Sirius Video Initiative Slips Again

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

Now, they're telling us 2H07.

I believe that makes them about 3.5 years late on delivering those 3
channels of low-res cartoons.

[Rich]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:
> Now, they're telling us 2H07.
>
> I believe that makes them about 3.5 years late on delivering those 3
> channels of low-res cartoons.


http://satellitestandard.blogspot.com/2006/05/sirius-talks-video-and-additional.html

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

>
> All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:
>> Now, they're telling us 2H07.
>>
>> I believe that makes them about 3.5 years late on delivering those 3
>> channels of low-res cartoons.
>
>
> http://satellitestandard.blogspot.com/2006/05/sirius-talks-video-and-additional.html

That highly reliable resource. Damn, I notice he's MIA around here these
days....

Oh, well. At any rate, 3.5 years late, as I said.

[Dr. Droo]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:
> Oh, well. At any rate, 3.5 years late, as I said.

XM's initiative is dead in the water due to their ignoring the fact
there'd be governmental red tape.

Not exactly swift.

--D

[Araxen]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:
> Now, they're telling us 2H07.
>
> I believe that makes them about 3.5 years late on delivering those 3
> channels of low-res cartoons.
>
>

Personally I don't see why either XM or Sirius have a hardon for video.
They are a RADIO service. If I want video I'll get Dish or Directv. It's
a waste of bandwith imo for Sirius or XM.

[Dr. Droo]

Araxen wrote:
> Personally I don't see why either XM or Sirius have a hardon for video.
> They are a RADIO service. If I want video I'll get Dish or Directv. It's
> a waste of bandwith imo for Sirius or XM.

Well the video is namely for in car, but DVD is still cheaper all
around. I'm with you, I don't see the big deal about it.

--D

[Mark S.]

Remind me again how WCS is doing?

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

>
> XM's initiative is dead in the water due to their ignoring the fact
> there'd be governmental red tape.
>

What are you talking about? XM is still on schedule with its video -- quite
a bit more sophisticated than SIRI's, but still on schedule.

I believe they have said the product is ready but that they are just trying
to figure out a workable business model for it.

[Dr. Droo]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:
> What are you talking about? XM is still on schedule with its video -- quite
> a bit more sophisticated than SIRI's, but still on schedule.
>
> I believe they have said the product is ready but that they are just trying
> to figure out a workable business model for it.

You said they demoed it using WCS at CES, which, if you didn't read the
news, is long gone. I doubt it's high on their list seeing as they're
having enough problems with their radio service it seems.

--D

[DD]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:
> Now, they're telling us 2H07.
>
> I believe that makes them about 3.5 years late on delivering those 3
> channels of low-res cartoons.

In early 2005 they said it was going to be in the second half of 2006.
I wonder if there are going to be class action lawsuits because of
this? They better make 6 million by the end of the year after
reconfirming that they will. Or their will definitely be a lawsuit.

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

>
> You said they demoed it using WCS at CES, which, if you didn't read the
> news, is long gone. I doubt it's high on their list seeing as they're
> having enough problems with their radio service it seems.
>

They did demo it using WCS; however, they were not reliant on WCS. They
did, of course, recognize that WCS could run into regulatory problems.

They aren't having any "problems" with their radio service that I'm aware
of.

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

>
> In early 2005 they said it was going to be in the second half of 2006.
> I wonder if there are going to be class action lawsuits because of
> this? They better make 6 million by the end of the year after
> reconfirming that they will. Or their will definitely be a lawsuit.


LOL. I really thought some of Clayton's lies and misses and
misrepresentations was setting them up for shareholders suits.

In particular, the lie about the so-called Toyota deal I thought was asking
for it. Of course, as it has turned out, most Sirius shareholders
apparently still believe Sirius has a deal with Toyota. Perhaps once they
figure it out, they'll decide to sue.

[J. Fowler]

Araxen wrote:
> All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:
>
>> Now, they're telling us 2H07.
>>
>> I believe that makes them about 3.5 years late on delivering those 3
>> channels of low-res cartoons.
>>
>
> Personally I don't see why either XM or Sirius have a hardon for video.
> They are a RADIO service. If I want video I'll get Dish or Directv. It's
> a waste of bandwith imo for Sirius or XM.

I agree. More radio would be preferable to entertaining passengers with
cartoons.

[Dr. Droo]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:
> They did demo it using WCS; however, they were not reliant on WCS. They
> did, of course, recognize that WCS could run into regulatory problems.

They should've recognized that quite some time ago, it didn't just come
up on them.

> They aren't having any "problems" with their radio service that I'm aware
> of.

Depends on what you consider problems.

--D

[Dr. Droo]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:
> In particular, the lie about the so-called Toyota deal I thought was asking
> for it. Of course, as it has turned out, most Sirius shareholders
> apparently still believe Sirius has a deal with Toyota. Perhaps once they
> figure it out, they'll decide to sue.

Edmunds.com had a nice review of the 2007 FJ Cruiser which had Sirius
in it.

--D

[Dr. Droo]

DD wrote:
> In early 2005 they said it was going to be in the second half of 2006.
> I wonder if there are going to be class action lawsuits because of
> this? They better make 6 million by the end of the year after
> reconfirming that they will. Or their will definitely be a lawsuit.

Just as long as they aren't giving them away along with service like XM
did Q4 2005 with reconfirming and Hugh selling his shares out the
backdoor..

--D

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

> I agree. More radio would be preferable to entertaining passengers with
> cartoons.

For the longest time I thought video would not work, as a business model.
And maybe it won't.

However, the approach XM is using has a great deal of appeal to me, and IF a
business model can be developed for video, I think they're a lot closer than
the other guys.

The concept of realtime video to the back seat makes little sense. But the
idea of a mobile TIVO where new content is constantly drizzled in at a
fraction of realtime rates -- that could be worthwhile.

[Rich]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:
>most Sirius shareholders apparently still believe Sirius has a deal with Toyota. Perhaps >once they figure it out, they'll decide to sue.

Considering Toyota is is installing more Sirius enabled radios in the
new '06 and '07 models by a wide margin compared to xm, this is leads
one to believe, again, that you are full of ----.

[CodeMonkey]

Dr. Droo wrote:
> Araxen wrote:
>> Personally I don't see why either XM or Sirius have a hardon for video.
>> They are a RADIO service. If I want video I'll get Dish or Directv. It's
>> a waste of bandwith imo for Sirius or XM.
>
> Well the video is namely for in car, but DVD is still cheaper all
> around. I'm with you, I don't see the big deal about it.
>
> --D
>

Wow. Agreement in this newsgroup! You don't see that too often.

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

>
> Considering Toyota is is installing more Sirius enabled radios in the
> new '06 and '07 models by a wide margin compared to xm, this is leads
> one to believe, again, that you are full of ----.

Right. Go on telling yourself that douchebag.