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A major component of Sirius' business strategy has been to execute far-reaching and exclusive deals with big-name entertainers and personalities to create and build broadcast streams. Sirius Radio is based in New York City. A cornerstone of Sirius' business strategy has been to pursue exclusive sports content.
The Sirius Satellite Radio receiver includes two parts -- the antenna module and the receiver module. Since satellite radio's business model is based on subscriptions, the bulk of the income comes from listeners, not advertisers. On November 15, 2005, DirecTV began carrying 72 channels of XM programming. These include music channels, but not news or sports channels.
As of the 2005 season, XM Satellite Radio had exclusive satellite radio broadcast rights to all Major League Baseball games. On November 29, 2005, XM launched its service in Canada. Certain third-party channels may not be available over the Internet through XM Radio Online.
The combination of three satellites and a ground-based repeater network is designed to provide XM Radio with gap-free coverage anywhere within the continental U.S. Galaxie and MaxTrax are licensed satellite-delivered music streams distributed by direct broadcast satellite and digital cable services, requiring satellite dishes or coaxial cable lines not required by the XM or Sirius systems. Earlier satellite TV systems used very large dish receivers in order to focus the distant signals onto a powered antenna. Currently, two companies offer satellite radio: XM and SIRIUS. Car manufacturers have been installing satellite radio receivers in some models for a few years now. Satellite radio broadcasting has a number of standard conventions. There are several options when it comes to choosing your satellite radio.
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