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Tim,
I see what you're saying now. You're right, the content is all the same as from the satellite, since it is used to augment that signal. The local traffic & weather on XM is carried as a different channel for each locale covered, nothing that could actually be considered local content. If I care, I can listen to road conditions in Minneapolis while I sit by the pool and worry about the AC running up my electric bill.
Curt
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Date: 01/11/05 17:03:14
Subject: RE: [IRCA] Re: XM Indoors
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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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
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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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