XM Satellite Radio to Offer Multiple Play-By-Play Broadcasts for MLB League
Championship Series and World Series
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio
(Nasdaq: XMSR), the nation's leading satellite radio service with more than
4.4 million subscribers, announced today that it will offer multiple
play-by-play broadcasts for each game during its comprehensive coverage of the
2005 Major League Baseball (MLB) League Championship Series and World Series.
XM will carry the home and visiting teams' broadcasts for every game of
the American League Championship Series (ALCS), National League Championship
Series (NLCS), and the 2005 World Series, in addition to the national ESPN
Radio feed for all these games. A complete listing of MLB play-by-play
channel assignments (XM Channels 176-189) for the 2005 MLB post-season will
soon be available at http://www.xmradio.com.
"During the League Championship Series and World Series XM subscribers
will have the choice of hearing three different play-by-play feeds, making
XM's coverage of the 2005 LCS and World Series a complete experience for
baseball fans," said Eric Logan, executive vice president of programming for
XM Satellite Radio.
In addition to the game broadcasts, MLB Home Plate (XM Channel 175) will
offer thorough coverage of the 2005 Pennant Races, Division Series, League
Championship Series, and World Series including the latest team news, game
updates, interviews, highlights and more. XM's MLB en Espanol (XM Channel
190) will provide Spanish language coverage of the 2005 League Championship
Series and World Series with national feeds from ESPN Deportes Radio.
XM is the leading provider of live play-by-play sports in satellite radio.
XM is the official satellite radio network of Major League Baseball, NASCAR,
the PGA TOUR, the Indy Racing League, FIFA World Cup Soccer 2006, the US Open
Series, and the college sports conferences Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC),
Big Ten, and Pac-10. XM recently announced a long-term relationship with the
National Hockey League (NHL). XM will begin broadcasting play-by-play of NHL
games in October 2005 and will become the exclusive satellite radio network of
the NHL in 2007.
XM also carries ESPN Radio, ESPNews Radio, Fox Sports Radio, and Sporting
News Radio and XM Deportivo, XM's 24-hour Spanish language sports channel.
About XM Satellite Radio
XM is America's number one satellite radio service with more than
4.4 million subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios in Washington,
DC, New York City and Nashville at the Country Music Hall of Fame, XM's 2005
lineup includes more than 150 digital channels of choice from coast to coast:
the most commercial-free music channels, plus premier sports, talk, comedy,
children's and entertainment programming; and 21 channels of the most advanced
traffic and weather information. XM was named Best Radio Service at the 2004
Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards.
XM, 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, is available in more than 120 different
vehicle models for 2005. XM's industry-leading products are available at
consumer electronics retailers nationwide. For more information about XM
hardware, programming and partnerships, please visit http://www.xmradio.com .
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking statements in this press release include demand for XM
Satellite Radio's service, the Company's dependence on technology and third
party vendors, its potential need for additional financing, as well as other
risks described in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on 8-5-05. Copies of the filing are
available upon request from XM Radio's Investor Relations Department.
SOURCE XM Satellite Radio
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/CONTACT: Anne-Taylor Griffith, XM Satellite Radio, +1-202-380-4151 or
annetaylor.griffith@xmradio.com/
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Championship Series and World Series
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio
(Nasdaq: XMSR), the nation's leading satellite radio service with more than
4.4 million subscribers, announced today that it will offer multiple
play-by-play broadcasts for each game during its comprehensive coverage of the
2005 Major League Baseball (MLB) League Championship Series and World Series.
XM will carry the home and visiting teams' broadcasts for every game of
the American League Championship Series (ALCS), National League Championship
Series (NLCS), and the 2005 World Series, in addition to the national ESPN
Radio feed for all these games. A complete listing of MLB play-by-play
channel assignments (XM Channels 176-189) for the 2005 MLB post-season will
soon be available at http://www.xmradio.com.
"During the League Championship Series and World Series XM subscribers
will have the choice of hearing three different play-by-play feeds, making
XM's coverage of the 2005 LCS and World Series a complete experience for
baseball fans," said Eric Logan, executive vice president of programming for
XM Satellite Radio.
In addition to the game broadcasts, MLB Home Plate (XM Channel 175) will
offer thorough coverage of the 2005 Pennant Races, Division Series, League
Championship Series, and World Series including the latest team news, game
updates, interviews, highlights and more. XM's MLB en Espanol (XM Channel
190) will provide Spanish language coverage of the 2005 League Championship
Series and World Series with national feeds from ESPN Deportes Radio.
XM is the leading provider of live play-by-play sports in satellite radio.
XM is the official satellite radio network of Major League Baseball, NASCAR,
the PGA TOUR, the Indy Racing League, FIFA World Cup Soccer 2006, the US Open
Series, and the college sports conferences Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC),
Big Ten, and Pac-10. XM recently announced a long-term relationship with the
National Hockey League (NHL). XM will begin broadcasting play-by-play of NHL
games in October 2005 and will become the exclusive satellite radio network of
the NHL in 2007.
XM also carries ESPN Radio, ESPNews Radio, Fox Sports Radio, and Sporting
News Radio and XM Deportivo, XM's 24-hour Spanish language sports channel.
About XM Satellite Radio
XM is America's number one satellite radio service with more than
4.4 million subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios in Washington,
DC, New York City and Nashville at the Country Music Hall of Fame, XM's 2005
lineup includes more than 150 digital channels of choice from coast to coast:
the most commercial-free music channels, plus premier sports, talk, comedy,
children's and entertainment programming; and 21 channels of the most advanced
traffic and weather information. XM was named Best Radio Service at the 2004
Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards.
XM, 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, is available in more than 120 different
vehicle models for 2005. XM's industry-leading products are available at
consumer electronics retailers nationwide. For more information about XM
hardware, programming and partnerships, please visit http://www.xmradio.com .
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking statements in this press release include demand for XM
Satellite Radio's service, the Company's dependence on technology and third
party vendors, its potential need for additional financing, as well as other
risks described in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on 8-5-05. Copies of the filing are
available upon request from XM Radio's Investor Relations Department.
SOURCE XM Satellite Radio
-0- 09/13/2005
/CONTACT: Anne-Taylor Griffith, XM Satellite Radio, +1-202-380-4151 or
annetaylor.griffith@xmradio.com/
/Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000724/XMSATLOGO
AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org
PRN Photo Desk photodesk@prnewswire.com/
/First Call Analyst: /
/FCMN Contact: david.butler@xmradio.com/
/Web site: http://www.xmradio.com/
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