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So was DTV's switch from Music Choice to XM planned as far
back as that? If so, I wonder why it took them this long to do it.

I was in a car alarm/car stereo store a few weeks ago and spent
some time reading brochures while waiting for my car. One brochure
I picked up was from XM in 2001, and listed DirecTV as a strategic
partner. So was DTV's switch from Music Choice to XM planned as far
back as that? If so, I wonder why it took them this long to do it.

"Patty Winter" <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote in message news:dlld0q$8jh$1@bolt.sonic.net...
. One brochure
I picked up was from XM in 2001, and listed DirecTV as a strategic
partner. So was DTV's switch from Music Choice to XM planned as far
back as that?

It's doubtful carriage planning started then. GM was an investor
in XM prior to the proposed DirecTV merger with Echostar.

Mileposts in XM history can be viewed here:
http://www.xmradio.com/corporate_info/history_main.jsp
Note the Jul 8, 1999 item.

and
http://www.xmradio.com/corporate_info/s ... investment
where DirecTV is not listed as a current investor.

In article <0Grff.15950$D13.12369@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>,
Jack Ak <akjack@excite.com> wrote:

"Patty Winter" <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote in message news:dlld0q$8jh$1@bolt.sonic.net...
. One brochure
I picked up was from XM in 2001, and listed DirecTV as a strategic
partner. So was DTV's switch from Music Choice to XM planned as far
back as that?

It's doubtful carriage planning started then. GM was an investor
in XM prior to the proposed DirecTV merger with Echostar.

I'm not following you. What does the proposed merger have to do
with DirecTV's investment in XM? And DirecTV's investment was
called out separately from GM's investment; it wasn't as though
GM just invested some money under their own name for possible
future use of XM in their cars. Why would their DirecTV group
have made its own investment if not for future collaboration?


Mileposts in XM history can be viewed here:
http://www.xmradio.com/corporate_info/history_main.jsp
Note the Jul 8, 1999 item.

Where it says that DTV kicked in $50 million to XM.


and
http://www.xmradio.com/corporate_info/s ... investment
where DirecTV is not listed as a current investor.

True, they aren't. But why did they invest $50 million in 1999 if
not because of some future expectation of using XM on DirecTV?

"Jack Ak" <akjack@excite.com> wrote in message
news:0Grff.15950$D13.12369@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...

"Patty Winter" <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote in message
news:dlld0q$8jh$1@bolt.sonic.net...
I was in a car alarm/car stereo store a few weeks ago and spent
some time reading brochures while waiting for my car. One brochure
I picked up was from XM in 2001, and listed DirecTV as a strategic
partner. So was DTV's switch from Music Choice to XM planned as far
back as that? If so, I wonder why it took them this long to do it.



It's doubtful carriage planning started then. GM was an investor
in XM prior to the proposed DirecTV merger with Echostar.


Jul 8, 1999 Clear Channel, DIRECTV and General Motors invest $250 million
in XM. The combined $250 million is comprised of $75 million each from
Clear Channel and the private investment group and $50 million each from
General Motors and DIRECTV. American Mobile also completed its acquisition
of WorldSpace Inc.'s interest in XM.

It's doubtful carriage planning started then. GM was an investor
in XM prior to the proposed DirecTV merger with Echostar.

I'm not following you. What does the proposed merger have to do
with DirecTV's investment in XM? And DirecTV's investment was
called out separately from GM's investment; it wasn't as though
GM just invested some money under their own name for possible
future use of XM in their cars. Why would their DirecTV group
have made its own investment if not for future collaboration?