Sirius XM

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Sirius XM Holdings Inc.

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legal form Corporation
ISIN US82968B1035
founding May 17, 1990
Seat Delaware , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
management James E. Meyer ( CEO )
sales $ 3.79 billion (2013)
Branch Satellite radio
Website www.siriusxm.com

The Sirius XM Holdings Inc. is the parent company of Sirius XM Radio Inc., an American satellite radio -Anbieters. Sirius XM Radio Inc. was created in 2008 from the merger of the two former competitors Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio . As a result of a reorganization carried out in 2013, Sirius XM Radio Inc. became a 100% subsidiary of Sirius XM Holdings Inc., which also has a 38% stake in the Canadian company Sirius XM Canada.

Sirius XM Radio broke the 30 million subscriber mark in the US in 2016 .

In early 2009, Sirius XM Radio ran into financial problems that were averted by the entry of Liberty Media . Since then, Liberty Media has held 53.3% of Sirius XM.

Participations (selection)

On September 24, 2018, Sirius XM announced that it would completely take over Pandora Media for US $ 3.5 billion after acquiring 19% of the shares in Pandora for US $ 480 million in 2015. In February 2020, Sirius Xm invested $ 75 million in SoundCloud .

Content

SiriusXM provides nearly 1000 audio channels for subscribers through its service. Most programs are produced specifically for broadcast on Sirius XM. Only a few radio stations like KIIS-FM from Los Angeles broadcast via SiriusXM. The public networks PRX (Public Radio Exchange) and NPR (National Public Radio) each have one channel. A number of TV channels broadcast their audio track as the Sirius Channel, including Bloomberg TV , CNBC and the Fox Group ( Fox News Channel , Fox Business Network, and others).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sirius XM Company Financials. NASDAQ, accessed July 27, 2014 .
  2. ↑ SiriusXM Annual Report and Proxy 2013. (PDF) Sirius XM, April 8, 2014, archived from the original on January 4, 2015 ; accessed on July 27, 2014 (English).
  3. ^ Billboard.com: SiriusXM, Home of Howard Stern, Surpasses 30M Subscribers
  4. ↑ CNNMoney: SiriusXM is buying Pandora in a $ 3.5 billion deal
  5. ↑ Music streaming pioneer SoundCloud raises $ 75M from Pandora owner SiriusXM. In: TechCrunch. Retrieved February 17, 2020 (American English).
  6. ↑ SiriusXM Channel Lineup and Stations - SiriusXM Radio . In: SiriusXM . ( siriusxm.com [accessed December 14, 2016]).