MLB Network Radio (formerly MLB Home Plate ) is an American sports talk radio station on Sirius XM Radio that features Major League Baseball related talk shows, as well as archives and live reports about MLB and such. MLB Network Radio can be heard on Sirius XM Channel 89 and the SiriusXM App.
70-560: MLB Home Plate launched in February 2005, as an incentive to entertain the new listeners who signed up for XM's Major League Baseball deal when the games were not on. MLB Network Radio is carried on XM channel 89, and was added to the "Best of XM" package on Sirius Satellite Radio on December 10, 2008, airing on channel 209. MLB Home Plate launched at the start of the Major League Baseball season in 2005, ready to entertain
140-413: A 16MB SDRAM memory to buffer four seconds of one of the satellite signals in order to bring it into time coincidence with the other for Maximal-ratio combining . On newer receivers with a "pause" feature, a dual-port PSRAM is employed to store up to 60 minutes of the selected channel. The baseband processor outputs digital audio over a Serial Peripheral Interface, which is fed to a D/A converter to produce
210-432: A Saturday mid-morning show on Home Plate. The channel was aided throughout the season as XM's subscriber growth prediction exceeded what they expected, with retailers claiming that 15-17% of people who signed up for XM did it for baseball. The end of the 2005 season was especially active as the satellite company carried both feeds of both teams during the post-season games, and four feeds per world series game (which included
280-438: A Spring 2007 Arbitron report, the five channels most listened to on Sirius based on their average quarterly hour (AQH) share were Howard 100, Howard 101, The Highway (56), Sirius Hits 1, and Octane (37). On October 6, 2004, Sirius announced that it had signed a five-year, US$ 100 million per year agreement with Howard Stern to move his radio show, The Howard Stern Show, to Sirius starting on January 9, 2006. Stern said his move
350-773: A blend of analysis, humor and entertaining interviews about the game we love. Weeknights 6-7 p.m. and 10pm-1am. ET Don’t miss highlights, in-game look-ins and expert analysis from Greg Amsinger , Dan Plesac , Adnan Virk , and a collection of former big leaguers. All Week Long 2 a.m.-6 a.m. ET MLB Roundtrip recaps the day in baseball. Hear postgame interviews, the day's best highlights, and more with hosts Jeff Joyce and Robert Brender. Saturdays 8-10 a.m. ET Join Ed Randall and Kevin Kennedy (baseball) for wide-ranging conversations on baseball's rich and fascinating history as they talk with legendary players and personalities. Take
420-595: A classic radio call-in show from the UK discussing all of the days top matches. On September 15, 2008, Chris Russo launched his own show called Mad Dog Unleashed . After the merger between Sirius and XM was completed, Major League Baseball games remained exclusive to XM Radio as a result of an arrangement dispute between MLB and Sirius XM, which prevented Sirius subscribers from listening to games. However, on August 19, 2013, Sirius XM reached an agreement with MLB allowing all customers with both Sirius and XM receivers to hear
490-414: A codec for rack mounting in satellite earth stations. The Sirius signal uses more robust error correction on control channels than on the audio content, trading off error correction and bandwidth differently for separate categories of bits in the signal waveform. The terrestrial carrier is an OFDM QPSK signal, and cousin to WiMax and LTE, with the particular feature that more than one transmitter operates on
560-520: A deal to add UEFA Champions League soccer to their lineup. Sirius had exclusive radio rights to broadcast the ESPN television feed of the Euro 2008 championships. Sirius also aired a soccer talk show called "The Football Show" with former Metrostars GM Charlie Stillitano and former International Italian star Giorgio Chinaglia . On Saturdays and Sundays during premier league season, Sirius aired Radio 606 ,
630-963: A front row seat as a former front office executive and former player discuss and debate baseball’s headline stories, teams and players. Weekdays 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. ET Former General Manager Jim Duquette and Mike Ferrin discuss the big baseball news of the day, talk to players and executives from around baseball and take calls. Weekdays 1-2 p.m. ET Russo’s MLB Network Show is a fast-paced, one-hour weekday discussion on all 30 MLB clubs featuring interviews with players and club personnel. Weekdays 2-5 p.m. ET Show hosted by Ryan Spilborghs , C. J. Nitkowski , Kevin Frandsen , Jensen Lewis , Chris Gimenez , Justin Morneau , Jenny Cavnar , and more. Weekdays 5-6 p.m. ET Join former World Series champions Kevin Millar and Ryan Dempster alongside Siera Santos for
700-479: A medical research foundation, focused on finding a cure for her daughter's illness. Former NASA engineer Robert Briskman, who designed the company's satellite technology, was then appointed Chairman and CEO. Six months later, in November 1992, Rogers Wireless co-founder David Margolese, who had provided financial backing for the venture, acquired control of the company and succeeded Briskman. Margolese renamed
770-623: A number of additional channels exclusive to Canada; the other four come from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . After a delay and outcry from Canadian subscribers, Sirius Canada added Howard Stern's Channel 100 to their lineup in early 2006. Channel 101 , Stern's other channel (featuring Bubba the Love Sponge , Scott Ferrall , and other personalities), were made available in late June 2006. Talk radio content recently added onto Sirius Satellite Radio include
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#1732794452759840-481: A promotion where XM gave out free Roady XTs to all who attended the first World Series 2005 game). At the beginning of MLB's second season on XM Radio, XM Radio Canada decided to add all 14 MLB Play-by-Play channels to their platform. Canada already carried Home Plate, and now they would carry the complete Major League Baseball package barring XM 174 (Spanish broadcasts). In exchange, they would produce channel 179 with some select exclusive content, and make that channel
910-418: A trip with Randall and Kennedy along the base paths and down Memory Lane when they take your calls each week. Saturdays 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. ET Former Major Leaguers Chris Gimenez and Kevin Frandsen bring their years of MLB experience to the airwaves every Saturday. Find out what goes on in clubhouses and dugouts around baseball with these two former players. Sundays 8-10 a.m. ET From the little leagues to
980-573: Is US$ 470 and the aftermarket unit has an MSRP of US$ 299.99. Both were made available in the fourth quarter of 2007. As of 1 January 2016 the service has been discontinued. In June 2005, Sirius signed an agreement with BBC Radio 1 in the UK to rebroadcast the station to an American audience. In August 2011, Sirius dropped BBC Radio 1 , but a week later they announced that the channel would return online. Sirius also had exclusive satellite radio rights to National Public Radio , carrying two separate streams. The Sirius NPR NOW programming did not include
1050-514: Is a rights issue brewing over the MLB audio broadcasts, but this has been debated. On March 29, 2008, Home Plate was added to XM Radio Online. On March 26, 2010, it was announced that MLB Home Plate will be rebranded to MLB Network Radio which will simulcast some MLB Network programs such as MLB Tonight and Hot Stove . Their programming was also changed with the rebranding. Effective May 4, 2011, SiriusXM revamped their entire channel line up. For
1120-465: Is a single screen (or a dual screen option in the Chrysler Town and Country and Dodge Grand Caravan ) for back seat passengers to watch while front seat passengers have the option of simultaneously listening to any normal Sirius radio channel. The service is reported to cost an additional US$ 6.99 per month on top of the standard Sirius subscription price. The MSRP of the factory installed units
1190-739: Is an American sportscaster and currently a studio host for MLB Network . Amsinger was born on May 24, 1979, in St. Louis , Missouri . He has five brothers and one sister. Amsinger and his wife have two children and they currently reside in Montclair, New Jersey , just outside New York City. Before arriving at MLB Network in 2009, Amsinger had worked at CBS College Sports/CSTV and at WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Indiana . A 2001 graduate of Lindenwood University , Amsinger worked at numerous part-time radio jobs while in school including two years as producer of
1260-433: Is an intentional four-second delay between the two satellite carrier signals. This enables the receiver to maintain a large buffer of the audio stream, which, along with forward error correction , helps keep the audio playing in the event that the signal is temporarily lost, such as when driving under an overpass or otherwise losing line-of-sight of any of the satellites or ground repeater stations. A third, separate signal
1330-449: Is designed to mitigate and retain signal quality in hostile signal conditions and the relatively weak signal levels from distant satellites. Because the satellites are not all geostationary they appear and disappear over the horizon. Terrestrial signals are present only in major cities to augment the satellite signals. Approximately five chipset versions were built by Agere and approximately 4 versions were built by STMicroelectronics after
