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Sports is filled with Rights and fees. Who has the right to
broadcast and reproduce sports, and how gets paid? College
Universities always hold local radio rights for their sports
programs.
Satellite radio has caused a conflict with these schools
due to the amount of the local broadcasts going national over
satellite systems.

Many universities believe that the local radio stations should
receive some proceeds from these broadcasts. However in many
cases, they are not currently getting any money from Satellite
Radio Services.

Negotiations have occurred at some level but not for every one,
it has been a league-by-league issue. XM, for example, deals
with several major conferences, including the Pac-10. However,
Sirius negotiated individual deals with Southern California and
UCLA, and these are all creating a conflict between the
companies and their respective teams and leagues. And although
these fees are not very large, with a growing subscriber base
and increased satellite radio popularity, the fees and the
battle to control rights are definitely going to increase and
heat up!

It’s going to be very interesting as the fight to control
content gets more heated, we have seen it happen with TV and
traditional radio, and now it’s satellite radio’s turn.

Truck drivers are the most frustrated listeners of the commercial radios. They are the ones who have tolerated commercials on local radios the most as they are counted in the listeners which listen to radio the most. Truck drivers log more than one hundred and fifty billion miles each year so they deserve better entertainment options.

As we all know that the trucking industry has a history of being the first to adopt new innovations in the vehicle and we believe truckers will play an important part in the development of satellite radio. Cost of the equipment for truck drivers is very approachable. The system comes with a digital antenna designed for satellite applications and engineered specifically for commercial trucks.

The device offers over hundred channels of revolutionary programming, nationwide coverage and superior sound quality even if there are no standard radio stations avalible. Thus we can say that XM is a truck driver’s dream come true. Satellite radio will become such an inevitable part of the truck driver’s life that they will really think how they ever lived without satellite radio.

Satellite radio has the luxury of coast-to-coast coverage, digital-quality sound and a wide variety of programming options from over hundred channels. Also the drivers will have the satisfaction of knowing that with good system they are receiving original equipment equivalent quality. The interface for users for the satellite receivers is simple and easy to use like traditional AM/FM band radios.

The liquid crystal display is alphanumeric and it provides information including the channel, type of music and song and artist name. Everybody is familiar with the word cab.

The environment in the cab is vastly different from that of a passenger vehicle and the fact that these units are designed and validated specifically to cab conditions and to meet the tough heavy-duty performance specifications sets them apart from aftermarket versions currently available. Thus every passenger wants a smooth and comfortable ride.

This is achieved with the satellite radio’s help. Cab drivers can buy the satellite radio system to give their customers a good and joyful drive. The satellite radio system which includes receiver box and antenna can be installed free of cost.

The satellite radios are audio systems with a broad range of head units that accommodate various playback devices such as cassette tapes, CDs and MP3s. Satellite radio is a transformation of radio. It is an industry that has seen little technological change since FM, almost forty years ago.

The programming of most satellite lineups features hundred coast-to-coast digital channels which include seventy one music channels, more than thirty of them are commercial-free, from hip-hop to opera, classical to country, bluegrass to blues and twenty nine channels of sports, talk, children’s and entertainment.