RE: [IRCA] Re: XM Indoors

["Tim Kridel" <tkridel@xxxxxxxxx>]

 

Right, but is that content any different than what's available via satellite? The big worry for terrestrial broadcasters is when the repeaters start delivering local content. Right now, I think it's just traffic and only in major cities. But if the repeater content were expanded to, say, local news, then XM would have another marketing point to compete against AM/FM.

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Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 3:04 PM
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Subject: RE: [IRCA] Re: XM Indoors

Tim,

 

The terrestrial repeater XM is using carries more than traffic, it has all of the XM channels.  Of course the content is not directly accessible without an XM radio.

 

Curt

 

-------Original Message-------

 

Those terrestrial repeaters scare the heck out of the NAB because they create the potential for delivering more local content besides traffic reports. If or when that happens, satellite radio is in a position to undermine AM/FM's biggest asset: localism.

 

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