[evammaUselp]

I heard XM is generally better for sports. A friend of mine had it and I was pretty impressed. No experience with Sirius

[soajerwaradaY]

I've had rental cars with XM and I bought my dad Sirius for the NBA.

My sense is that both services are excellent and that you can't really go wrong with either. XM is integrated in a whole lot more devices, however. I've seen the logo "XM HD" on stereo receivers, but I don't know too much about that. Could be good for lovers of some types of music where bass, etc. is stressed.

[htDgExh8]

From what I've read, XM seems to be the more stable company and more likely to survive. (many more subscribers, better agreements, higher stock price, Sirius is valued more highly, IIRC) It's the opposite in Canada. XM was projected to be the leader, but Sirius is kicking its ass. XM has responded by raising their rates to match Sirius's $15CDN/mo, but with less channels and some advertising in their music and without NHL this year.

7 out of 10 satellite radios in Canada right now are Sirius.

[floadaVonfoli]

It's the more stations as well as the NHL.

XM also can't advertise 100% commercial free music either.

[HornyMolly]

October 4, 2006

Sirius and XM Satellite Radio both announced their third quarter subscriber numbers today, and Sirius said it has passed the five million mark, ending the third quarter with 5,119,308 subscribers. Sirius added 441,101 net subscribers in the third quarter of 2006, which is a 23 percent increase over last year's third quarter net subscriber additions. The satcaster also reiterated its guidance of 6.3 million subscribers by the end of 2006.

Meanwhile, XM announced that it added more than 285,000 net subscribers in the third quarter, giving the rival satcaster more than 7.185 million subscribers in total. XM also noted that starting in the third quarter, it stopped including certain rental car fleets in its tally, amounting to about 20,000 subscriptions. This change is a result of a new marketing program that XM recently implemented with rental partners for 2007 model year vehicles in order to increase the number of rental cars equipped with XM Satellite Radio. The company believes that it will end the year with somewhere between 7.7 million and 8.2 million subscribers.

A recent study from Bridge Ratings says that satellite radio sales have been sluggish, but the holiday shopping season is on the horizon, and that has typically given the medium a big boost.

Sirius continues to outpace XM by a significant margin.