Steve
04-27-2006, 12:45 AM
Do you have satellite radio? Why or why not? I'd like to hear your thoughts.
I think satellite radio is ok but the thing is, how many annoyance $10.00 a month bills do you want each and every month?
Sure Howard Stern is now on satellite. His show was funny at times but it didn't make me switch over.
Should Sirius Satellite Radio have signed on Howard? Well, if they have a chance at all of making satellite radio viable, they need content. So I think they did need to do this. Is satellite radio viable? That is another question. Only time will tell.
I think it would be better if it were somehow combined with satellite tv. So you get all these services in one bill. I think satellite tv is a better business concept than satellite radio.
Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/2006/02/10/xm-sirius-howardstern-cx_0213wharton.html) - In the 16 months since announcing that it had signed Howard Stern to a five-year deal, Sirius Satellite Radio has added approximately 2.7 million subscribers and become a household name in the satellite radio world. The tab: close to $700 million.
Is Stern worth it? The answer depends on whom you ask. Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin, who joined the company in November 2004, and had been Stern's boss at Infinity Broadcasting and then Viacom before departing in June 2004, says the radio "shock jock" is a good investment. "There is no question that Howard is worth the money that he is getting paid," said Karmazin on CNBC's Mad Money show last fall. "As a matter of fact, if he was going to renegotiate today, he would have to get more money because [sales are] really doing well."
Others aren't so sure. Wharton marketing professor Peter Fader says Sirius would have reached its current 3.3 million subscriber total without Stern.
I think satellite radio is ok but the thing is, how many annoyance $10.00 a month bills do you want each and every month?
Sure Howard Stern is now on satellite. His show was funny at times but it didn't make me switch over.
Should Sirius Satellite Radio have signed on Howard? Well, if they have a chance at all of making satellite radio viable, they need content. So I think they did need to do this. Is satellite radio viable? That is another question. Only time will tell.
I think it would be better if it were somehow combined with satellite tv. So you get all these services in one bill. I think satellite tv is a better business concept than satellite radio.
Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/2006/02/10/xm-sirius-howardstern-cx_0213wharton.html) - In the 16 months since announcing that it had signed Howard Stern to a five-year deal, Sirius Satellite Radio has added approximately 2.7 million subscribers and become a household name in the satellite radio world. The tab: close to $700 million.
Is Stern worth it? The answer depends on whom you ask. Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin, who joined the company in November 2004, and had been Stern's boss at Infinity Broadcasting and then Viacom before departing in June 2004, says the radio "shock jock" is a good investment. "There is no question that Howard is worth the money that he is getting paid," said Karmazin on CNBC's Mad Money show last fall. "As a matter of fact, if he was going to renegotiate today, he would have to get more money because [sales are] really doing well."
Others aren't so sure. Wharton marketing professor Peter Fader says Sirius would have reached its current 3.3 million subscriber total without Stern.