Sirius / DirecTV bundles already being considered

We posed the question barely a week ago, and already we've got our answer. Or, not really, but pretty much. You see, Liberty Media (DirecTV's parent company) CEO Gregg Maffei told analysts on a recent conference call that "one could talk about or imagine bundles, probably the $80 [per month] DirecTV product offering free trials of the $11 [monthly] Sirius XM product more likely than the other way around." He continued by stating that he hoped Sirius and DirecTV could "proceed on some of those in ways that are obviously beneficial for both parties." Really, we feel that it's just a matter of time. DirecTV has been grappling for ways to outgun DISH for years, and it'd be tough to fathom the satcaster having Sirius as a cousin and not exploiting it. Whether or not bundled sat ratio will be enough to make prospective customers choose it over other pay-TV alternatives remains to be seen, but really, what does DirecTV (or Sirius, for that matter) have to lose?

[Thanks, Vanbrothers]

[userid Posted Feb 27th 2009 12:38PM]

You can get cheaper XM/Sirius service by just calling and canceling you satrad, they offer you $77 per year.

[hambone43 Posted Feb 27th 2009 1:57PM]

what about those of us that already have both sirius/xm and directv. hook a brotha up!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 27th 2009 2:23PM]

Fully agree with this.. Just got DirecTV installed yesterday :)

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 27th 2009 2:30PM]

hmmm only if they bring back opie and anthony on directv!!!

[ddhboy Posted Feb 28th 2009 1:30PM]

Yeah, seriously it was the number one listened to XM station on DirecTV and they took it away twice. WTF is up with that?

[DeadRebel Posted Feb 27th 2009 10:03PM]

I don't wanna hear shit else about DirecTV until I get my Lexington, KY locals in HD for Christ all-mighty's sake!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2009 11:35PM]

That isn't DirecTV's problem. Your station need to invest in HD equipment, which can cost quite a bit.

[DeadRebel Posted Mar 1st 2009 10:05AM]

Did you serioiusly just type that? Are you mental? DISH has offered Lexington, KY locals in HD for quite some time now. It's my understanding that negotiations between LEX stations and DirecTV haven't been going so well.

LOL @ need to invest in HD equipment.... Tool.

[The Punisher Posted Feb 27th 2009 10:11PM]

"DirecTV has been grappling for ways to outgun DISH for years"

Could this be elaborated on more?

[bassdog65 Posted Mar 2nd 2009 9:22AM]

Dish has had most of the Sirius stations on its lineup for years already...I'm not really sure why this would be one-upping DirecTV...