Dopey question about Sirius on Dish

[Doug Higley]

So we get Sirius as part of the Dish network (180)...

Is this ALL of Sirius or just a selected number of channels?

How much of the E* monthly fee is due to Sirius?

Is this fee likely to increase because of Sirius ups/downs in the market place?

Thanks
Doug

[James Long]

Music channels only - 01-99 and 112 kids. Available to AT120 and up.

I doubt that E* is paying anything for the channels ... it's marketing to sell Sirius radios.

[thxultra]

So we get Sirius as part of the Dish network (180)...

Is this ALL of Sirius or just a selected number of channels?

How much of the E* monthly fee is due to Sirius?

Is this fee likely to increase because of Sirius ups/downs in the market place?

Thanks
Doug

It looks as though E* has all the sirius music channels. No stern as they wanted too much money for E* to carry it.

[James Long]

That would be "Howard Stern's company" wanted too much to carry it.
Sirius has the rights to their music feeds and can share them with E*.
Sirius does NOT have the rights to the talk content, beyond their receivers.

[Doug Higley]

Thanks all.

Followup...so does the other music (CD) content belong to E* or is that somebody elses feed just picked up?

Thanks
Doug

[James Long]

The CD channels are Muzak ...
It's actually part of Muzak's distribution system. Muzak satellite receivers are pointed at E* satellites to get the tunes for their elevators and stores.

[Doug Higley]

Thanks James. No wonder my front door kept opening and closing autimatically. :)