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compete with anyone in the market. What ended up happening was the companies bought each other left and right until there were 5 or 6 big companies that ran everything. The record industry controlled music production, distribution, and airplay on the radio. Radio started out on the AM frequencies, then later the FM higher fidelity stations. The only way to get music through to the masses feasibly was to go through the highly selective record companies because they were the only ones who could mass produce

Sirius XM Satellite Radio Inc. in 2014: On Track to Succeed After a Near-Death Experience? Amanda K. Mercado Pensacola State College • The competitive pressures that Sirius XM must contend with as a provider of radio entertainment services, principally for vehicle owners, is strong; this is a competitively unattractive industry. Using the five-forces of analysis model, the five competitive forces affecting industry attractiveness are: a. Competitive pressures stemming from buyer bargaining

BUSN620 Week 5 Case Analysis Sirius XMSiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc. in 2014On Track to Succeed After a Near-Death Experience?Before beginning this exercise, you will need to read the SiriusXM Satellite case. You will also need to review Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6.The following questions will be covered in this exercise:1. What is your assessment of the strength of competitive pressures that SiriusXM must contend with as a provider of radio entertainment services (principally for motor vehicle owners)

1. Sirius XM does not have many competitive pressures so therefore it has good profitability potential in the vehicular radio industry. Through the five forces analysis the competitive forces that are the strongest or highest pressures would be the entry barriers, considering there will be a great deal of switching cost involved since there is a subscription price to pay to have Sirius radio in the car. They would also have to face the dominant player such as the standard am/fm radio which most people

October brainstorming session held last week, it was brought to the staff’s attentionthat we need a new platform to net viewership for the station. After two weeks of deliberation wefelt that we should maintain a platform like that of our existing radio station. The biggest hurdlewas deciding what would be both cost-effective and refreshing to newcomers and our currentaudience. The second concern was how to effectively fill the new space in the Houston studio,which is almost finished with the mandatory

Sirius XM Radio Financial Statement Analysis In the previous project assigned to me, I completed a SWOT analysis of Sirius XM Radio where it was noted that the Sirius XM is firmly at the top of its industry. For the purposes of this project, I went through the financial statements of Sirius XM as well as computed several key financial ratios to indicate Sirius XM’s profitability, growth, performance, and efficiency amongst other things. I then compared these ratios to the industry averages as well

Read the assigned case study on the XM Radio and answer the following discussion questions: 1.Which competitors should XM target in the future: Sirius, terrestrial radio, MP3 players and podcasts, or Internet radio? Sirius and XM are actually merged now so they should focus on expanding this service. SiriusXM’s first target should be terrestrial radio; terrestrial radio is the largest way to listen to music still today. It is complementary to every vehicle and has been forever, it is convenient

topic, freedom.” These are the first words uttered in the feature length documentary, “Pirate Radio USA.” We get an up-close look at the suppression of free speech by the FCC, which, at the time this documentary was shot, was shutting down micro broadcasts that broadcasted with less power than that used by an incandescent light bulb. Even to this day, the United States is largely unaware of what “Pirate Radio” stations are in general. The public is even less acute to the disputes that were being held

Summarize- This source is an audio recording from what appears to be a news service. The audio discusses the issue of prisoners in Texas jail suing the state for not having air condition in the celling on extremely hot Texas summer days. The audio tape gives some feedback from the prisoners of the Texas prison, a retired warden of the prison, and the reporter, John Burnett. The inmate and some of the prison guards claim that it breaks the United States eighth amendment for cruel and unusual punishment

Summary The article The Science of Desire presents ethnography and its proponents play an important role in modern business world. Author Ante began with an example, the satellite-radio war, to show how ethnography worked in business. In satellite-radio war, Sirius Satellite Ratio made a team of social scientists, designers, and ethnographers. Through studying customers’ habit of listening to music, watching TV and reading magazines, the team concluded several facts that can defeat competitors. Then