NEW YORK, April 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM, the
Official Satellite Radio Partner of Major League Baseball, will
provide comprehensive coverage for the 2015 MLB season, offering
subscribers the most extensive coverage available in radio.
SiriusXM subscribers will have access to every regular season and
postseason game on their satellite radios, as well as on their
mobile devices and online.
MLB games are available on Sirius radios with either a Premier
or All Access package and on all XM radios. Through
SiriusXM's agreement with MLBAM, MLB play-by-play is also available
to all subscribers on the SiriusXM app and online at
SiriusXM.com.
SiriusXM subscribers listening to MLB games through the SiriusXM
app or online have access to a suite of 30 play-by-play channels
dedicated to streaming the official radio broadcasts of every MLB
team. These channels give fans access to both the home and
visiting team broadcasts for every MLB game, allowing them to hear
their favorite team's announcers all season long.
Listeners also get access to multiple Spanish-language
broadcasts each night of the regular season from a select number of
teams. For a schedule of games in English and Spanish with
their channel assignments visit www.SiriusXM.com/MLBschedule.
Listeners will continue to get the most in-depth radio coverage
of the league 365 days a year with MLB Network Radio, SiriusXM's
24-hour baseball talk channel (XM channel 89, Sirius channel
209). The channel features the latest baseball news and daily
baseball talk with a roster of expert hosts that includes former
GMs Jim Bowden, Jim Duquette and Steve Phillips, former Rookie of the
Year Todd Hollandsworth,
former manager Kevin Kennedy,
former All-Stars Brad Lidge,
Steve Sax, Mike Stanton and Rico Petrocelli, national baseball writers
Tyler Kepner, Scott Miller and Jon Paul Morosi, as well as Casey Stern, Mike
Ferrin, Jim Memolo
and others.
The channel will continue to feature a simulcast of Chris "Mad
Dog" Russo's MLB Network show, High Heat with Christopher Russo, every weekday afternoon,
as well as simulcasts of additional MLB Network television
programming, including the flagship studio show MLB
Tonight.
On Opening Day, April 6, MLB
Network Radio will broadcast live from Nationals Park, where the
Washington Nationals will host their division rival, the New York
Mets. Casey Stern and
Mike Ferrin will host live from the
ballpark at 1:00 pm ET. Then on
Friday, April 10, Jim Duquette and Ferrin will broadcast their
show, Power Alley, from Camden Yards in Baltimore starting at 10:00 am ET before the Orioles open up their home
schedule against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Follow the channel on Twitter @MLBNetworkRadio.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest
radio broadcaster measured by revenue and has 27.3 million
subscribers. SiriusXM creates and broadcasts commercial-free
music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive
talk and entertainment; and the most comprehensive Latin music,
sports and talk programming in radio. SiriusXM is available in
vehicles from every major car company in the U.S. and on
smartphones and other connected devices as well as online at
siriusxm.com. SiriusXM radios and accessories are available from
retailers nationwide and at shop.siriusxm.com. SiriusXM also
provides premium traffic, weather, data and information services
for subscribers in cars, trucks, RVs, boats and aircraft through
SiriusXM Traffic™, SiriusXM Travel Link, NavTraffic®, NavWeather™,
SiriusXM Aviation, SiriusXM Marine™, Sirius
Marine Weather, XMWX Aviation™, and XMWX Marine™.
SiriusXM holds a minority interest in SiriusXM Canada which has
more than 2 million subscribers. SiriusXM is also a leading
provider of connected vehicles services to major automakers, giving
customers access to a suite of safety, security, and convenience
services including automatic crash notification, stolen vehicle
recovery assistance, enhanced roadside assistance and turn-by-turn
navigation.
On social media, join the SiriusXM community on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
This communication contains "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to,
statements about future financial and operating results, our plans,
objectives, expectations and intentions with respect to future
operations, products and services; and other statements identified
by words such as "will likely result," "are expected to," "will
continue," "is anticipated," "estimated," "believe," "intend,"
"plan," "projection," "outlook" or words of similar meaning.
Such forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs
and expectations of our management and are inherently subject to
significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and
contingencies, many of which are difficult to predict and generally
beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from
the results anticipated in these forward-looking
statements.
The following factors, among others, could cause actual
results to differ materially from the anticipated results or other
expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements: our
competitive position versus other radio and audio service
providers; our ability to attract and retain subscribers, which is
uncertain; our dependence upon the auto industry; general economic
conditions; changes in consumer protection laws and their
enforcement; the security of the personal information about our
customers; other existing or future government laws and regulations
could harm our business; failure of our satellites would
significantly damage our business; the interruption or failure of
our information technology and communications systems; royalties we
pay for music rights, which increase over time; the unfavorable
outcome of pending or future litigation; our failure to realize
benefits of acquisitions or other strategic initiatives; rapid
technological and industry changes; failure of third parties to
perform; failure to comply with FCC requirements; modifications to
our business plans; our indebtedness; and our principal stockholder
has significant influence over our management and over actions
requiring stockholder approval and its interests may differ from
interests of other holders of our common stock. Additional
factors that could cause our results to differ materially from
those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which is filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and available at the
SEC's Internet site (http://www.sec.gov). The
information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and
we disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward
looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the
date of this communication.
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Media contact:
Andrew FitzPatrick
SiriusXM
212-901-6693
andrew.fitzpatrick@siriusxm.com
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