1400-837: Is included as part of the Dish Network satellite television service. Sirius channels are identified by Nielsen Audio with the label "SR" (e.g. "SR120", "SR9", "SR17"). Its business model is to provide pay-for-service radio, analogous to the business model for premium cable television . Music channels are presented without advertising, while its talk channels, such as Howard Stern 's Howard 100 and Howard 101 and Jason Ellis ' Faction Talk , carry commercials. Because all channels are free from FCC content regulation, songs are played unedited for language; talk programs may also feature explicit content if they wish. Subscriptions are prepaid and range in price from US$ 14.99 monthly (US$ 9.99 for each additional receiver) to US$ 699.99 for lifetime (of
1470-464: Is included with the receiver. Antenna placement is crucial to receiving a clear signal. In some locations users have experienced difficulty receiving the Sirius programming because the signal is not consistently strong. For the best reception, antennas should be placed such that they have an unobstructed view of the sky (preferably on rooftops without overhanging eaves or trees). If this is not an option,
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#17327944527591540-425: Is separated into three carriers, one each for the two satellites, and the third for the terrestrial repeater network where available. Sirius receivers decode all three 4 MHz carrier signals at once to achieve signal diversity . This is in contrast to XM which uses six carriers and decodes three 2 MHz carriers to economize on receiver power consumption and complexity at the cost of channel-changing speed. There
1610-464: Is uplinked to the AMC-6 Ku-band satellite and received by 36-inch (910 mm) satellite dishes for the ground repeater network. This third signal is broadcast on a third segment of the signal. The technology for Sirius Satellite Radio receivers as well as some of the uplink equipment, and the studio encoder, originated at Bell Labs in the late 1990s and subsequent years. The studio encoder
1680-522: The Underground Garage , dedicated to garage rock , and Outlaw Country with its focus on alternative country music . The majority of the company's programming was self-produced exclusively for Sirius. However, there were some shows—especially in the Talk genre—that were originally created for terrestrial radio, but then aired on conventional radio and on Sirius/XM simultaneously; one example
1750-600: The Baseband Integrated Circuit currently the STA240, which is produced by STMicroelectronics. The chip contains embedded ARM7TDMI and ARM946E-S microprocessors synthesized from IP cores . Every baseband has a unique Electronic Serial Number (or Sirius ID). Another major section of a Sirius receiver is the tuner. The tuner is also a custom ASIC , the STA210. The tuner connects to the antenna, and receives
1820-723: The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament . In August 2004, Sirius launched Sirius NFL Radio , a 24-hour radio stream for covering the NFL. Sirius also had the only national Horse racing talk show, At the Races , hosted by noted racing handicapper, Steve Byk. The Hardcore Poker Show , hosted by Rob Pizzo and Chris Tessaro, was the only syndicated poker talk show in North America. Sirius also broadcast select Premier League matches. On September 27, 2006, Sirius announced
1890-427: The S band between 2320 and 2332.5 MHz. Audio channels are digitally compressed using a proprietary variant of Lucent 's Perceptual Audio Coder compression algorithm and encrypted with a proprietary conditional access system. Sirius has announced that they intend to implement hierarchical modulation technology to economize on bandwidth up to 25%. Each receiver must be connected to an external antenna, which
1960-552: The St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Radio Network at KMOX . Other side jobs included play-by-play broadcaster at KSLQ radio and the inaugural voice of the now defunct River City Renegades indoor professional football organization. Before signing with MLB, Amsinger was the first and primary studio host for CBS College Sports Network (formerly CSTV). He hosted numerous shows including Crystal Ball , Inside College Football , The #1 College Sports Show , Generation Next and NCAA March Madness Highlight s (the official highlight show of
2030-604: The 2005–2006 season, and in 2007 Sirius/XM gained exclusive rights to NHL games. Sirius also had full NASCAR coverage, including a weekly show hosted by now-retired driver Tony Stewart . In 2009, Sirius/XM was the first to carry live coverage of the 24-hour road race from Le Mans . Sirius/XM also had the rights to a number of major college sports teams, including teams in the Big East , Big Ten and Southeastern Conferences , as well as The University of Notre Dame . Beginning in 2005, Sirius also had exclusive radio rights to cover
