America Online And XM Satellite Radio Unite To Create New
Online Radio Service
NEW YORK, NY and WASHINGTON, D.C. April 11, 2005 America
Online(NYSE:TWX), the
world's leading interactive
services company, and XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR), the
nation's leading provider of satellite radio, today announced
that they will join forces to create a new online radio service.
The service brings together the best of both XM and the AOL(r)
Radio Network products and programming to form the
world's largest combined digital
radio network.
The new co branded service will include a free, web radio offering
and an enhanced premier radio offering that will be available to
AOL(r) members at no additional charge and as a premium service to
consumers on the web. The new offerings, which are expected to roll
out beginning this summer with the launch of AOL's next generation
AOL.com(r) web portal, will be promoted to an audience of upwards
of 100 million consumers online.
Laptop Battery AOL and XM will co promote their unique, original programs
across their networks including to XM's nearly 3.8 million
subscribers, the number one satellite radio audience and to AOL's
more than 100 million unique monthly visitors across the AOL
network of properties.
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Thinkpad In addition to establishing the new online radio service, XM
will integrate select AOL(r) original programs such as Radio KOL,
AOL(r) Music Sessions and AOL(r)
Music LIVE into its satellite radio
service, which is available to listeners in cars as well as on home
entertainment and portable devices. The companies will also work
together to develop new programs and services for the online and
satellite space.
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Microsoft "The combination of our leadership in online programming and
XM's leadership in satellite programming represents a giant step in
digital media," said Jon Miller, Chairman and CEO of America
Online, Inc. "This relationship creates important and valuable
opportunities across our core
businesses enabling us to
provide unique value for our large web audience, enhanced
programming for our existing and new AOL members, and the
ability to introduce new premium services."
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Laptop Computers "Our philosophy at XM has always been to work with strong
partners at every level: retail, automotive, and now online to
build awareness and subscriptions for XM. We are thrilled to be
partnering with AOL and combining the creative resources of these
two great companies," said Hugh Panero, XM Satellite Radio
president and CEO. "The multi tiered co branded radio offerings
will feature a number of popular stations currently offered by the
AOL Radio Network and XM Satellite Radio."
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Laptop Computer The new co branded online radio service will feature a best of
breed selection of AOL Radio Network and XM Radio exclusive and
original content such as AOL's Radio KOL, AOL
Music Sessions and AOL
Music LIVE and original XM programs
such as Artist Confidential, and Then again Live and more.
Consumers will have the ability to select the offering that best
meets their needs. The co branded offerings will include:
based service using signals sent out by communications satellites. There are two satellite services in the U.S. XM and Sirius. free. Satellite radio offers music, news, sports, entertainment and, in some areas, time traffic updates. Unlike traditional radio, satellite radio is not limited by the power of a transmitter, which means that (as long as nothing obstructs the signal) you can listen to the same channel whether you're in Charlottesville or Charlotte.
Desktop Computer - A new, unlimited listening web radio service featuring a
sampling of 20 XM stations plus 130 AOL Radio stations that will be
available free on the web - An enhanced version of AOL's popular
premium radio service featuring over 70 XM stations plus over 130
AOL Radio original and third party stations that will be available
to AOL members at no additional charge and to consumers on the web
for a low monthly fee.
"Our focus has always been on making the most valuable interactive
programming and brands easily accessible to the broadest audience,"
said Jim Bankoff, Executive Vice President, Programming and
Products for America Online, Inc. "Now, as we prepare to launch our
new portal and expand onto the web, we're excited to step it up
with this groundbreaking collaboration. Our relationship with XM
enables us to enrich our mix of premier programming experiences
while also extending the reach of our popular franchises to new
platforms."
Notebooks The AOL Radio Network is a leading online radio network with 10
million unique visitors per month,(a) and over 200 stations of
music, news, sports and talk. The
network has more than 175 originally programmed
music stations, which also feature
recordings from AOL Music's popular AOL
Music Sessions, intimate in studio
performance series, AOL Music LIVE, weekly concert series,
First Listens, worldwide debuts of the most eagerly anticipated
songs before they are available anywhere else. All Artist stations
and Celebrity DJ stations. In addition, the network features third
party stations from some of the most respected names in
broadcasting.
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About XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio is America's number one satellite radio service
with 3.77 million subscribers. XM offers more than 150 digital
radio channels of choice from coast to coast: 67 commercial free
music channels, featuring hip hop
to opera, classical to country, bluegrass to blues; 64 channels of
premier sports, news, talk, comedy, children's and entertainment
programming; and 21 channels of the most advanced traffic and
weather information for major metropolitan areas nationwide. XM
Satellite Radio is the satellite radio leader in sports
programming, offering thousands of live sporting events every year,
including Major League Baseball games for every team. XM is the
leader in satellite delivered entertainment and data services for
the automobile market through partnerships with General Motors,
Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan, and Volkswagen Audi. XM is
available in more than 120 different
vehicle models for 2005. XM also is
available in Avis, National, and Alamo rental cars. XM is the
exclusive in flight entertainment service for AirTran Airways, and
will soon be available on JetBlue flights. Consumers can experience
XM over the Internet through XM Radio Online at http:
listen.xmradio.com. For more information about XM hardware,
programming and partnerships, please visit http:www.xmradio.com.
About America Online, Inc.
America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner
Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's
leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies
and e commerce services.
(a) comScore Media Metrix (February 2005)
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