Howard Stern, who was recently awarded 31.3 million shares of Sirius as a bonus for meeting his subscriber targets early, has just received the OK to start selling off that stock, if he should wish it. It may not be a bad idea for Stern, because:
• The proceeds could help pay the roughly [...]

Denver-based satellite Internet provider WildBlue Communications Inc. announced yesterday that it has secured $200 million to launch its second satellite.
Here’s a happy WildBlue customer
Earlier posts on WildBlue:
WildBlue is “Top Notch”
WildBlue to Enter Satellite Internet Market

Despite Sirius’ recent surge in subscriptions for due to Howard Stern, analysts say that XM will maintain a higher valuation in the long term for a variety of reasons including technology.
“Long-term, we still like XM over Sirius due to technology lead, stronger OEM relationships, and likely unsustainable valuation gap,” wrote analyst David Bank. “While Sirius [...]

Howard Stern made his Sirius radio debut this morning from 6am-10am PT. The show will be repeated throughout the day on Sirius channel Howard 100. While 90 minutes of the show was devoted to a press conference hosted by Stern, there were plenty of antics for Howard’s listeners. Highlights include the announcement [...]

XM has announced a new “advanced services” package that would provide in-car video, voice activation, weather alerts, parking finder and more. From the press release:
XM Satellite Radio, the nation’s leading satellite radio company, will unveil the XM Advanced Services vehicle, a concept car featuring in-car video, voice command, weather alerts, parking space locator, and [...]

The E.U. has launched the first of 29 satellites making up the Galileo GPS grid, according to Autoblog.
The Galileo program is the Continent’s foray into establishing an independent system from the United States, which currently controls the world’s GPS system through its military. The first satellite, GIOVE A, will, if everything goes according to [...]