Re: [Swprograms] PRI Gone from Sirius

[jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Yeah, but that presupposes that XM (the "competition") has no 
knowledge of what Sirius is doing and vice-versa.  Poppycock! <g>  The 
only people in the dark are the ones paying the bills.  And while 
broadcasting in general may be a competitive market, satellite radio 
is only a duopoly.

In the earlier days of cable, these kinds of eruptions were quelled by 
regulations that gave the consumer certain rights (price reductions, 
free cancellation of service in whole or in part) to the extent it 
could be shown that the customer relied on the provider's 
representations when subscribing.  Today, the argument against that 
sort of arrangement is that providers have to have the "flexibility" 
to construct their service offerings to answer "competition".  I'm not 
sure that this argument holds water--or at least not all the water it 
purports to hold.

jaf

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 11:41 am
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] PRI Gone from Sirius
To: Shortwave programming discussion <swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Joe's right:  It is a state secret. It's competiton.  Unless 
companies
> believe pre-launch "buzz" creates positive advance publicity, 
> there is
> no reason to do it.
> 
> One of the reasons that these folks are motivated by the size of 
their
> subscriber base is that they've already signed those content deals 
and
> launched satellites.
> 
> The incremental profit from each new subscriber is significant.
> 
> It's just like Microsoft and software:  the cost of copy #1:  huge.
> The cost of copy #2:  zero.
> 
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
> 
> On 9/26/06, Joseph Buch <joseph.buch@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Did Macy's tell Gimbels?  This is a competition.  For SIRIUS to 
> announce in advance what they were going to do could only help the 
> competition at best and overload the in box with protests at 
> worst.  So they just do it and see if anybody complains or 
> unsubscribes.  My guess is that the overwhelming majority of 
> present subscribers will hang on evn if abused because they cannot 
> switch without buying new radios or they are in long term contracts.
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