The Value proposition for SiriusXM Radio Online will let you listen to SiriusXM on your smart-phone and thru services like Sonos for an extra $3 / month (in addition to the 12.99 monthly fee). Currently SiriusXM offers 214 channels to traditional subscribers. A full 124 channels are NOT available to SiriusXM online subscribers. I've listed them below. Seeing as I prob spend 95% of my listening time on 43,44,47 and the comedy channels I don't think this a good value prop for me. Additionally, you can't get most sports, news, weather and traffic. Will it be a good value add for you?
34 enLighten
41 Hair Nation
42 Liquid Metal
43 Sirius XMU
44 1st Wave
46 Classic Vinyl
47 Alt Nation
48 Octane
49 Classic Rewind
52 Faction
54 Lithium
55 Radio Margaritaville
56 Jam_ON
57 The Grateful Dead Channel
58 E Street Radio
59 Underground Garage
70 Real Jazz
85 Caliente
86 The Joint
87 The Verge
88 Air Musique
89 Sur La Route
95 XM Scoreboard
96 Canada 360
97 Calendrier Sportif
98 OutQ Gay Radio
107 Sports Play-by-Play
113 Sports Play-by-Play
119 Doctor Radio
121 FOX News Channel
125 Quoi De Neuf
126 CNN En Espanol
127 CNBC
128 Sirius NASCAR Radio
131 BBC World Service
134 NPR Now
135 World Radio Network
136 PRX Public Radio
139 SiriusXM Stars Too
142 FOX Sports Radio
143 College Sports Nation
148 Blue Collar Radio
149 The Foxxhole
150 Raw Dog Comedy
151 Laugh USA
152 Extreme Talk
153 Laugh Attack
154 ESPN Deportes
155 SiriusXM Stars
156 Oprah Radio
157 Martha Stewart Living Radio
158 America's Talk
162 Cosmo Radio
163 SiriusXM Book Radio
164 RadioClassics
165 Talk Radio
166 SiriusXM Patriot
167 America Left
168 FOX News Talk
169 The Power
170 Family Talk
171 Road Dog Trucking
172 Radio Parallele
173 Bollywood and Beyond
174 MLB Play-by-Play En Espanol
175 MLB Network Radio
176 MLB Play-by-Play
177 MLB Play-by-Play
178 MLB Play-by-Play
179 MLB Play-by-Play
180 MLB Play-by-Play
181 MLB Play-by-Play
182 MLB Play-by-Play
183 MLB Play-by-Play
184 MLB Play-by-Play
185 MLB Play-by-Play
186 MLB Play-by-Play
187 MLB Play-by-Play
188 MLB Play-by-Play
189 MLB Play-by-Play
190 ACC
191 ACC
192 ACC
193 PAC-10
194 PAC-10
196 Big Ten 196
198 Big Ten 198
199 SEC
200 SEC
201 SEC
202 The VIRUS
203 Big East
204 NHL Home Ice
205 NHL Play-by-Play
206 NHL Play-by-Play
207 NHL Play-by-Play
212 Atlanta/Miami
213 Dallas/Houston
214 Washington DC/Baltimore
215 Pittsburgh / Minneapolis
216 Detroit/Las Vegas
217 Chicago/St. Louis
218 Tampa/Orlando
219 Phoenix/San Diego
221 San Francisco/Seattle
222 Los Angeles
231 BIG 12
232 NBA Play-by-Play
233 NBA Play-by-Play
234 NBA Play-by-Play
235 NBA Play-by-Play
236 NBA Play-by-Play
237 Sports Play-by-Play
238 Sports Play-by-Play
239 Sports Play-by-Play
241 Sports Play-by-Play
242 Sports Play-by-Play
243 Sports Play-by-Play
244 Sports Play-by-Play
245 Sports Play-by-Play
246 Sports Play-by-Play
248 Spice Radio
This was a big problem for me as well. I use my Sirius service (mostly) for two main reasons: Howard Stern and NFL coverage. When the iPhone app came out for Sirius last year, I was excited to use it until I found out that not only did it cost more per month, but SiriusXM's most popular channels were simply not available for whatever reason. I understand the NFL live coverage being an issue since companies have exclusive broadcasting rights for various formats (TV, radio, online), but not having Howard 100 and Howard 101 on the app left me scratching my head.
ReplyDeleteHowever, things have changed somewhat since the Howard Stern crew signed a new deal to stay on SiriusXM for 5 more years. Now Howard is available on the iPhone app, but still no live NFL games or many of the channels listed above. I am still hesitant to pay $3 a month to listen to Sirius on my phone during the walk from my car to class, so I just use the free 7-day trial over and over...
Speaking of free trials, mine is up and I need to use someone's email address....
I suspect some content providers wish to control their distribution such that SiriusXM doesn't cannibalize sales (e.g. the NFL app and online games) "Independent" sales of which Sirius gets no cut. In any case with a fractured, shrinking market and competing services like Spotify! potentially on the horizon - this isn't a forward looking strategy for success. I totally would've signed up without news, weather or radio. but would've paid the $3 for the alternative radio only - the content is much more than music. Not the most popular product in their inventory's "Long Tail" but easy market to grab "by the balls."
ReplyDeleteI'd suggest they focus going down that tail - something they control - than wait for the market structure to align and streamline negotiating content/distribution rights in the industry. something they certainly can't predict or control.