2100-469: The ABC News and Talk channel 143 (since having ceased operations), including live feeds of Sean Hannity and Larry Elder's syndicated radio shows, Patriot Talk channel 125 (which includes Michael Reagan's syndicated radio show) and Fox News Talk channel 145 (which includes syndicated radio hosts such as Alan Colmes and John Gibson). On March 14, 2006, Sirius added Cosmo Radio , Playboy Radio , and returned
2170-593: The MLB Draft as well as its special event coverage of the All-Star Game and World Series. During the MLB offseason, Amsinger does play-by-play for select men's college basketball games on the Big Ten Network . Starting on July 23, 2024, Amsinger will fill in for Ernie Johnson Jr. on Tuesdays for MLB on TBS in studio. The reasoning is for Johnson taking care of a family member during the rest of
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2240-798: The NCAA men's basketball tournament). He has done play-by-play for women's college basketball and paintball. In 2006, he hosted the SEC Preview Show with Gary Danielson and Brian Jones. In 2007, Amsinger co-hosted the World Series of Video Games with the former MTV host Susie Castillo . In 2008, Amsinger also hosted the Tour de France for CBS. Amsinger is a studio host appearing across MLB Network's programming, including MLB Tonight , MLB Network's Emmy Award-winning flagship studio show. Amsinger also hosts MLB Network's exclusive telecast of
2310-463: The analog audio signal. The front-end of a Sirius receiver is called the head unit , required to display descriptive text (such as the category, channel, artist, and song name) and provide controls to the user. This is implemented by the third-party designers of Sirius-ready receivers, using a microprocessor of their choice. Sirius offers car radios and home entertainment systems, as well as car and home kits for portable use. The Sirius receiver includes
2380-530: The antenna module and the receiver module. The antenna module picks up signals from the ground repeaters or the satellite, amplifies the signal and filters out any interference. The signal is then passed on to the receiver module. Inside the receiver module is a chipset consisting of eight chips. The chipset converts the signals from 2.3 gigahertz (GHz) to a lower intermediate frequency. Sirius also offers an adapter that allows conventional car radios to receive satellite signals. Sirius broadcasts using 12.5 MHz of
2450-565: The antenna should be placed on an exterior wall. When placing on an exterior wall, the antenna should be mounted to a wall which faces the southern continental United States in order to minimize the likelihood of the building itself blocking the signal. Sirius' satellites are named Radiosat because there is already a fleet of satellites named Sirius , launched by Sweden's NSAB (Nordiska Satellitaktiebolaget, or Nordic Satellite AB, and known today as SES Sirius ) and used for general telecommunications and satellite television throughout Sweden and
2520-630: The audio programming, the Sirius broadcast stream also carries a Data Services channel that is utilized by capable receivers and graphical display hardware. Some of the data services offered are traffic speed and flow, marine weather, and fuel prices to name just a few. Examples of capable hardware are the Raymarine SR100 Satellite Weather receiver and the Alpine NVE-N872A Satellite Traffic Ready navigation system. The Sirius signal
2590-572: The audio simulcast of the Fox News Channel TV feed, which was previously removed during a contract dispute. The service also added Fox's satellite talk radio channel, Fox News Talk . In April 2003, Sirius launched Sirius OutQ , the first-ever 24/7 talk channel designed for the LGBT audience. Personalities associated with the channel include Frank DeCaro , Michelangelo Signorile , Derek Hartley , and Romaine Patterson . In addition to
2660-541: The company CD Radio, and spent the next five years lobbying the FCC to allow satellite radio to be deployed, and the following five years raising $ 1.6 billion, which was used to build and launch three satellites into elliptical orbit from Kazakhstan in July 2000. The company successfully bid $ 83.3 million to purchase their satellite radio license. In 1997, after Margolese had obtained regulatory clearance and "effectively created
2730-402: The core audio content. This architecture has worked remarkably well in avoiding drop out of audio signal when driving under highway overpasses, and when scintillating (very deep and frequent losses in signal strength caused by radio fading from trees) conditions exist. Since Sirius and XM separately entered the market with incompatible waveforms on the satellite, one would logically conclude that
