Re: [Swprograms] OT: Sirius Dropping C-SPAN

[jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Surely you are not arguing that paying Stern what they paid (and are 
still paying) him was a sound economic decision...  The service's 
finances are still in the toilet and the stock price is teetering on 
the rim.

John Figliozzi

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 3:38 pm
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] OT: Sirius Dropping C-SPAN
To: Shortwave programming discussion <swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> It's simple economics, unfortunately...
> 
> Assumption 1:
> 
> It costs more to increase bandwidth than it would to annoy a 
> subset of
> subscribers.
> 
> Their contractual obligations probably prohibit limiting the sports
> coverage or the Stern coverage, or they figure the sports service
> limitation would be more likely to drive subscribers away than
> limiting C-SPAN.
> 
> The good news is that satellite radio remains a "give away the cow,
> but sell the milk" business.  Yes, we can gripe about our sunk
> investment, but the prices for the receivers themselves are still
> relatively small, and switching costs are small (unless one chose a
> longer-term subscription.
> 
> C-SPAN remains on XM, if one can trust the website...
> 
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA
> 
> On 2/13/07, Jim Strader <jimstrader@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I just sent an email to Sirius and
> > asked why they can pay a billion
> > dollars to Howard yet drop C-SPAN
> > to make room for Sporting Events.
> >
> > It makes no sense.
> >
> > jim
> >
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