[opendtv] Satellite May Be Cable TV of Radio
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 23:03:17 -0400
11:25 AM PDT, April 16, 2004
Satellite May Be Cable TV of Radio
By ELLEN SIMON, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK - If traditional radio decides Howard Stern is too hot to
handle, satellite radio is waiting with an armload of wet T-shirts.
Even if the prince of "shock jocks" stays where he is, the two
nationwide satellite radio companies hope the Stern controversy can
help them become the radio equivalent of cable TV -- a popular
destination for racy, raunchy, unregulated content.
When the National Association of Broadcasters meets Sunday in Las
Vegas, much table talk will center on the unprecedented scrutiny from
the Federal Communications Commission, record indecency fines and the
threat that the FCC could yank licenses for repeat offenders.
Like cable television, satellite radio does not face federal
indecency scrutiny because it is only available to paid subscribers.
So the indecency dust-up has satellite radio companies executives
salivating.
XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio, the No. 1 and No. 2
players, lose money and have only 2 million subscribers total. But
subscriber numbers have been growing quickly, and Stern has been
talking on the air about a move to satellite radio.
...
http://www.latimes.com/technology/ats-ap_technology12apr16,1,5397244.story
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