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XMSR and Sirius: Bigger Problems Than FCC Approval

All media are competing for your attention. Satellite does compete with iPod or standard radio, etc... because it is competing for X% of your time. The iPod competes for dollars... if you use the iPod in your car, you are buying programming (and an iPod)... so satellite IS competing for your dollars... just as standard radio (through advertising) and iPod (through purchase of the device and accessories and programming).

Why the FCC took so long to approve this merger is the bigger question. Media and TV lobbied against it hard... with big dollars. Why? Does satellite compete with TV too? You bet it does now and more in the future... again, any media that takes time away from you being advertised to, or takes your money, will fight against the same.

This merger should have taken place months ago... instead, the FCC as usual took way too long to review due to lobbiests...aka lawyers for the big media companies. There is not enough room for two satellite companies to operate and be profitble... it's pretty clear... let them merge. If AT&T or Cox wants to get in that space, it would be pretty easy to enter...they own a majority of satellites already. What they are worried about is not entering the market, but giving the merged Sirius and XM Sat too much lead time ahead of them... why? First to market gains most market share.... usually