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XM-Sirius Debate Comes Down to Competition - washingtonpost.com:
Oh, and as for "government bailout" - the federal government and federal taxpayers WON'T PAY A DIME for this. Spinning it like it's a government handout when really it's just free market economics at work is just TOTALLY full of shit.
XM and Sirius really stand in your way of owning the world, so you'd rather the government be YOUR way of eliminating the competition rather than actually offering listeners stuff they really want to hear.
XM and Sirius spokespeople might be painting a rosie picture of how interoperability might work between the services, but a little rose-tint is NOTHING compares to the huge stinking pile of manure you shove in congress's faces and in our ears.
The National Association of Broadcasters and the Consumers Union say they will issue formal statements to the Federal Communications Commission in the coming weeks, urging rejection of the proposed merger between the XM and Sirius satellite radio companies when the agency solicits public comment.Hey, NAB, you don't charge your customers ANYTHING, so why are you the ones to argue about whether or not some service you have no control over (and a financial advantage over already since their charging more will actually bring MORE listeners back to over-the-air free radio) MAY bring higher prices.
The groups argue that an XM-Sirius merger would amount to a government bailout of two money-losing ventures that paid hundreds of millions of dollars for big-name talent to lure subscribers. They also claim that a merger would result in higher prices for subscribers, countering the companies' claim that combining their operations would mean lower prices and more options for consumers.
Oh, and as for "government bailout" - the federal government and federal taxpayers WON'T PAY A DIME for this. Spinning it like it's a government handout when really it's just free market economics at work is just TOTALLY full of shit.
[...]Hey, NAB, GET THE CLUE! Why should these two not be allowed to merge when you really have the golden dream of one gigantic media conglomerate owning EVERYTHING we hear?
But separately, the NAB is trying to make a case with the FCC that traditional radio companies do compete with satellite radio and therefore should be allowed to own more local stations than current rules permit.
XM and Sirius really stand in your way of owning the world, so you'd rather the government be YOUR way of eliminating the competition rather than actually offering listeners stuff they really want to hear.
XM and Sirius spokespeople might be painting a rosie picture of how interoperability might work between the services, but a little rose-tint is NOTHING compares to the huge stinking pile of manure you shove in congress's faces and in our ears.
