Why Radio and Television Should Partner Up

Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) and CNN recently released a press release that CNN Soledad O'Brien will moderate "Black in America 2" exclusively on Sirius XM Radio. "Black in America 2" is based on the original CNN series "Black in America". If you look at this programming announcement between Sirius XM Radio and CNN at face value it seems like a pretty standard programming press release, but if you dig a little deeper it’s actually quite impressive.

Here is what Sirius and CNN are doing together. On July 21st, 2009 between 11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET Sirius XM Radio will air live exclusively the radio version of "Black in America 2". A day later on July 22nd, 2009 at 8:00pm CNN will air the television version of the same "Black in America 2" programming edited by CNN for television. If you think about that model it could be pretty powerful. This is more than Sirius XM Radio putting up a couple of YouTube snippet videos of its own radio programming. This is a joint model between radio and television (Sirius XM Radio and CNN) to share content for the general public's entertainment.

If Sirius XM Radio attempts to introduce more individual programming partnerships like this, Sirius XM Radio can start to put a radio face to television. If done intelligently the Sirius XM Radio brand could broadcast on television without the need for paid television advertising and that would generally be a good thing for the satellite radio provider.

Disclosure: long SIRI

Comments

[ScroogeMcduck:]

Imagine One day buying a SirusXM radio one day with a TV screen built right in it broadcasting siriusXM sat. TV

Jul 20 10:35 AM

[Come on Guy...:]

Gay


On Jul 20 10:35 AM ScroogeMcduck wrote:

> Imagine One day buying a SirusXM radio one day with a TV screen built
> right in it broadcasting siriusXM sat. TV

Jul 20 01:24 PM

[between the...:]

Mel: You better have someone here! BASKING RIDGE, N.J., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon is hosting its first-ever Verizon Developer Community (VDC) Conference on July 28 in Silicon Valley, focused entirely on fostering the development of new mobile applications.

I want SIRI XM on my Storm.

Love,

Between the Hedges

Jul 20 03:06 PM

[tech man:]

the shorts and goldman are killing this stock. this is not right. investors are getting sick and tired of the manulipation of this stock. after the film stock shock, this is unreal. let the stock alone and let it prosper. people are tried and fed up with this kind of crime. t.m.

Jul 20 07:04 PM

[R A F:]

The above comment about the abusive manipulation of this stock is right on. There is absolutely no doubt that this is going on, as it would be virtually impossible to trade 100 million shares over a five day period - all within a 1 cent range in a daily basis, and 2 cents over a one week time frame. Legitimate retail investors do not base their decisions and activity on changes of .0001 (one hundredth of a cent) as most of this volume represents. It is clear this is all in-house volume designed to churn the waters and attempt to break even while pressuring the stock. On the streets of New York this would be called Three Card Monte - designed to draw in the sucker and fleece him - and it is against the law. Once again the SEC is asleep on the job. Let's hope the SEC one day gets its mission straight and finally goes after all this - including the naked short abuses that are facilitating this practice in the absence of the uptick rule.

Jul 21 07:15 AM

[R A F:]

The irony of all this is that the firm suspected of doing all this is now subsidized with an FDIC backing, enabling cheaper than open market financing to the detriment of the taxpayers that are providing this largesse. Of course their explanation is ..."We are serving the markets by using this taxpayer subsidy to provide needed liquiidity".
The abusive and manipulative trading described above as a perversion of this "liquidity" statement.

Jul 21 08:26 AM

[jmsithy:]

luckily I sold some shares at .41 today that was quite a massive manipulation Thx Siri-Doom made some profit the past 3 days

Jul 21 12:36 PM

[SIRI-Doom:]

SIRI Fast 2 cent SPIKE to 42

Technically, this spike took SIRI over 41.5. Well, I can say when I am wrong. It was a very exciting 30 minutes.

If you blinked, you missed it.
SIRI had a very steep spiked to 42 cents with 3 million shares traded in 21 minutes. In less than 34 minutes SIRI was back to 395 cents.

SIRI trades in mysterious weird ways. Can anyone say what caused this unusually steep spike?

Jul 21 12:46 PM

[SIRI-Doom:]

THE SEC DOES A GREAT JOB

The SEC is doing what it is told to do. Revealed in the news just last week, the FBI investigated the robbery of Goldman Sacks Computer Software Code. The FBI made open press comment on the Software:

“Due to direct access to many trading desks the software can be used to manipulate stocks in unfair ways”.

One reporter requested the FBI investigate the use of the software by Goldman Sacks. The FBI quickly shrugged off the idea. “That is beyond the scope of this investigation”.

