Sirius XM (SIRI) News

By Demian Russian

Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) will offer listeners nationwide a live broadcast of the second jewel of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, this Saturday, May 19th.

The broadcast will air on satellite radio nationwide from 5:00 to 7:00 pm ET on Sirius Radio channel 93 and XM Radio channel 209, and on the SportsZone channel (860) on SiriusXM.com and on the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for smartphones and other mobile devices. Read More

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Apple (NASDAQ:SIRI) Lands Patent for Steering Wheel Control

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Posted 17 May 2012 — by Amy Gilroy
Category Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Radio Industry, Technology

By Amy Gilroy

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) was granted a patent Tuesday for a steering wheel remote control for a smartphone or iPod-like device.

It’s based on Apple’s old “click wheel” found on the original iPods. But this time it gets a new touch-sensitive design and a system for mounting on the steering wheel, reports Patently Apple.

The patent is for a wireless device that works with a transmitter.

The “click wheel” is mounted on “clamping feet” (pictured below) that attach to the steering wheel, and the clamping feet can rotate depending on the orientation of where the device is mounted. The face of the click wheel also rotates to suit the orientation on the steering wheel. Read More

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Maxim Group Analyst John Tinker Raises Liberty Media (LMCA) Price Target to $138 on Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) Price Target Forecast of $3.20

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Posted 16 May 2012 — by Demian Russian
Category Analyst Coverage, Investing, Media, Radio Industry, Sirius XM (SIRI) News, Trading

By Demian Russian

In a newly issued research report, Maxim Group Senior Media Analyst John Tinker reiterates his BUY rating on Liberty Media (NASDAQ:LMCA) and raises his price target on the equity from $106.00 to $138.00. Tinker attributes his upgraded price target on Liberty Media “mostly” to his Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) price target forecast of $3.20.

Using our SIRI target price enables investors to gauge the upside of both stocks and assess their respective weighting. SIRI is the “pure play”, which is estimated to cumulatively generate $3B in free cash over the next 3 years; LMCA owns 40% (with the option to own 45.2%) of SIRI and is a more complicated indirect play, holding a portfolio of public and private media assets.

– John Tinker, Senior Media Analyst, Maxim Group

Tinker’s $138.00 per share asset value for Liberty Media (LMCA) is based on $91.17 per share of value from public equities, of which Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) makes up $78.00 per share at $9.5 Billion (using his $3.20 price target), along with other public stocks such as Live Nation (NYSE:LYV) with a $14.00 price target and Viacom (NASDAQ:VIAB) with a $59.00 price target at their current market prices. Tinker factors in $32.41 per share from private and other holdings and $14.25 per share in net cash. Read More

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Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) Retail Product Partner VOXX Corporation (NASDAQ:VOXX) Expects Uptick in Satellite Radio Segment This Year

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Posted 16 May 2012 — by Amy Gilroy
Category Media, Radio Industry, Sirius XM (SIRI) News, Technology

By Amy Gilroy

Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) retail product partner Audiovox Electronics parent VOXX Corporation (NASDAQ:VOXX) announced gains in sales of OEM and traditional car audio for fiscal 2012 ended in February.

Aftermarket car audio and security sales rose but were offset by lower sales of Sirius XM satellite radio products and fulfillment of FLO TV products (discontinued last year).

The company recently reported an increase of nearly 5 percent in combined car audio, security and OEM sales for the fiscal year ended in February compared to a year earlier. OEM sales alone grew by 14.8 percent over the year earlier but were offset by a $20.8 million downturn in Sirius XM satellite radio/FLO TV fulfillment.

The Sirius XM satellite radio segment, however, is expected to see an increase this coming year, Pat Lavelle, VOXX President and CEO told analysts Tuesday. Read More

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Martin Cooper, The Inventor of the Cell Phone, Discusses Wireless Spectrum and Data Capacity Issues Tonight at 8:00PM ET on Playground Radio

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Posted 15 May 2012 — by Demian Russian
Category Consumer Electronics, Media, Radio Industry, Technology

By Demian Russian

Martin Cooper, Inventor of the Cell Phone

Martin Cooper, the inventor of the cell phone, will be the special guest on this evening’s Playground Radio program (Tuesday, May 15th at 8:00PM ET) for an exclusive interview to discuss wireless spectrum and data capacity issues.

Martin Cooper is Chairman and Co-Founder of DYNA, LLC. Cooper is also Co-Founder of ArrayComm, LLC, based in San Jose, CA and GreatCall, Inc, the innovator of the Jitterbug cell phone and service. Cooper has been involved in and contributed to virtually every major innovation in personal wireless communications in his over 50-year career. He conceived the first portable cellular phone in 1973 and is widely recognized as an innovator in spectrum management. For 29 years, he led a number of major businesses at Motorola, including high-capacity paging, trunked mobile radio, cellular radio telephone, quartz crystals and oscillators, liquid crystal displays, piezo-electric components, Motorola A.M. Stereo technology, and various mobile and portable two-way radio product lines. Read More

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Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) to Air Live Concert Celebrating Grupo Niche’s 30th Anniversary from Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

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Posted 15 May 2012 — by Demian Russian
Category Internet Radio, Media, Music Industry, Programming News, Radio Industry, Sirius XM (SIRI) News

By Demian Russian

Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) announced today that it will exclusively air Grupo Niche’s concert live from Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, on Saturday, May 19th, 2012, at 8:00 pm ET on SiriusXM Caliente (Sirius Radio and XM Radio channel 150). Sirius XM Radio joins in Grupo Niche’s celebration of their 30-year musical career with this national broadcast.

This special Grupo Niche concert is part of a series of performances from Lehman Center for the Performing Arts’ 2012 season being broadcast across multiple Sirius XM Radio channels. Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is located on the campus of Lehman College, City University of New York, at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West in the Bronx.

