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| vector1701 |
Anyone know why companies like Sirius or XM do not broadcast worldwide? Sure, they would need a few more satellites, but if they wanted to cover areas to make money, such as Europe, why couldnt they? I assume they would need regulatory approval and such. Are thier other Satellite companies out there in other parts of the world like Sirius/XM?
Or, is it in thier plans?
Just wondering....thanks.
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| this tonite |
| Satellites can be rather expensive from what I've heard. Satellites aren't really things that you can just throw into the sky whenever you want. |
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| vector1701 |
Duh...
I am asking from the standpoint of regulations. Other than greenback, are thier any reasons why they can't? Are thier other companies doing it? Major regulatory hurdles? etc.... |
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| WhiteBoy |
Quote: Originally posted by this tonite
Satellites can be rather expensive from what I've heard. Satellites aren't really things that you can just throw into the sky whenever you want. |
I saw a few on sale at Walmart |
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| this tonite |
Quote: Originally posted by WhiteBoy
I saw a few on sale at Walmart |
That's kind of cool. Did you buy any? |
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| mrchappelow |
| I'm not sure how Howard would go down with the Europeans. |
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| Dirty Pierre |
Quote: Originally posted by mrchappelow
I'm not sure how Howard would go down with the Europeans. |
You're a fan, there's one limey bastard ;) , of course thats only one country in Europe. How the hell do you listen BTW? |
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| Bad Santa |
Well,
Stern will be available worldwide soon...streaming of the show happens in June, 2006!!!!
Boo ya! |
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| Drakay |
Taking expense of sattelittes totally out of the picture, there are so many freakin languages in Europe, Africa or Asia and on top of that cultures I would imagine it would be hard to program a limited number of stations to satisfy everyone's interests. Sure there's some commonality with really big musical stars, but ultimately people do like to listen to thing in their native language.
I don't think that even when Howard streams that people will be able to sign up just to get that. I think ultimately to sign up you still need to tell them your Sirius radio number and when you activate have to provide an address in the US. |
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| boombox |
Quote: Originally posted by Drakay
Taking expense of sattelittes totally out of the picture, there are so many freakin languages in Europe, Africa or Asia and on top of that cultures I would imagine it would be hard to program a limited number of stations to satisfy everyone's interests. Sure there's some commonality with really big musical stars, but ultimately people do like to listen to thing in their native language.
I don't think that even when Howard streams that people will be able to sign up just to get that. I think ultimately to sign up you still need to tell them your Sirius radio number and when you activate have to provide an address in the US. |
This is actually correct, you will still have to give them your radio number and US address. I think they need to reconsider this since there are people(e.g. soldiers, foreign nationals) who want to listen to howard stern. They need to make it easier for anyone in the world to sign up via the internet. Howard has a lot of fans overseas. |
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| Slayer |
Quote: Originally posted by boombox
This is actually correct, you will still have to give them your radio number and US address. I think they need to reconsider this since there are people(e.g. soldiers, foreign nationals) who want to listen to howard stern. They need to make it easier for anyone in the world to sign up via the internet. Howard has a lot of fans overseas. |
That's a huge mistake on Sirius's part. :mad:
They have a potential world market through the internet, but since the radios don't work outside of North America, no one will buy them just to get the internet feed. I'm sure there are plenty of people even in this country that don't need or want to buy a radio because they will just listen online. |
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| boombox |
Quote: Originally posted by Slayer
That's a huge mistake on Sirius's part. :mad:
They have a potential world market through the internet, but since the radios don't work outside of North America, no one will buy them just to get the internet feed. I'm sure there are plenty of people even in this country that don't need or want to buy a radio because they will just listen online. |
I agree. Send Sirius an email. If enough people say something, they might change this policy. |
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| muntz |
| AFAIK.... Worldspace controls the rest of the world other than here and Europe.... Europe has their own services and North America has XM and Sirius... remember that the caribbean and mexico can also pick the sirius feed because of the satellites... the best for international access will be the internet feed... |
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| Slayer |
Good news:
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While Frear did not reveal details on when any new price structure would take effect, he also made it clear that Sirius would at some point launch a separate fee structure for streaming Sirius programming on the Internet. He noted that Stern's show has the potential for a particularly large streaming audience but that the subscription radio provider needs to work out the technological kinks in servicing such a large crowd.
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http://www.sternfannetwork.com/foru...threadid=130774 |
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