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Originally posted by Kidicious
In radio?
In radio?
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This is going to make it more likely to make profit. What exactly don't you like about this? What do you think is going to happen that wasn't going to happen before?Originally posted by Asher
Yes, and they were on their way to making profits.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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I don't think that means much.Originally posted by Oerdin
In satalite radio.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Lack of competition --> less incentive to add new channels with new content, less incentive to maintain high quality of content.Originally posted by Kidicious
This is going to make it more likely to make profit. What exactly don't you like about this? What do you think is going to happen that wasn't going to happen before?"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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As a satellite radio consumer, I think it means a lot...Originally posted by Kidicious
I don't think that means much."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Well no, but my son still doesn't like them.Originally posted by Asher
Are you not aware of how speedos fit?
I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Most new cars come with satellite radio recievers now days. Even the el cheapo Hyundais.Originally posted by LordShiva
Monopoly on what? The listening habits of the 12 people who listen to satellite radio?Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Your son's got a lot to learn about life.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Price competition is what isn't going to happen.Originally posted by Kidicious
What do you think is going to happen that wasn't going to happen before?Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Originally posted by Asher
Lack of competition --> less incentive to add new channels with new content, less incentive to maintain high quality of content.
They still have to get people to buy their product. Isn't the industry about past the first stage of growth? They need to get more customers and the only way they are going to do that is to lower costs. I don't think that they really need to concentrate on differentiating their product until the declining stages of the industry btw.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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My guess is that this deal will be blocked by the DoJ.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Prices are going to come down anyway. Otherwise satilite radio is going to become a thing of the past. Are you aware of how prices change as an industry matures?Originally posted by Oerdin
Price competition is what isn't going to happen.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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This is still a very new technology with home recievers just now coming out and with most people only getting a car reciever when they buy a new car. It all be at least a decade before they become common place in cars just like it took a decade for CD players to replace cassette decks or for FM radios to get out there.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Do you seriously believe that consumers will benefit from this? This industry is FAR from mature.
With economies (presumably) realized, profits will happen. Prices will likely remain stable, but sign-up incentives to new subscribers will probably become more common. As Asher says, the motivation to provide improved programming will basically be eliminated if a monopoly is created. In fact, I would suggest that the total number of satellite channels will decrease, since there is similar genre-based content on the two systems.Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
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I think if they can merge that it would benefit the companies and possibly the consumer. Right now you have to pick between xm or sirius when you buy equipment, so that part almost seems more like a format war ala hd dvd vs. blu ray rather than real competion. I think satellite radio's main competitor is FREE terrestial radio, especially since HD radio is finally rolling out in many markets. Though like DanS said, I think its likely the DoJ may block this move.Comment
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