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Sirius Programming Changes

September 10, 2008 – 7:09 am by kickinaudio

Since Sirius XM has now had some time to work things out from the merger, they’ve finally released some information on combining their programming.

One option for those of wanted the best of both worlds of XM and Sirius, they’ve ironically came up with the “Best of Both” programming options. As part of “Best of Both” programming, most current XM customers will continue to receive their existing XM service, and be able to obtain select SIRIUS programming. Likewise, most current SIRIUS customers will continue to receive their existing SIRIUS service and be able to obtain select XM programming.

In addition to their existing service, SIRIUS and XM subscribers will be able to purchase the following channels:

        SIRIUS on XM                          XM on SIRIUS

Howard 100                            NBA
Howard 101                            NHL Home Ice
Martha Stewart Living                 Oprah & Friends
SIRIUS NFL Radio                      Public Radio with Bob Edwards
SIRIUS NASCAR Radio                   College Sports
Playboy Radio                         PGA Tour

“Best of Both” programming will be available to satellite radio consumers beginning October 6, 2008 on most existing satellite radios at a monthly cost of $16.99. Also, the company’s full slate of new packages will be available to consumers on Oct. 6, including the opportunity to choose programming on an a la carte basis for the first time ever in subscription media.

Tags: a la carte, sirius, xm