Hey DirecTV Subscribers!

Greenguy · 2005-09-30, 07:33 AM

Looks like you'll be able to enjoy Opie & Anthony with me

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsAr...EDIA-XM-DC.XML
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - XM Satellite Radio has struck a deal that will give DirecTV subscribers free access to about half of its subscription radio channels by mid-November, the companies said Thursday.

News of XM's partnership with DirecTV came the same day rival Sirius Satellite Radio launched two channels dedicated to Howard Stern's scheduled January arrival.

Despite Sirius having hyped the channels, dubbed Howard Stern Channel and Howard Stern II, they contained no audio content Thursday, just a punctuation-challenged scroll that read: "We're building toward Howard's."

"Keep listening. It's going to get good," said a Sirius spokesman, promising Stern-related programing on the channels sometime before the shock-jock's arrival.

As for XM, it will give DirecTV subscribers 50-70 channels depending on which satellite television package they subscribe to. While the offering is mostly music, it also includes children's programing and the talk channels that feature Major League Baseball and shock-jocks Opie and Anthony.

The offering about doubles the number of audio-only channels featured on DirecTV.

XM chief executive Hugh Panero said this week that the company passed the 5 million-subscriber milestone earlier than expected, and that it was on track for 20 million by 2010.

Smaller competitor Sirius, which last year partnered with EchoStar Communications, giving access to about half its channels to DISH satellite TV subscribers, had recently surpassed 2 million subs and will have 3 million by year's end.

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Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,777	Hey DirecTV Subscribers! Looks like you'll be able to enjoy Opie & Anthony with me http://today.reuters.com/news/newsAr...EDIA-XM-DC.XML LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - XM Satellite Radio has struck a deal that will give DirecTV subscribers free access to about half of its subscription radio channels by mid-November, the companies said Thursday. News of XM's partnership with DirecTV came the same day rival Sirius Satellite Radio launched two channels dedicated to Howard Stern's scheduled January arrival. Despite Sirius having hyped the channels, dubbed Howard Stern Channel and Howard Stern II, they contained no audio content Thursday, just a punctuation-challenged scroll that read: "We're building toward Howard's." "Keep listening. It's going to get good," said a Sirius spokesman, promising Stern-related programing on the channels sometime before the shock-jock's arrival. As for XM, it will give DirecTV subscribers 50-70 channels depending on which satellite television package they subscribe to. While the offering is mostly music, it also includes children's programing and the talk channels that feature Major League Baseball and shock-jocks Opie and Anthony. The offering about doubles the number of audio-only channels featured on DirecTV. XM chief executive Hugh Panero said this week that the company passed the 5 million-subscriber milestone earlier than expected, and that it was on track for 20 million by 2010. Smaller competitor Sirius, which last year partnered with EchoStar Communications, giving access to about half its channels to DISH satellite TV subscribers, had recently surpassed 2 million subs and will have 3 million by year's end. O N A PARTY ROCK __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network