Select episodes of Oprah Winfrey's XM show, "Soul Series," will now be made available as online streaming video and free video podcasts, following the incredibly successful "A New Earth" weekly Mondaywebinar series on Oprah.com that attracted millions of users.Oprah's "Soul

Representatives from Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. continue to have meetings with the Federal Communication Commission, indicating that the process is moving forward (though, arguably at a snail's pace).The meetings between the companies and the

If you're in the market for a Pioneer Inno and haven't seen this one already, you might want to mosey on down to the psychopaths folks at woot! for a nice little bit of savings.The Woot Sellout deal of the

FCC Commissioner Deborah Tate's office met with the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) on Wednesday, according to a recent filing.Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate and Amy Blakenship, Legal Assistant to Commissioner Tate discussed the merger of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.,

Senior House Energy & Commerce Committee member Bobby Rush (D-IL) has backed out of a letter about the Sirius-XM merger he had co-signed to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin only the day before.Rush, along with Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY), stated in

Next Tuesday on Orbitcast Radio, I will be joined by Kathleen Wallman of U.S. Electronics and Gigi Sohn president/co-founder of Washington DC based public interest group Public Knowledge, to discuss the concept of "open access" in satellite radio.Open access has

XM Satellite Radio has also announced that they will holding their Q1 earnings conference call on Monday May 12th, at 10am ET. As usual, there will be a webcast of the call, or you can dial-in at 877-265-5808 (Conference ID#:

A smattering of Attorneys General spent roughly 45 minutes on the phone withFCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, on Wednesday, voicing their concernsabout the merger between Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.According to a WSJ blogpost, Rob McKenna

Sirius Satellite Radio will announce its 1Q08 results on Monday, May 12th.The conference call will be held at 4:30pm ET (left-coasters rejoice!), which can be heard online as a webcast, or on Sirius channel 119.

Radio host and renowned social activist Joe Madison, also known as "The Black Eagle," has joined XM Satellite Radio's in-house team.On June 2nd, Madison will start broadcasting live each weekday from XM's Washington, DC studios from 6am - 10am ET

Primosphere was profiled recently on Radio & Records about their latest attempts to get back into the industry as part of the Sirius and XM merger.Partners Cliff Burnstein and Peter Mensch, who also operate Q Prime in New York, told

Microsoft Corp. and Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group have partnered together to build a music and information system to rival Ford Motor Co.'s SYNC system. The system is set to debut in cars sold in North America in 2010.Hyundai is the first

Attention baseball fans: You can now create a digital bobblehead of yourself or a friend, wearing your favorite Major League Baseball uniform, courtesy of XM.You choose any MLB uniform, upload a photo, and with a few clicks, you've got yourself

The 2nd annual "XMKiDS Traveling Roadshow" cross-country initiative tohelp Wal-Mart & Sam's Club raise $10 million in May for Children'sMiracle Network is launching once again.Starting on Monday, May 12 th, the XMKiDS Traveling Roadshow will kick-off on XMKiDS (ch 116),

All the meeting rooms must be filled up at the Federal Communications Commission building (pictured), because the Texas Association of Broadcasters has resorted to gabbing with the agency at the local hotel airport.According to a recent FCC filing, representatives from

U.S. auto sales fell sharply in April, leading some automakers to suggest that industry-wideannual sales could fall to the lowest levels in more than a decade and a half.General Motors posted an incredible 23 percent decline in sales, led by

One of the most coveted titles in golf is The Players Championship - with its winners ranging from golf's most famous player, Tiger Woods (pictured) to one of its least known, Craig Perks, (ranked 1,253th). XM will broadcast The Players,

As the congressional investigation of the FCC continues, a memo obtained by The Washington Post turned up complaints about the way Chairman Kevin Martin runs the agency."The bottom line is that the FCC process appears broken and most of the

Two key Democrat lawmakers sent a letter address to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin today, urging for conditions "to protect consumers" in the proposed merger between Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), chairman of

There's a lot of ground to cover since the last Orbitcast Radio episode. In this installment, we'll talk about a ton of topics including shock-jock sex tape scandals (or lack thereof), the Arbitron satellite radio ratings (or lack thereof) and