2800-617: The end of his second year on Sirius, from fewer than 700,000 subscribers to 6 million (see graph on the right). Stern now has two channels operating on Sirius, but still retains the right to a third. Sirius/XM's channels carried an array of programming that covered Music, News/Talk, Sports, and Entertainment. Sirius had deals with entertainers and personalities for broadcast streams. Besides Stern, Sirius had deals with Martha Stewart , E Street Band member Steven Van Zandt , Jimmy Buffett , and Eminem to executive-produce streams or channels on Sirius. Van Zandt created two stations for Sirius:
2870-421: The first time, MLB Network Radio was moved away from the play by play to channel 89, after six years on channel 175. The Sirius channel was also changed from channel 210 to 209. Effective April 13, 2021, MLB Network Radio was moved away from Sirius channel 209, and XM Channel 89, to SiriusXM Channel 89 on all platforms. Weekdays 7-10 a.m. ET Steve Phillips , Xavier Scruggs , and Eduardo Perez give listeners
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2940-545: The games with a premium subscription. In August 2003, Sirius partnered with Clearwater, Florida -based Applied Media Technologies Corporation , a provider of telephone "on hold" messaging. AMTC provides Sirius service in a package branded as Sirius Music for Business . For US$ 29.95 per month, AMTC provides all of Sirius' streams of commercial-free music, and pays all performance royalties to ASCAP , Broadcast Music Incorporated , and SESAC , so that business owners may legally play Sirius' music in their establishments. Unlike
3010-570: The home for all the Toronto Blue Jays home games. XM Canada also produced interviews for play on the other play-by-play channels when no games were being aired. In late April 2006, DirecTV removed the MLB Home Plate channel from their lineup. DirecTV wanted to go completely music programming. Talk channel High Voltage was also removed, but put back on the lineup within a week due to fan response. DirecTV also claims that there
3080-413: The incoming satellite and terrestrial signals at 2.315 GHz and downconverts them to intermediate frequency signals at around 75 MHz. The strength of the signals is approximately −50dBm in clear-sky conditions. The IF signals are fed to the STA240, which are digitized, demodulated, error-corrected, de-interleaved, and decrypted using specialized circuits on the chip. The baseband processor utilizes
3150-424: The industry," the FCC also sold a license to XM Satellite Radio, which followed Sirius's example. In November 1999, Marketing chief Ira Bahr convinced Margolese to again change the name of the company, this time to Sirius Satellite Radio, in order to avoid association with the soon-to-be-outdated CD technology. It had secured installation deals with automakers including Chrysler , Ford and BMW . Sirius launched
3220-469: The initial phase of its service in four cities, with the first receiver sold at Cowboy Maloney's in Jackson, MS on February 14, 2002, expanding to the rest of the contiguous United States on July 1, 2002. In 2001 Margolese stepped down as CEO, remaining as chairman until November 2003, with Sirius issuing a statement thanking him "for his great vision, leadership and dedication in creating both Sirius and
3290-406: The initial prototypes, although all of the early receivers included an Agere chipset known as Northstar. This platform enjoyed the highest volume of chipsets to date, representing the bulk of total production from 2002 to 2010. As of 2010, most of the chipsets are produced by STMicroelectronics. At the heart of a Sirius receiver is a custom application-specific integrated circuit ( ASIC ) chip called
3360-401: The internet to any of its subscribers with a valid user name and password. On July 29, 2008, Sirius formally completed its merger with former competitor XM Satellite Radio . The combined company began operating under the name Sirius XM Satellite Radio . On November 12, 2008, Sirius and XM began broadcasting with their new, combined channel lineups. On January 13, 2011, Sirius Satellite Radio
3430-611: The island of Puerto Rico by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In March 2007, Sirius announced the availability of its first video service called "Backseat TV". In August 2007, the company revealed details of the first receiver, the SCV1, was originally offered exclusively through Chrysler OEM factory units. The service includes streaming video from three "family" television channels: Nickelodeon , Disney Channel and Cartoon Network Mobile. There
3500-493: The merged company will eventually evolve the signal format again to take advantage of their size, but this is a speculative statement. The use of a satellite and terrestrial combined service has been adopted by the DVB-SH standard, and companies such as ICO communications who cooperated with Alcatel-Lucent on system design and field trials. ONDAS, a Madrid-based company, also adopted this pioneering system architecture. The receiver
