Sirius-XM iPhone app coming 'real soon'

Sirius XM has revealed a screen shot of the soon to be released iPhone/iPod touch app that will stream the satellite channels to eager listeners. The image of the upcoming app was part of an SEC filing that was included in a PowerPoint presentation shown at a recent shareholder meeting.

The app, which is expected to be free, will require a US$3.00/month streaming subscription for current subscribers, and a US$13.00 monthly fee for non-subscribers. No specific release date is known, but it is thought to be very soon.

The company says the app will deliver music channels, sports, talk, news and comedy programming. We've already reported that Sirius had expected to offer the application this spring.

The satellite company has been in financial difficulties and has been losing subscribers faster than it is signing up new ones. The weak economy and drop off in new car sales are an especially tough environment to grow the business. The merger of XM and Sirius was generally thought to have been handled badly, and many people dropped their subscriptions, which has given a boost to internet radio and services like Pandora and Last.fm, although neither service is easily accessible in a car.

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Joey

I don't Satellite Radio is going to be around much longer. Once the speed of mobile networks improve, there will be absolutely no reason for Satellite Radio

May 31 2009 at 8:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Salbert22

Pocket tunes app streams Sirius without a problem and all you need is your current subscription.

May 31 2009 at 9:57 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

otrpu

This is great, wouldn't leave home without it

May 29 2009 at 8:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

logicbomb.de

And there were people saying that a Sirius XM merger would create a monopoly...

Its obvious to anyone that there is plenty of competition in the content delivery arena.

May 29 2009 at 5:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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May 29 2009 at 3:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

louisraffio

I have been listening to Howard on pocket radio app for almost 2 months it's great hope to see the sirius app real soon with better graphics and better user interface In fact I was just in Cancun and listened to sirius on my iPhone all day at the pool life is good!!!!!

May 29 2009 at 1:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

james

monthly streaming fee?! Oh no - not liking that

May 29 2009 at 2:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

MD88

Would love to take advantage of this...but not at $3/month. I already cancelled my web access when they started charging extra for that.

May 29 2009 at 12:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

egiscoder

$3/month is the fee for internet streaming. As far as I know, there is not a seperate charge for the iPhone application.

May 28 2009 at 11:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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xiiixiixiiix

I agree. It's already $2.99 a month to listen online. This is the $3 they are referring to.

Ba Ba Booey!

May 30 2009 at 9:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

egiscoder

Pandora does not offer 1/10 the what Sirius does. Enjoy your free commercialized music.

PS. You will need to pay a subscription fee for that soon too.

May 28 2009 at 11:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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kinto

wunder radio. 30,000+ stations. six bucks. no fees. app store =)

May 28 2009 at 11:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply