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Sirius Digital Radio Satellite Launches This Week
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Barry Willis  |  Nov 26, 2000  |  0 comments
A new era in radio will begin on November 30, when a rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying a commercial digital radio transponder to a geosynchronous orbit over North America. The satellite, which belongs to Sirius Satellite Radio, will eventually beam as many as 100 stations providing "CD-quality" sound to listeners throughout the continent.
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Sirius Hits 100,000
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 29, 2003  |  0 comments
The numbers are up for Sirius Satellite Radio. On June 23, the New York–based digital broadcaster announced that it had exceeded 100,000 subscribers for its 100-channel music/news/entertainment service. Sirius offers 60 channels of commercial-free music and 40 channels of news, sports, talk shows, comedy, and other programming.
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Sirius Satellite Radio Goes National
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Barry Willis  |  Jul 07, 2002  |  0 comments
Sirius Satellite Radio is now available nationally.
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Sirius Stock Deal Erases Debt
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Barry Willis  |  Oct 20, 2002  |  0 comments
In August, the future looked cloudy for Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. Despite the eventual commercial promise of satellite radio, the startup suffered from massive debt accrued during its development and from a slow initial subscription rate. Company officials had discussed a possible bankruptcy filing if additional financing couldn't be found.
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Sirius Subs Double, But Trouble Looms
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Barry Willis  |  Aug 18, 2002  |  0 comments
Digital satellite radio is one of the most promising entertainment developments since the invention of the DVD. It's also a high-risk venture for investors.
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Sirius Surges
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Barry Willis  |  Oct 25, 2004  |  0 comments
Industry observers have long debated the ultimate fate of satellite broadcaster Sirius Radio. Front-runner XM Radio, with more than two million subscribers, is already above the break-even point, but for many months Sirius struggled against technical problems and overwhelming debt. Would the fledgling survive, get devoured by its larger competitor, or worse, get picked up in a fire sale by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.?
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Sirius to Go
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Barry Willis  |  May 25, 2003  |  0 comments
Sirius Satellite Radio may be positioned to make the next great leap forward. In mid-May, Kenwood and Audiovox announced the first transportable receivers, which will let Sirius listeners enjoy the service wherever they go—home, office, boat, beach, etc—not only in the comfort of their cars.
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Software Pirates No Longer Safe in Brazil, say Lawmakers
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Barry Willis  |  Feb 20, 1998  |  0 comments
February 20---Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazil's president, has signed into law two bills intended to rein in that nation's widespread abuse of intellectual properties and bring Brazil into compliance with worldwide copyright law. One covers software piracy; the other, authorship rights.
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Songwriters Win Royalty Suit
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Barry Willis  |  Nov 24, 2002  |  0 comments
When do fractions of pennies add up to millions of dollars? Answer: When they are accumulated unpaid royalties for one of the most popular albums of all time.
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Sonic Breakthrough Claimed by North American Products
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Barry Willis  |  Nov 28, 1999  |  0 comments
The object of the audio game, as Stereophile founder J. Gordon Holt put it, is "to re-create original acoustic events as accurately as possible." That goal has driven engineers to extraordinary lengths, improving every link in the recording and playback chain. Most such improvements are incremental, but their cumulative effect is the sometimes astounding level of sonic realism available today from even moderately priced equipment.
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