Honda buying major share of XM sat-radio?!

[Taro Toporific]

via orbitcast.com --[floatl][url=http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=293][/floatl] Rumor: [/URL]Honda Making a Move for XM?
Rumor has it that Honda Motor Co. Ltd., is about to take a major stake (+25%) in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., and has received government approval for it.
Below is the government form that terminates some type of limitation that has previously existed....
[FTC Early Terminations, 08-15-06] (PDF)

[IkemenTommy]

Sadly XM Radio is a failed business model back in the US. I can see Honda putting these things in all of their cars as a base model feature and force the subscription fee on every driver. Will we be seeing XM here in Nipland? I doubt it. If it was a viable business, we would have seen it take off 10 years ago with more high bandwidth video streaming and GPS WiFi access.

[GuyJean]

Sadly XM Radio is a failed business model back in the US

It is sad; I really enjoyed it driving down the west coast the last time I was home..

Are you sure it's 'failed'? Could it be re-invented? Is the timing wrong?.. Although, the combination of cars with built-in iPod docks and Podcasts might spell doom for satellite radio..

GJ

[Kuang_Grade]