SIRIUS Satellite Radio Adds Exclusive Internet Offering of Notre Dame Football to Existing Broadcasting Package
SIRIUS is Official Satellite Radio Partner of University of Notre Dame; Fighting Irish football and men's basketball games air nationwide on channel 159 Internet version of SIRIUS service will be the exclusive online radio home of Notre Dame football; Will also offer Fighting Irish men's basketball
NEW YORK, Sept 05, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio
(Nasdaq: SIRI), the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the University of
Notre Dame, announced today that starting this season, SIRIUS will add an
exclusive Internet offering of Notre Dame sports broadcasts to its existing
broadcast package.
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SIRIUS Internet Radio (SIR) will be the exclusive online home of every
Notre Dame regular season football game and will carry every Fighting Irish
regular season men's basketball game live. It marks the first time that radio
broadcasts of live sporting events are available on the SIRIUS Internet Radio
platform.
SIRIUS Internet Radio is the Internet version of the SIRIUS radio service,
available without the use of a radio to current SIRIUS subscribers, or with
the monthly subscription fee of $12.95. SIRIUS Internet Radio delivers more
than 80 channels of talk, entertainment, sports and 100% commercial free music
in CD-quality sound.
SIRIUS, which has aired Notre Dame sports since 2004, will continue to
broadcast the university's football and basketball games nationwide on the
SIRIUS radio service. All Notre Dame games air on The Catholic Channel,
SIRIUS channel 159.
The Notre Dame football broadcasts are produced by ISP on the Notre Dame
Radio Network.
Notre Dame's football season kicks off Saturday, September 6 (3:30 pm ET)
when the Fighting Irish host the San Diego State Aztecs at storied Notre Dame
Stadium in South Bend, IN.
Notre Dame basketball is in action starting at the Maui Invitational
tournament in Hawaii on Monday, November 24, when they will face Indiana
University in a first round match-up.
Log on to www.sirius.com for more information.
About SIRIUS XM Radio
SIRIUS XM Radio is America's satellite radio company delivering the "The
Best Radio on Radio" to more than 18 million subscribers, including 100%
commercial free music, and premier sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic
and weather.
SIRIUS XM Radio has exclusive content relationships with an array of
personalities and artists, including Howard Stern, Oprah, Martha Stewart,
Jimmy Buffett, Elvis, Jamie Foxx, Barbara Walters, Frank Sinatra, Opie &
Anthony, The Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tom
Petty, and Bob Edwards. SIRIUS XM Radio is the leader in sports programming as
the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, Major League Baseball,
NASCAR, NHL, and PGA Tour, and broadcasts major college sports.
SIRIUS XM Radio has exclusive arrangements with every major automaker.
SIRIUS XM Radio products are available at shop.sirius.com and
shop.xmradio.com, and at retail locations nationwide, including Best Buy,
Circuit City, RadioShack, Target, Sam's Club, and Wal-Mart.
SIRIUS XM Radio also offers SIRIUS Backseat TV, the first ever live
in-vehicle rear seat entertainment featuring Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and
Cartoon Network; XM NavTraffic service for GPS navigation systems delivers
real-time traffic information, including accidents and road construction, for
more than 80 North American markets.
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successfully, or such combination may take longer, be more difficult,
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Contacts for SIRIUS XM Radio:
Andrew FitzPatrick
SIRIUS
212.901.6693
afitzpatrick@siriusradio.com
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