Founded in 1979 and led by director, producer, and songwriter Jairo Varela, the internationally-renowned Grupo Niche continues to travel the world bringing their music to fans everywhere. Known for its vigorous, up-tempo dance music as well as slower-paced romantic numbers that celebrate African influence, their many hits include “Buenaventura y Caney,” “Nuestro Sueño,” “Canoa Rancha,” and “Cali Pachanguero,” a hymn to their beloved city. Read More

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MirrorLink Standard to Determine Best Apps for the Car

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Posted 15 May 2012 — by Amy Gilroy
Category Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Internet Radio, Music Industry, Radio Industry, Technology

By Amy Gilroy

Not every app works well on the dashboard at 50mph. So the Car Connectivity Consortium (which developed the MirrorLink standard for mirroring your smartphone onto the car radio) is creating a standard for certifying which apps are acceptable for MirrorLink, it confirmed.

The certification process should be finalized in October. Read More

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The Canadian Government Launches Free Online Music Service — CBC Music

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Posted 15 May 2012 — by Tom Taylor
Category Internet Radio, Media, Music Industry, Programming News, Radio Industry

By Tom Taylor

The following article comes from Tom Taylor’s newsletter, Taylor on Radio-Info.

In Canada, growing anger over the government’s debut of a free online music service.

“It astounds me that the CBC would go ahead and launch” CBC Music, says Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Chairman Rick Arnish. Another member of Friday’s Presidents Panel on at the British Columbia Association of Broadcasters, Vista chairman/CEO Margot Micallet, says if that’s how the CBC wants to play it, then the CBC should be have a bigger responsibility for programming Canadian content than the commercial broadcasters. She says “Why not let us have pure formats?” Read More

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New Samsung Galaxy S III Smartphone Breaks Into the Dashboard with MirrorLink: Video

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Posted 14 May 2012 — by Amy Gilroy
Category Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Internet Radio, Radio Industry, Technology

By Amy Gilroy

The new Samsung Galaxy S III won headlines last week for its many intelligent features plus a dazzling screen even larger than that of the hot selling Galaxy S II.

You can see some of the phone’s cool features below.

For the car market, the device breaks ground as the first MirrorLink ready phone in the U.S. to the best of our knowledge. It now looks like MirrorLink will get an official stateside launch this summer, when the Galaxy S III is due for U.S. release and when the first two MirrorLink car radios will launch in the aftermarket—the XAV-701HD ($700) and XAV-601BT ($550)—from Sony (NYSE:SNE). Both are both AV receivers with full control over Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android, Nokia (NYSE:NOK) and Windows Phone (Microsoft, NASDAQ:MSFT) smartphones. Apps appear as mirrored onto the car radio and users may control them from the radio. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone apps will also appear mirrored on the radio. Read More

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Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) Celebrates Mother’s Day with Star-Studded Celebration

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Posted 13 May 2012 — by Demian Russian
Category Media, Programming News, Radio Industry, Sirius XM (SIRI) News

By Demian Russian

Celebrity moms Rita Wilson, Blythe Danner, Nicole Sullivan, Tia Mowry, Kelly Bensimon and Lisa Rinna share their proudest moments, favorite memories, best pieces of motherly advice and personal stories of motherhood on SiriusXM’s ‘In Their Own Words: A Celebration of Motherhood’ Mother’s Day special.

‘In Their Own Words: A Celebration of Motherhood’ originally aired on SiriusXM Stars (Sirius Radio and XM Radio channel 107) on Friday, May 11th at 10:00 AM ET, with encore presentations airing Saturday, May 12that 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM and on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13th, at 7:00 AM and 12:00 PM (all times Eastern). Read More

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Internet Radio in the Car from HTC: Video

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Posted 13 May 2012 — by Amy Gilroy
Category Consumer Electronics, Internet Radio, Radio Industry, Technology

By Amy Gilroy

Phone maker HTC Corporation (TPE:2498) released a new video showing its Car StereoClip in action. An HTC Bluetooth USB accessory automatically flips the HTC phone into car mode where it may access 60,000 Internet radio stations around the globe. The interface permits easy touch and swipe control. And if you type in a favorite song title, the phone will seek through stations around the globe to find one that’s playing it now. Read More

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National Soccer Hall of Famer John Harkes Joins Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI)

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Posted 11 May 2012 — by Demian Russian
Category Internet Radio, Media, Programming News, Radio Industry, Sirius XM (SIRI) News

By Demian Russian

John Harkes

Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) has brought National Soccer Hall of Famer John Harkes on board to host SiriusXM’s daily soccer talk show, The Football Show, which airs weekdays from 7:00-9:00 am ET on Sirius Radio channel 92 and XM Radio channel 207, as well as on the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for smartphones and mobile devices.

Harkes will host The Football Show multiple times each week, along with fellow soccer experts Charlie Stillitano and Neil Barnett. He will also contribute to SiriusXM’s pre- and post-match coverage.

Throughout my career I’ve seen first-hand the incredible passion soccer fans have for their sport. SiriusXM offers those fans an exceptional level of coverage, giving them a place to tune in and call in daily to talk about leagues, teams and players from around the world. I’m thrilled to be a part of the team and we’ll work every day to continue to bring SiriusXM listeners closer to the game

– John Harkes

Harkes played for the U.S. national team from 1987 to 2000, appeared in two FIFA World Cup tournaments (1990, 1994), and was named the team’s captain. The standout midfielder played 90 full internationals in his career with the U.S. team and was chosen as co-MVP of the 1995 Copa America in Uruguay. Harkes was among the first Americans to succeed at a high level in Europe, where he played for Sheffield Wednesday (1990-93), Derby County (1993-95) and West Ham United (1995-96). Read More