By Demian Russian
Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) has announced that the company plans to release its full year and fourth quarter 2011 financial and operating results on Thursday, February 9th, 2012. Sirius XM has scheduled the conference call to discuss these results for 8:00AM Eastern that morning. Read More
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By Amy Gilroy
Now that a simpler, cheaper Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) Satellite Radio 2.0 tuner is heading to market, which will work with almost 60 car radio models at launch, some dealers say they expect an uptick in Satellite Radio sales.
The new XM SXV200 tuner ($79.99) due this March/April is winning attention for several reasons. Although it is much like the SXV100 of last year (except that it now pulls in SiriusXM’s 20 new “Xtra” channels) its key advantage is that it’s widely supported by the aftermarket radio makers. So where the SXV100 only worked with a few car radios, the new version should be compatible with 100 car radio models by the end of the year.
And it has all the advantages of the SXV100 — the first Satellite Radio tuner for the car that didn’t need a special cable for each brand of car radio. It eliminated a long time problem for retailers who were forced to stock many different cables. Some also required “flashing” on a computer. Read More
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By Demian Russian
Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) announced this morning that customers who purchase a pre-owned vehicle including factory-installed Satellite Radio, regardless of manufacturer, from participating Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram Truck dealerships across the U.S. will receive a free 3-month trial subscription to SiriusXM Satellite Radio.
Chrysler Group is committed to supporting the ability of dealers to offer their customers the most attractive selection of vehicles with the latest features. A 3-month SiriusXM subscription not only adds value to the superior inventory of pre-owned vehicles available at Chrysler Group dealerships across the country, but also makes driving enjoyable for even more of their customers.
– Steve Beahm, Vice President, Sales, Chrysler Group LLC
Chrysler Group will continue to offer customers a free trial subscription to Sirius XM with the purchase of a new or certified pre-Owned Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep or Ram Truck vehicle that is factory-equipped with Satellite Radio. Read More
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By Demian Russian
Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) will broadcast the exclusive live national radio broadcast of the 2012 Senior Bowl, showcasing the nation’s best senior collegiate football stars and top NFL Draft prospects, on SiriusXM NFL Radio (Sirius and XM channel 88).
The Senior Bowl is one of the year’s premier pre-NFL Draft events, gathering many of the country’s best NFL prospects on teams representing the North and South — coached by two NFL coaching staffs. This year, the South team will be coached by Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan and his staff and the North team will be coached by Minnesota Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier and his staff.
In the week leading up to the game, practices are attended by general managers, coaches, scouts and other front office personnel from the 32 National Football League teams, making Senior Bowl Week a gathering of the “Who’s Who” of NFL decision makers. Read More
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By Demian Russian
Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) has announced that former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr will sit down for an exclusive Q&A session, hosted by comedian Russell Brand and moderated by legendary music producer Don Was, with a select group of Sirius XM Radio subscribers at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, California.
As a member of The Beatles and with his enduring series of hits as a solo artist, Ringo Starr changed not only popular music, but pop culture. We are thrilled to give Ringo’s fans the chance to sit, talk and ask questions of this music icon as part of our Town Hall series.
– Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer, SiriusXM
‘SiriusXM’s Town Hall with Ringo Starr’ will broadcast live on ‘The Spectrum’ (Sirius and XM channel 28) on Monday, January 30th at 4:00 pm eastern — the day before Starr’s new album Ringo 2012 is set to release. This special Q&A session is part of Sirius XM Radio’s “Town Hall” series, which regularly features intimate gatherings with iconic musicians and Sirius XM listeners. Previous “Town Hall” specials have featured Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, and the surviving members of Nirvana. Read More
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By Mick Weinstein
Horace Dediu at Asymco released this terrific graph showing “a brief history of personal computing platforms. “What’s unique here is the seamless move to mobile devices – Dediu’s graphic combines Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhones, iPads and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android devices with the older PC data from the time those mobile platforms emerged a few years ago. That’s a helpful move, as those platforms have clearly become an important part of personal computing in the fullest sense.
Here’s a second view of the data, by units shipped per year. Note that while PC growth is flattening, it remains at this point the leading platform – but it appears merely a matter of time until Android overtakes PCs: Read More
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By Tom Taylor
The following article comes from Tom Taylor’s newsletter, Taylor on Radio-Info.
Pandora hits 125 million registered users – and it’s thinking “global.”
Pandora (NYSE:P) founder Tim Westergren, talking at last week’s CES in Las Vegas and quoted by USA Today, has an impressive update on his numbers – registered users up from about 100 million last quarter to 125 million. Average monthly usage of 18 hours. Partnerships with 16 different carmakers. But USA Today checks in with Bob Pittman at Clear Channel (PINK:CCMO) about the scenario of Pandora conquering the world, and Pittman says “Not a chance in hell.” Pittman does his universal-coverage rap (radio is “in every car and most homes, it’s embedded in the world”). And he points out that CC’s iHeartRadio can now perform some Pandora-style personalized radio tricks. Pittman’s brought new visibility to Clear Channel and to broadcasting. He’s also scouting for new revenue, with the support of an old friend — Read More
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By Amy Gilroy
The car CD player, which fueled an aftermarket car radio boom for years, will be missing from many new cars in the near future.
Automotive News reports that by 2018, 12.1 million cars will come without a CD drive in North America, up from 331,000 this year. Read More
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By Amy Gilroy
Head up displays on the windshield are already being touted as the car radio display of the future and suppliers including JVC Kenwood and Pioneer are getting ready. As are Audi and Mercedes-Benz. All four companies showed prototypes of new hologram-like displays at the Consumer Electronics Show Tuesday.
Pioneer head up display at CES 2012
For the aftermarket, a head up display may provide a means to upgrade the factory radios of the near future.
JVC Kenwood showed a prototype head up display that projects navigation and caller ID info on the windshield. It uses JVC’s LCOS projection technology. Read More
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By Demian Russian
Ryan Murphy
Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) announced today that Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning television and film screenwriter, producer and director Ryan Murphy, will be profiled and honored as the featured subject of the next installment of Iconography, an exclusive Sirius XM series which profiles iconic and influential members and a allies of the LBGT community on SiriusXM’s OutQ channel (Sirius and XM channel 108). Murphy is responsible for creating of the successful television programs American Horror Story and Glee.
In an exclusive Iconography interview, Murphy provides a deep and personal look into his experience growing up gay in the early 1980s in an Irish Catholic family living in Indiana and how he handles his success and disappointment today. He also talks openly about his early days working on the Glee television project: The executives at [Fox] all loved it, except one who wanted it to crash and burn,” Murphy reveals, adding that when the show reached the end of filming its initial network order of 13 episodes, “…the cast and crew were literally in tears. We thought that was it. We’ll never work together again. Ultimately, I remember it being an exciting and powerful time, because the thing that nobody ever thought would work, worked. Read More
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