Tag archive: XM Channel

Thursday is shaping up to be X-Men Day on XM Satellite Radio as the satellite radio provider is now offering details about eight of their channels whichwill be "taken over" by various actors and actresses who play mutants in the upcoming X-Men: The Last Stand movie. Also taking over one of these channels will be the film's director, Brett Ratner.  Here's a breakdown of the mutant X-Men XM takeover for Thursday:  … Read More

XM Satellite Radio yesterday released details on an expanded channel line up which will push their total number of channels over 170. Some of these new channels are being added as a response to arecent arbitration settlement with XM investor Clear Channel Communications in which they were required to add Clear Channel advertising in May tochannels the radio broadcasting company programs.   Overall, XM said, they now have 69 commercial free… Read More

XM Satellite Radio and audio development company Neural Audio today announced that select XM channels would begin broadcasting in 5.1 surround sound later this year. XM plans to demo XM HD Surround at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. XM HD Surround, said the satellite radio company, will become available on new home audio systems from the likes of Denon, Onkyo, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc., and Yamaha in March 2006. The… Read More

The company closed the first quarter of 2004 with an addition of more than 320,000 new net subscribers, a 230 percent increase in new subscribers compared to the first quarter of 2003, when XMrecorded 135,916 new subscribers. “XM has started 2004 on a very strong note. Consumers have clearly embraced XM's 2004 programming lineup featuring 100% commercial-free music and the new XM Instant Traffic & Weather service formajor markets… Read More