Howard Stern Fans....

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by Jim

...And while I have XM, it is still nice that within a year, I predict Sirius will surpass XM in subscribers...

I can take that bet & win right now, because when you throw in the 14 million that have XM thru their Direct TV, Sirius will never pass 20 million by the end of the year

But I will take the bet for just subscribers as of Dec 31st 2006 if you want.

Here are the current totals:
XM: 6.0 million
Sirius: 3.3 million

Just an indicator:
XM as of Jan 05: 3.2 million
Sirius as of Jan 05: 1.1 million
(all totals taken from their website press releases)

$100 sound good?

And before you reply, just remember that XM now has a portable unit that allows you to listen live, record shows & use it as an mp3 player:
http://www.xmradio.com/newsroom/scre...06_01_04a.html
(Sirius has a docking station where you can save programming, but not listen live & not play mp3's)

[Useless]

Originally Posted by Greenguy

I can take that bet & win right now, because when you throw in the 14 million that have XM thru their Direct TV, Sirius will never pass 20 million by the end of the year

XM 'High Voltage' has doubled Direct TV's value in my home, and that's after only one day of listening. My life will never be the same again.

[Jim]

Originally Posted by Greenguy

I can take that bet & win right now, because when you throw in the 14 million that have XM thru their Direct TV, Sirius will never pass 20 million by the end of the year

But I will take the bet for just subscribers as of Dec 31st 2006 if you want.

Here are the current totals:
XM: 6.0 million
Sirius: 3.3 million

Just an indicator:
XM as of Jan 05: 3.2 million
Sirius as of Jan 05: 1.1 million
(all totals taken from their website press releases)

$100 sound good?

And before you reply, just remember that XM now has a portable unit that allows you to listen live, record shows & use it as an mp3 player:
http://www.xmradio.com/newsroom/scre...06_01_04a.html
(Sirius has a docking station where you can save programming, but not listen live & not play mp3's)

So, using your numbers, with opie and andy, XM doubled. Without Howard Stern, Sirius tripled. $100 is a good wager.

[Jim]

Originally Posted by Greenguy

And before you reply, just remember that XM now has a portable unit that allows you to listen live, record shows & use it as an mp3 player:
http://www.xmradio.com/newsroom/scre...06_01_04a.html
(Sirius has a docking station where you can save programming, but not listen live & not play mp3's)

Anything like this
http://www.sirius.com/gs/s50/

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by Jim

So, using your numbers, with opie and andy, XM doubled. Without Howard Stern, Sirius tripled. $100 is a good wager.

They're not "my" numbers, they are the only numbers

And based on those numbers, XM gained 2.8 last year & Sirius gained 2.2 (even with all the Stern fans buying units for Xmas)

Originally Posted by Jim

Anything like this
http://www.sirius.com/gs/s50/

"Get SIRIUS live with the included car or optional home dock or go portable with your stored content."
The XM units that came out last year before Xmas 2004 have live portable capabilities - so you can clip it to your belt & listen to live programming, as I did at both airports & on the plane rides for my Vegas trip