Satellite Entertainment

Satellite Radio Battery Recall (WOAI)
Portable satellite radio units were one of the more popular Christmas gifts this year, but some of customers are already facing an important recall. If you received the Delphi MyFi, Pioneer AirWare, or Tao XM2GO, then XM Radio wants to give you a present this holiday season: a brand new battery.

Russian carrier rocket puts U.S. satellite into orbit (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
MOSCOW, December 29 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket launched from Russia’s Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan Thursday put a U.S. AMC-23 satellite into orbit, the Russian Federal Space Agency said Thursday.

XM Satellite Radio and Neural Audio Achieve Audio Breakthrough With Radio’s First 24-Hour Channels in 5.1 Surround Sound (CommsDesign)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — XM Satellite Radio, the nation’s leading satellite radio company, will broadcast select XM music channels in 5.1 Surround Sound, marking the first time that a radio company has broadcast in 5.1 Surround Sound twenty-four hours a day.

Europe launches first satellite for GPS alternative (Infomatics)
The satellite dubbed Giove A was launched by a Soyuz-Fregat vehicle from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning. The satellite is expected to be deployed at an altitude of 23,258 km, inclined at 56 degrees to the Equator.

Sirius, WAVE 3 TV Win Media Eclipse Awards (BloodHorse)
Sirius Satellite Radio has won the Media Eclipse Award in the Audio and Multi-Media Internet category for live coverage of the 2005 Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, while WAVE 3 TV in Louisville has won the Media Eclipse Award for Local Television for its pre- and post-race coverage of the 2005 Kentucky Derby (gr.

Radio Wave of the Future: Satellite Programming is a New Way to Listen, With No Commercials, Tons of Options _ and a (RedNova)
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ The day Howard Stern announced he was moving to Sirius satellite radio, George White got on the horn and bought 300 shares of Sirius stock. “I did it for two things,” says White, a graphic designer from Oakland, Calif. “I am a fan of Howard’s, though not a die-hard.

Delphi MyFi XM2Go Portable Satellite Radio On Sale for only $139.99! (I4U)
Amazon.com offers the Delphi MyFi XM2Go XM Portable Satellite radio for a super low $139.99. When Delphi introduced this truly portable Satellite radio one year ago. It sold then for $349.99. The Delphi XM2Go player is not the prettiest out the…

Radio Wave of the Future: Satellite Programming is a New Way to Listen, With No Commercials, Tons of Options _ and a (RedNova)
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ The day Howard Stern announced he was moving to Sirius satellite radio, George White got on the horn and bought 300 shares of Sirius stock. “I did it for two things,” says White, a graphic designer from Oakland, Calif. “I am a fan of Howard’s, though not a die-hard.

Third pay-TV station aims to hit 10,000 subscribers (The Star Online)
KUALA LUMPUR: FINE TV, Malaysia s newest pay-television station, aims to hit 10,000 subscribers by next year, said Network Guidance Sdn Bhd president Ida Rahayu Mohd Noor.

XM Satellite Radio “outperform” (New Ratings)
NEW YORK, December 27 (newratings.com) - Analyst Robert S Peck of Bear Stearns reiterates his “outperform” rating on XM Satellite Radio ( XMSR.NAS ). The target price is set to $40.