http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/ Engadget Comments for Google ads will stream out to XM listeners http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/Then again, I get them on my DishNetwork... So boo on Google, but an understandable boo.]]>Aug 3rd 2006 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/Aug 3rd 2006 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/Aug 3rd 2006 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/
Seriously though, it's all in an effort to make money (duh!). XM already flashes ads on the text screen on the non-music stations which really doesn't bother me. I usually listen to the music stations anyways (Squizz!) , and once in a while you get an ad for a band's new album but it's usually tied to a promo or something that XM or the station is sponsoring. ]]>Aug 3rd 2006 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/Aug 3rd 2006 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/
Write or call XM and tell them you want a discount or free membership if ads start showing up. And cancel if they refuse. Don't expect companies to shy away from tactics like this if YOU make it pay off for them!]]>Aug 3rd 2006 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/Aug 3rd 2006 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/
I do wonder though, who is going to be reading these ads? Are the DJs gonna read them (like the old "Trim Spa" ads on KROCK) or is it gonna be a computer-generated voice?]]>Aug 3rd 2006 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/
Then you don't have cable or satelitte television?

And, as has been pointed out once, but some still seem to miss, this is on talk stations, which have always had ads. And Sirius talk stations have ads also.

But, in my infinite wisdom, I still predict 50 more posts saying people shouldn't pay for a service with ads and you should go with Sirius, because it is ad free.]]>Aug 3rd 2006 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/Aug 3rd 2006 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/Aug 3rd 2006 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/Aug 3rd 2006 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2006/tc20060413_150389.htm

Man, are those young punks at Sirius teaching you (XM) a big lesson! What, you ask? Simple “Exclusive Content is King!” Worth repeating “EXCLUSIVE CONTENT IS KING!” How ugly is it that they (Sirius) will probably pass you in total subscribers in 07. GOOGLE CAN’T SAVE YOU!

SCREW XM AND THEIR PALS CLEAR CHANNEL. WINEY MONOPOLISTIC FUXs! I had 3 XM radios and as of today I have ZERO!!!]]>Aug 3rd 2006 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/Aug 3rd 2006 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/
"last fall, Tanqueray, the maker of a popular gin, ran ads on Sirius that were 2.5 minutes long. The segment included an original hip-hop song, 'Get Your Ice On.'" ...nice, yeah Sirius is the clear winner here...]]>Aug 3rd 2006 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/Aug 3rd 2006 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/
Good that Google is getting in on it, I wonder what they'll advertise exactly.]]>Aug 3rd 2006 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/
Both Sirius and XM have commercial free music (XM has more) and both have ad-supported talk channels. XM does have 5 ad-supported music channels, not by their choice, but by arbitratiob. Basically, XM made a deal with Clear Channel to get some startup money, and CC controls %2.5 of the bandwith.

This Google deal means very little. It's just ads where there already are some. Don't want to hear them? Go listen to music.]]>Aug 3rd 2006 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/
I have DirecTV so the music stations are available to me. I have regular Radio so content like O&A, BBC, ABC, Air America radio (and others) are available to me. I have TV so the rebroadcast audio content CNN, FOX etc. is available to me. SO WHY PAY? Doesn’t make sense. Again it’s all about EXCLUSIVE CONTENT (i.e. offering content that you can’t get anywhere else). Why do you think XM woke up and went after Oprah? They kinda got it, but they got it too late!

Remember this little chat when the Engadget post in 2007 reads:
SIRIUS SURPASSES XM IN TOTAL SUBSCRIBERS! Is there any doubt that this will happen?! Or SIRIUS TO PURCHASE, UM, MERGE WITH XM. This is also a possibility. See you in 007 ;^)...]]>Aug 3rd 2006 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/
Let's see what DAB can do for us...it HAS to be better!]]>Aug 3rd 2006 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/
Amyway, as long as 202 is there, they have my $13 a month. Hopefully these Google ads mean no more awful XM in house promos! "This is Andreas Cantor, the world cup is just 340926 days away!!"]]>Aug 4th 2006 1:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/google-ads-will-stream-out-to-xm-listeners/
Kiss 21 is complimented by Flight 26
Mix 22 is complimented by Hitlist 30

Is an example of what XM did to counter the commercials which are very limited. I'll still chose XM for O&A, MLB and their better technology and larger better playlists.]]>Aug 4th 2006 11:28AM