Satellite & Space

Corporate Welfare for XM/Sirius Competitors?

Ryan Young — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Wayne Crews and Ryan Young argue that terrestrial radio's opposition shows that a merger between Sirus and XM will benefit consumers.

Preserving the Internet or Stopping its Progress?

Cord Blomquist — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

XM-Sirius Merger Should Go Forward

CEI Staff — Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Washington, D.C., July 9, 2007—The proposed merger of satellite radio companies XM and Sirius should be cleared by the Federal Communications Commission, according to regulatory comments filed today by the Competitive Enterprise Institute.

Comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in the matter of XM Satellite Radio Holdings and Sirius Satellite Ra

Clyde Wayne Crews — Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Comments of the Competitive Enterprise Institute

Contents

Up In the Sky: A Bird, a Plane. No, It’s the FCC!

Clyde Wayne Crews — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Regulators also should refrain from using the merger review process to extract a parade of concessions from these struggling companies. But meanwhile, antitrust policy should allow aggressive competitive responses to the combination. Wall Street, investors, programmers, consumers, already-poised rivals, and new entrants collectively will discipline more thoroughly than could the FCC. That’s as it should be.

FCC Should Approve the XM-Sirius Satellite Radio Merger

CEI Staff — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Contact:

Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273

The Nationalization of Basic Science, by Iain Murray

Iain Murray — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Full study available in pdf format