3570-544: The merger in December 2012. On February 19, 2007, Sirius announced a merger deal with competitor XM Satellite Radio . If the pending merger received government approval, which was required because of antitrust considerations, it would combine the two services into a single satellite radio network in the United States and would be named Sirius/XM Radio. On March 24, 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice approved
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#17327944527593640-515: The merger of Sirius and XM. Approval from the FCC cleared on July 25, 2008. Conditions of the merger included allowing any third-party company to make satellite radio devices; producing new radios that can receive both XM and Sirius channels within one year; allowing consumers to choose which channels they would like to have; freezing subscription rates for three years; setting aside 8% of its channels for noncommercial programmers; and paying $ 19.7 million in fines for past rule violations. According to
3710-506: The minor and major leagues, Paulsen reviews it all and welcomes callers of all ages. Sundays 10-1 a.m. ET Join Jim Bowden and Jim Duquette as the former General Managers talk about the biggest issues MLB teams. Sundays 1-4 p.m. ET Dani Wexelman and former MLB Pitcher Trevor May fuse baseball and pop culture together as they look around the big leagues every Sunday Sirius Satellite Radio Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
3780-481: The music services Muzak / DMX Music or Music Choice , the SiriusXM for Business service uses the same channels and SDARS delivery platform as the consumer Sirius service. The SDARS delivery platform, on the other hand, is more reliable than any of the other services in that it is not subject to satellite dish rain fade . The highly elliptical orbit of the Sirius satellite constellation can pose difficulties for
3850-469: The new customers who bought XM to hear their favorite teams. It launched with a full lineup, and several guests immediately. On day one of broadcast, José Canseco made the claim to his former manager turned Home Plate host Kevin Kennedy that Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire took steroids during the 1998 Home Run Chase. XM Satellite Radio even put out a press release about the broadcast. Around launch time, XM announced that they had signed Cal Ripken Jr. to do
3920-399: The popular programs All Things Considered and Morning Edition . With the launch of Sirius Canada in December 2005, American listeners gained five Canadian-produced stations including CBC Radio One , CBC Radio Three and Iceberg Radio , and Première Plus , Énergie2 , and Bande à part for French listeners. Iceberg Radio is programmed by Standard Broadcasting , which also provides
3990-455: The receiver before being decoded. Heavy error correction is applied to the signals. All three signals contain the same audio content on all the channels that the receiver can receive, with the exception of one audio program waveform being transmitted ahead of the other two by approximately four seconds. With this time skew, the signals, once realigned, need to see an 8-second obstruction of overpass fade in order to lose audio content. This increases
4060-487: The receiver equipment ). There is a US$ 15 activation fee for every radio activated. Sirius announced it had achieved its first positive cash flow quarter for the period ending December 2006. Sirius launched its radio service in four states on February 14, 2002, expanding service to the rest of the contiguous U.S. by July of that year. On October 16, 2006, Sirius announced that it would be launching Sirius Internet Radio, with 78 of its 135 channels being available worldwide on
4130-635: The reliable delivery of the signal to stationary antennas in certain parts of the country. To eliminate this potential problem, Sirius launched a new geostationary satellite , FM-5, to improve service to non-mobile customers such as those of SiriusXM for Business. The service can also be accessed online using Sirius' online streaming technology, allowing any business with a broadband Internet connection to overcome any potential reception issues. Additionally, Sirius applied for repeaters in Hawaii and Alaska and has already been granted authority for 20 repeaters covering
4200-654: The rest of Scandinavia . The current primary uplink facility for Sirius, which was formerly used as the uplink site for Western Union 's Westar fleet of communication satellites from the early 1970s to the late 1980s, is located in Glenwood, New Jersey . The original facility was located on the roof of the building housing the Sirius studios in Rockefeller Center in New York City but has since been decommissioned. Greg Amsinger Greg Amsinger
