Streeter Seidell is a comedy writer and (mediocre) drummer living in Brooklyn, NY. During the day he edits the front page of CollegeHumor.com but when the sun goes down he takes his place at the helm of the Indablog. He maintains a personal blog at StreeterSeidell.com and wants to make sure you know he once wrote something for the New York Times and that it was, in the words of his mother, "Amazing! You're so talented!"
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Thursday May 22, 2008 at 10:00 AM |
Sirius radio, as many of you probably know, is the paid satellite radio system that has become ubiquitous in rental cars. XM radio served the same purpose but is in the process of being combined with Sirius to create a monopoly. Now, in this case, I don't think a monopoly is necessarily a terrible thing since their programming was largely the same. However, monopoly or not, Sirius hasn't become the cash cow its investors once hoped it would be. It's popular, sure and, being a frequent guest on one of its shows, it is certainly doing well enough, but it still lags behind television and the Internet in terms of widespread use. So, here is my proposal for Sirius: build a navigation system.
If Sirius used some of their excess satellite space from XM to create a navigation system and packaged it with their radios, it would create a double-feature that doesn't exist in the marketplace now. Nobody would want to buy a satellite radio and an expensive navigation system if there were a unit that combined the two. Hell, give the navigation away for free while you're at it. They could corner the market for a low monthly subscription fee and I, for one, would buy one (if I had a car, that is).
So think about it, Sirius. Nobody is questioning the fact that your music delivery system is tops but people can get the same music for free on terrestrial radio. A navigation system would ensure that your product had no equal in the marketplace.
I'll take that check whenever you've got it, thanks.
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