Satellite Entertainment

Arbitron releases satellite radio survey (AP via Yahoo! News)
The first Arbitron survey for satellite radio shows its customers spend much more time listening to the radio than non-subscribers but also indicates those customers spend more time tuned into terrestrial radio than their pay services.

XM Satellite Radio Reports Narrower Loss (New York Times)
XM Satellite Radio Reports Narrower Loss.

STMicroelectronics Announces Dual DVB-S2 Demodulator to Enable Cost-Effective HDTV Watch-and-Record DVR Satellite … (SYS-CON Media)
STMicroelectronics , the world’s leading supplier of silicon chips for set-top boxes (STBs)*, today announced a dual DVB-S2 satellite TV demodulator chip, intended for STBs that offer the viewer the ability to watch one standard or high-definition TV channel while recording another. The new multi-standard STV0900 provides in a single package the functionality of two of ST’s established STB0899 …

XM Satellite Radio, FCC Fight Could Leave Customers In Lurch (WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley)
A disagreement between XM Satellite Radio and the federal government could leave customers with no radio service.

XM Satellite Radio Narrows 4th-Qtr. Loss (KiplingerForecasts.com)
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., which last week announced plans to combine with rival Sirius Satellite, on Monday reported a narrower fourth-quarter loss as a larger subscription base led to a 45 percent boost in revenue. Its shares rose nearly 2 percent in morning trading.

XM Satellite Radio Holdings reports narrower Q4 loss (EARTHtimes.org)
Satellite radio operator XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. has posted a narrower fourth quarter loss, the company announced Monday. The Washington-based company is about to be taken over by rival Sirius Satellite Radio.

Can Video Help Save the Satellite Radio Business? (New York Times)
Besides the scrutiny of the proposed combination between XM and Sirius, the satellite radio business is facing huge changes.

Satellite radio: They fuse, you lose (The Record)
The XM and Sirius satellite radio services came into being to give listeners a creative alternative to the soul-numbing monotony of commercial FM. But a proposed merger announced last week comes right off the standard playlist of other merger-happy industries.