We can count on Goldman Sacks using that software and access to trading desks to manipulate stocks at anytime and without ever being investigated…

Jul 21 01:03 PM

[SIRI-Doom:]

COMPUTER ERROR

LOL, that spike up must have made the GS computer crazy. Now, we are at noon volume of 17 million shares in a sell off.

This looks like a flood sell off. Talk about down pressure….. Oh my….

Jul 21 01:14 PM

[SIRI-Doom:]

Sirius XM Radio Inc.(NasdaqGS: SIRI)
Real-Time: 0.37 0.03 (7.48%) 3:57pm EThelp

WEEEEEEEEEEEEE what a ride....

it hit 37 cents......

I am all in again. 160,000 shares recharged for the next 3 or 4 cent computer spread.

Yaha.... Goldman Sacks sure has a great computer.

Jul 21 04:02 PM

[SIRI-Doom:]

JMSITHY
I was wrong about it not going to 415 befor going to 365 again. SIRI was at 42 cents for 21 minutes. It was GREAT!!! I like being wrong when SIRI is going up. I only wish it continued.

Back and all in again at 37.

Jul 21 04:15 PM

[SIRI-Doom:]

fallen off
Top 25 screen of Apple's most popular downloads.

ballyhooed program for Apple's App Store is getting lost in the shuffle mode. As of last night, the app had fallen off the Top 25 screen of Apple's most popular downloads. Pandora and the music-recognition program Shazam are now more popular in Apple's music category -- further evidence that iPhone owners gravitate toward free sonic solutions.

Jul 21 04:20 PM

[dac dac:]

this stock SUCKS I am so long on it because of my buy in @ 2.00 it'll takeyears to get EVEN. Then you have to deal with the f#@$in shorts god damn vipers they should all drop dead or go bankrupt

Jul 21 05:12 PM

[SIRI-Doom:]

dac dac
Join the club. Lots of us had deep longs when Mel sold us out with that "Quick and dirty" to Goldman Sacks. I was in with an avg 4.26 a share.

Yes, SIRI is manipulated. The shorting is just one tool. Did you know Mel gave Goldman Sack guarantee in off the books stock? Goldman uses this guarantee to short a hedge for the GS computer. They can not lose.

Play the GS computer against Mel and GS. If you track the daily activity and keep your ears clean for news, you can work the computer spread. Over the past 11 months, I have recovered almost 1/2 at $1000 to $2000 a week, just playing the 3-4 cent GS computer spread.

Mel and Goldman Sacks are milking investors. Learn the GS computer and get back some milk... IT WORKS

Don't get mad. Get even!!! And log everything. Someday we will get an investigation that will put Mel in jail...

Jul 21 05:30 PM

[I'm Not Jim...:]

Get ready to go again at .35 or .36 Probably by the end of the week unless there is some terrific good news in the general market. The end of day slide indicates that somebody wants back in, and is forcing the issue.

Jul 21 05:33 PM

[SIRI-Doom:]

What? I don't understand. The slide is someone wanting out, dumping. Not in.

But, today’s steep spike was someone wanting in. It was a 706,600 share buy that topped out at 42 cents.

The big volume was strange too. Past 4 days volume has been under 30mil. But today was a wild ride 46 mil and 17mil was before noon.

We agree on trading SIRI at base line value. However, I see this daily trading more a result of computer generated manipulation.

On Jul 21 05:33 PM I'm Not Jim Cramer wrote:

> Get ready to go again at .35 or .36 Probably by the end of the week
> unless there is some terrific good news in the general market. The
> end of day slide indicates that somebody wants back in, and is forcing
> the issue.

Jul 21 05:46 PM

[dac dac:]

Thanks Doom I'll keep an eye on that

Jul 21 07:03 PM

[Come on Guy...:]

Relmar, What do u see happening to the stock after the Q2 Results? Pullback on the day of?

Jul 22 12:18 AM

[Bababooie:]

Insiders selling according to plan!!!! Did you forget??


On Jul 21 05:46 PM SIRI-Doom wrote:

> What? I don't understand. The slide is someone wanting out, dumping.
> Not in.
>
> But, today’s steep spike was someone wanting in. It was a 706,600
> share buy that topped out at 42 cents.
>
> The big volume was strange too. Past 4 days volume has been under
> 30mil. But today was a wild ride 46 mil and 17mil was before noon.
>
>
> We agree on trading SIRI at base line value. However, I see this
> daily trading more a result of computer generated manipulation.<br/>
>
> On Jul 21 05:33 PM I'm Not Jim Cramer wrote:

Jul 22 10:37 AM