SIRIUS Announces 1.5M subs

Chris · 02-28-2005, 09:25 PM

SIRIUS crosses the 1.5M sub marker by the end of February, announces it's radio jocks and information channel. This means that in the last two months, SIRI has picked up 400,000 subscribers.

SIRI has revised it's yearly estimate to anticipate a subscription base of 2.5M by years end, up from the 2M projection given before Christmas.

Ronald Epstein · 03-01-2005, 07:20 AM

Good news for Sirius

For comparance, XM is now at over 3.2 million subscribers

Michael Ballack · 03-01-2005, 01:10 PM

lol Ron.

BrianAe · 03-01-2005, 01:32 PM

One thing you have to remember is that XM started before Sirius. Mel actually talks a little about market share in his interview with The Times. He seems very confident in the steady march towards 50/50 +-5% market share with XM. At the end of 2003 they had only 15% of the market that was very small at the time. Their goal for 2005 was to end with 33% market share and it looks like they are well on the way to surpasing that goal.

Jed M · 03-01-2005, 02:50 PM

I predict a merger by the end of 2006.

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Joshua Clinard · 03-02-2005, 08:28 PM

I'll admit I haven't been following Sirius religiously as I once did, but this is good news. Now that XM just raised it's rates, this makes the decision on which service to get easier. Now they don't have to go with XM when they really want Sirius because of price. They will certainly hit 2.5 mil by years end. Of note: I just ordered Dish Network, which carries the Siris music channels, so I'm happy.

Tina_H_V · 03-02-2005, 11:55 PM

Gee, and to think I am one of those 400,000 who pushed SIRIUS to that 1.5 million subscriber tally, having joined up just last month.

Chris · 03-03-2005, 10:27 AM

I'm interested to see if the fact that NASCAR is hopping from XM to SIRIUS will make any difference.

Kevin_W · 03-06-2005, 01:07 AM

Chris wrote:

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I'm interested to see if the fact that NASCAR is hopping from XM to SIRIUS will make any difference.

I am a Nascar fan - Nextel Cup anyway. I look forward to watching it on Sundays, but will be the first to admit it is a little dry television at times. I couldn't even imagine what its like to simply listen to. I don't know what the circumstances were surrounding the switch, but maybe XM didn't fight very hard to keep Nascar because they realize this?

Robert Cobb · 03-13-2005, 01:29 PM

This makes the decision VERY easy now. I've been an XM subscriber from the beginning based primarily on the NASCAR channel(s). After adding Sirius 6 months ago, my XM receiver has been gathering dust except for Sunday afternoons. Now they are losing NASCAR AND increasing the price? I'll miss Cinemagic, but that's about it. Goodbye XM.

Ronald Epstein · 03-14-2005, 04:10 AM

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I'll miss Cinemagic, but that's about it. Goodbye XM.

Robert,

Don't make the same mistake I did....

You are in for a big change.

Be sure you test the Sirius waters when
it comes to their music.

There are many who have been nearly sterilized
by the constant repetition there.