Archive for March, 2006

XM and Sirius spend like drunken sailors on audience-snagging content

Monday, March 13th, 2006

XM has Oprah Winfrey, Snoop Dogg, NHL, and Major League Baseball.
Sirius has Howard Stern, Eminem, National Football League, and Playboy.
Actually, both satellite radio stations have way more to offer, and it all comes at a steep price, according to a Billboard Radio Monitor article:

Many analysts agree that Sirius offers the more compelling content, but some [...]

Satellite television companies increase Spanish-language offerings

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

A Wall Street Journal article describes how cable and satellite TV companies are beefing up their offerings of Spanish-language programming packages to win more Spanish speaking customers in the U.S.:

Pricing and other terms vary. Cablevision, for example, offers 31 channels in Spanish for $4.95 as an add-on to regular cable service. Dish Network’s Dish [...]

Know Your Satellite Radio Reciever Pt. 6: Sirius Xact XTR3CK Visor

Monday, March 6th, 2006

Hello again, and welcome to part 6 in our series: Know Your Satellite Radio Receiver. Today we’ll be talking about the Xact XTR3CK Visor, a neat, if underwhelming, car device.
The Xact is a bare-bones model with one interesting feature, its visor-mounting ability. It’s thin, flat design and attached visor clip [...]