20 Facts About SiriusXM

1.

Since then, SiriusXM has grown to be the largest audio entertainment company in North America.

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2.

SiriusXM is available in cars from every major car company as well as in assorted trucks, boats and aircraft.

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3.

SiriusXM offers trial subscriptions to new car owners, and then offers customers a variety of subscription options.

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4.

On 19 October 2020, SiriusXM announced that it completed the acquisition of Stitcher.

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5.

SiriusXM was succeeded by Eddy Hartenstein, former publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times.

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6.

In September 2020, SiriusXM announced that Jennifer Witz will succeed James Meyer as the company's Chief Executive Officer once he retires by 31 December 2020.

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7.

SiriusXM hired AMC Networks Inc's Sean Sullivan as Chief Financial Officer.

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8.

SiriusXM apps include an extensive lineup of archived programming on SiriusXM On Demand.

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9.

On 18 March 2015, SiriusXM released a refreshed user interface of the application on Android and iOS.

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10.

In May 2018, SiriusXM unveiled a new look for both the desktop web player and the mobile apps.

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11.

SiriusXM later expanded their internet and mobile platforms by acquiring Pandora in February 2019.

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12.

In early November 2019, SiriusXM became available to stream on all devices that use Google Assistant.

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13.

In June 2022, SiriusXM streaming was added to Xfinity customers using the cable provider's X1, Xfinity Flex, and XClass TV platforms.

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14.

SiriusXM is the exclusive home to Howard Stern, with two dedicated Howard Stern channels.

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15.

SiriusXM's talk, news, and comedy programming features channels from many news outlets, including: BBC, CNBC, FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, Bloomberg, NPR, and C-SPAN.

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16.

On occasion, SiriusXM has offered limited edition artists channels for a specific period of time, including those for Drake, Metallica, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Prince, Guns N' Roses, Led Zeppelin, George Strait, The Rolling Stones, Eagles, Queen, Beastie Boys, Coldplay, Michael Jackson, Foo Fighters, Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Joel, ABBA, Alicia Keys, Neil Young, and Blue Rodeo.

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17.

SiriusXM offers live play-by-play coverage of every NFL, Major League Baseball, and NBA game; every NASCAR race; PGA Tour events; and live college sports, as well as news, analysis and opinions from more than a dozen dedicated sports talk channels.

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18.

SiriusXM Marine is graphic weather and fishing info for boaters.

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19.

SiriusXM Aviation provides satellite-based graphic weather information for pilots, which provides better signal coverage and faster data refresh rate than land-based ADS-B service.

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20.

In late 2016, SiriusXM placed an order for two new satellites SXM-7 and SXM-8 which were intended to replace XM-3 and XM-4 and have the capability to deliver either Sirius or XM content to radio receivers.

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