Sirius XM to pass Music Royalty Fees to consumers

Chob · 06-10-2009, 08:31 AM

Satellite radio subscribers will be seeing their subscription price grow by nearly $2 a month thanks to increased music royalty rates, according to leaked internal company document.

Orbitcast has confirmed the U.S. music royalty rates will be passed along to subscribers with multiple sources familiar with the matter.

According to the leaked information, the royalty cost increase will take effect on July 29, 2009. Sirius XM Radio Inc. does not appear to be characterizing this as a rate increase, as the subscription rates "officially" charged by the company will remain the same - but subscribers will end up paying more, nonetheless.

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/pr...consumers.html

eddiejr181 · 06-10-2009, 08:41 AM

good god theyre doing everything they can to go out of business
they might as well start packing up as they only have a year and a half left

Ken Masters · 06-10-2009, 09:54 AM

yep.. I think I'll order the funeral flowers now to save money.. lol

what a bunch of fools.. more music royalties, but still more shitty 60's and 70's music then cousin brucie's garage. It's no wonder they are going broke.. Old people are cheap - Old People don't spend big bucks for new music - they still have 45's and shit - if the price goes up - I can see a lot of them cancelling..and we all know the younger audience is not gonna be around once Howard and Bubba are gone..

So what will that leave Sirius to offer - a whack of really old music, like 3 modern music stations and... absolutely jack shit for Talk radio... Fire up the woodchipper, there's going to be some casualties

BrickBanland · 06-10-2009, 12:05 PM

Might as well increase the live internet fee again too. Fuckers are going to compare themselves to DTV soon.

Gary · 06-10-2009, 01:11 PM

Ned_da_Janitor · 06-14-2009, 10:01 PM

I have a lifetime sub so I don't care.

They better be careful on raising any fees in this economy.

I hope terrestrial radio gets stuck with the play/royalty fees too.

SJ · 06-14-2009, 10:56 PM

The FM markets will just pass it on to the advertisers won't they? Who else can they bill, unless it's like Canadian Radio, where certain stations have a government subsidy.

Rock & Roll Ghost · 08-26-2009, 10:07 PM

Ha! LoL

stumpy · 08-27-2009, 09:52 AM

I just canceled my wife's online listening and gonna get rid of everything when my sub is up in December... had enough

Chob · 08-27-2009, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by stumpy

I just canceled my wife's online listening and gonna get rid of everything when my sub is up in December... had enough

Wow. Would you consider going back after the iPhone dock comes? Seems like they're finally making an effort to expand the mediums they could be heard on.

Rock & Roll Ghost · 08-27-2009, 02:59 PM

I like getting the Stern show every once in a while from various online hubs.

stumpy · 08-27-2009, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Chob

Wow. Would you consider going back after the iPhone dock comes? Seems like they're finally making an effort to expand the mediums they could be heard on.

No. Fuck that.

I've already sunk enough into installations and other gadgets to extend my listening. I've seen the dock.. it's sweet but too little too late.

Hockey.. gone
Howard... vacation every other week
Bubba.... terrestrial

And the music channel DJ's wont' shut the fuck up.. I don't want TMZ updates or bullshit trivia.. just play the music.

And they censor the music lyrics, curse words and cut guitar solos/long versions short on some channels.

I don't pay for HBO so I can get bleeped out shit so why do so for music.

Chob · 08-27-2009, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by stumpy

No. Fuck that.

I've already sunk enough into installations and other gadgets to extend my listening. I've seen the dock.. it's sweet but too little too late.

Hockey.. gone
Howard... vacation every other week
Bubba.... terrestrial

And the music channel DJ's wont' shut the fuck up.. I don't want TMZ updates or bullshit trivia.. just play the music.

And they censor the music lyrics, curse words and cut guitar solos/long versions short on some channels.

I don't pay for HBO so I can get bleeped out shit so why do so for music.

Bullshit on the music editing.

And I had no idea the NHL was gone. Is that XM only now or gone completely?

stumpy · 08-27-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Chob

Bullshit on the music editing.

And I had no idea the NHL was gone. Is that XM only now or gone completely?

Seems like after the merger they made things a bit more family friendly when it comes to censoring and song length.

I'd have to add best of XM to get hockey games.

Rock & Roll Ghost · 08-27-2009, 03:29 PM

It is indeed bullshit. Wasn't there was a slogan 4 years ago about that?

06-10-2009, 08:31 AM	#1
Chob Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Badstreet U.S.A. Posts: 122,767 vCash: 134285714	Sirius XM to pass Music Royalty Fees to consumers Satellite radio subscribers will be seeing their subscription price grow by nearly $2 a month thanks to increased music royalty rates, according to leaked internal company document. Orbitcast has confirmed the U.S. music royalty rates will be passed along to subscribers with multiple sources familiar with the matter. According to the leaked information, the royalty cost increase will take effect on July 29, 2009. Sirius XM Radio Inc. does not appear to be characterizing this as a rate increase, as the subscription rates "officially" charged by the company will remain the same - but subscribers will end up paying more, nonetheless. http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/pr...consumers.html

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SJ Secret Agent Boopity Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 156,615 vCash: 5845720	The FM markets will just pass it on to the advertisers won't they? Who else can they bill, unless it's like Canadian Radio, where certain stations have a government subsidy.
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eddiejr181 MJ Army Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The best side of Florida aka the east side Posts: 283 vCash: 5000000	good god theyre doing everything they can to go out of business they might as well start packing up as they only have a year and a half left

06-10-2009, 09:54 AM	#3
Ken Masters Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: USA/Thailand Posts: 5,132 vCash: 5000000	yep.. I think I'll order the funeral flowers now to save money.. lol what a bunch of fools.. more music royalties, but still more shitty 60's and 70's music then cousin brucie's garage. It's no wonder they are going broke.. Old people are cheap - Old People don't spend big bucks for new music - they still have 45's and shit - if the price goes up - I can see a lot of them cancelling..and we all know the younger audience is not gonna be around once Howard and Bubba are gone.. So what will that leave Sirius to offer - a whack of really old music, like 3 modern music stations and... absolutely jack shit for Talk radio... Fire up the woodchipper, there's going to be some casualties

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BrickBanland BWO 4 Life! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Mongo Posts: 1,490 vCash: 5000000	Might as well increase the live internet fee again too. Fuckers are going to compare themselves to DTV soon.

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Ned_da_Janitor NO MARKS ALLOWED! Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 46 vCash: 5000000	I have a lifetime sub so I don't care. They better be careful on raising any fees in this economy. I hope terrestrial radio gets stuck with the play/royalty fees too.

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stumpy BWO 4 Life! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Blue Line Posts: 500 vCash: 5000000	I just canceled my wife's online listening and gonna get rid of everything when my sub is up in December... had enough

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