4270-518: The robustness of the signal delivery in most driving conditions. In order to recover meaningful signal and error-free audio from a signal impaired by interference and fading, the receiver uses concatenated Reed-Solomon block coding and Forward Error Correction encoding and decoding (codec). This technique was proven in the early days of satellite modems in the late 1970s. Linkabit, then run by Irwin Jacobs prior to his involvement with Qualcomm, offered such
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#17327944527594340-427: The same frequency, forming a single frequency network. A number of transmitters can be placed around a city to create coverage that is less subject to fading than if a single transmitter were used. The satellite signal is QPSK. Both satellite and terrestrial signals have hierarchical modulation superposed on the original signal, a measure created to add bandwidth at a small expense in the satellite link budget for decoding
4410-770: The satellite radio industry." The first confirmed music transmission from satellite to radio receiver for Sirius was September 1, 2000, in NYC at the current HQ of SiriusXM. Ten employees were present during the first music transmission. One being Lawrence J. Simon, current VP Business and Ground Ops (Former B2B board member for NASCAR, Director of labs for Lockheed Martin and Grumman), Paul De Lia, current Senior Advisor for BCG (Former CTO for L3-Harris). Joe Clayton, former CEO of Global Crossing , followed as CEO from November 2001 until November 2004. He remained chairman until July 2008. Mel Karmazin , former president of Viacom , became CEO in November 2004 and remained in that position through
4480-520: The time a spinoff of AT&T. Early prototypes were followed by a number of generations of ASIC custom designed chipsets, supplied at first by Agere Systems and later supplied by Agere Systems and their competitor STMicroelectronics. Three signals from three different sources (satellite, satellite, and terrestrial) are therefore combined in the receiver as radio signals, (not as audio signals). The three signals need to be combined constructively (avoiding situations where bad signals pollute good signals) in
4550-526: Was a satellite radio ( SDARS ) and online radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Holdings . Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis , Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002. It now provides 69 streams (channels) of music and 65 streams of sports, news, and entertainment to its subscribers. A subset of Sirius music channels
4620-450: Was a result of Bell Labs' efforts in statistical multiplexing of perceptual audio coded signals, a cousin of the MP3 standards. The waveform design for the terrestrial and satellite signals, as well as the early prototype receivers, were implemented in an FPGA logic and tested in the field to verify the performance of the receivers. This work was contracted by Sirius to Lucent Technologies , at
4690-510: Was dissolved as a separate entity and merged into Sirius XM Radio, Inc. Sirius was founded by Martine Rothblatt , who served as the new company's Chairman of the Board. Co-founder David Margolese served as Chief Executive Officer and Robert Briskman served as President and Chief Operating Officer. In 1990, Rothblatt founded Satellite CD Radio, Inc. in Washington, D.C. The company
4760-560: Was forced by the stringent regulations of the FCC whose enforcement was intensified following the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy . In the wake of the announcement of his pending departure, Stern complained that Infinity Broadcasting was making his departure more acrimonious than was necessary. The deal, which gave Sirius exclusive rights to Stern's radio show, also gave Stern the right to build three full-time programming channels. His audience had grown almost tenfold by
4830-653: Was the Eternal Word Television Network . Among the hosts with Sirius/XM shows were: Sirius also broadcast sports content. It had exclusive satellite radio broadcasting rights to all NFL , CFL and NBA games. In December 2005, Sirius announced a multi-year deal with the NBA. The agreement also created a 24-hour NBA Radio Channel. Sirius aired Full Court Press, an all-NBA show. On November 12, 2008, NBA games switched to XM and were replaced by Sporting News Radio . NHL games were shared with XM for
4900-602: Was the first to petition the FCC to assign unused frequencies for satellite radio broadcast, which "provoked a furor among owners of both large and small [terrestrial] radio stations." Rothblatt had previously helped create the PanAmSat international satellite television system, and helped launch and served as CEO of the Geostar satellite navigation system. In April 1992, she resigned as chairman and CEO of Sirius in order to start
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