As a Car Company, Sirius XM may have had a bad year revenue wise. Nevertheless, the Radio side to the organisation is looking forward to releasing a music streaming application in the second quarter of 09.
During a conference call that discussing the forth quarter loss of more than $245 million, Sirius XM executives CFO David Frear, CEO Mel Karmazin and operations and sales chief Jim Meyer all made references to the upcoming iPhone application. The app will stream music through the Sirius Xm's satellite radio service over WiFi or cellular data networks.
The app too has sparked thoughts that Sirius XM might be looking towards an Internet based radio service. At this point, the cost of, availability, time frame and access to the app is not clear. Again, thoughts lean towards the service being bundled in with subscriptions. My decision will all depend on whether the tunes are any good...
[via IntoMobile]
Finally Sirius/XM is getting it, hope it is not too late. Have been sending suggestions and requests to them that they should also allow us to pay $$$ for podcasts, as most of us cannot listen to the programs live and would like to listen on our iPhones at times that are best for us.
Hope they also post paid for podcasts too.
Awesome! I’ve been waiting for this!
This isn’t as good as it sounds. Online listening used to be free with your paid radio subscription; now, your free online listening runs out when your billing period is over. I was paying quarterly but i switched to the yearly so i could keep my free online listening for a year. Look at this:
“On March 11, 2009, the monthly rate for your discounted subscriptions will increase from $6.99 per month to $8.99 per month upon renewal.* You can lock in the current discounted monthly rate of $6.99 by choosing longer-term plans – but only if you act quickly.
And if you renew now, you can continue to listen online, FREE for the length of term you choose. Effective March 11, 2009, the online listening platform will be upgraded to a higher quality digital audio and no longer included as part of a base subscription at no charge.”
So they are probably dumping the free internet radio solely for the iPhone app. So if you are planning on jumping onboard the Howard Stern train via the iPhone app car, get ready to pay the normal $13 or so a month for your listening pleasure.
this can already be achieved by running orb and usirius on your pc… i prepaid 2 years of my sirius subsription so i still have online listening capabilites without having to pay the extra $4 month.
“This is your chance to keep online listening at no charge. Beginning March 11, if you wish to listen online, you will need to purchase a Premium SIRIUS Internet Radio subscription for $2.99* per month. Your current SIRIUS Internet Radio subscription will be available at no charge until your next renewal date.**”
“This is your chance to keep online listening at no charge. Beginning March 11, if you wish to listen online, you will need to purchase a Premium SIRIUS Internet Radio subscription for $2.99* per month. Your current SIRIUS Internet Radio subscription will be available at no charge until your next renewal date.**”
“Your current SIRIUS Internet Radio subscription will be available at no charge until your next renewal date.” is the KEY!
http://www.sirius.com/siriusinternetradio
You can upgrade your internet radio sub to high quality for 2.99; if you don’t have an account already it is $12.95 a month with no radio required.
Look at this.. if you’re subscription is still active you can upgrade for $2.99 or if you don’t you have to pay $12.99 a month with no radio required.. I just posted this once.. what the hell happened to it?
http://www.sirius.com/siriusinternetradio