NEW YORK, March 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will
again provide the most comprehensive national Major League Baseball
coverage available on radio for the 2017 MLB season. SiriusXM
subscribers will have access to every regular season and postseason
game on their satellite radios and via the SiriusXM app, as well as
24/7 news, talk and analysis on the exclusive MLB Network Radio
channel.
Throughout the season, every MLB game is 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. The SiriusXM app offers a
suite of 30 play-by-play channels dedicated to streaming the
official radio broadcasts of every MLB team, giving fans access to
both the home and visiting team broadcasts for every game.
The 2017 MLB season begins on Sunday,
April 2, with a tripleheader featuring the Tampa Bay Rays
hosting the New York Yankees (1:10 pm
ET), the San Francisco Giants visiting the Arizona
Diamondbacks (4:10 pm ET) and the
World Champion Chicago Cubs visiting the St. Louis Cardinals
(8:35 pm ET). Baseball's
official Opening Day is Monday, April
3, with the other 24 MLB clubs in action.
For a schedule of all games and their SiriusXM channels visit
www.SiriusXM.com/MLBschedule.
Listeners also get the most in-depth coverage and analysis 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's roster of expert hosts includes former
GMs Jim Bowden,
Jim Duquette and
Steve Phillips, former
players Cliff Floyd,
Brad Lidge, CJ
Nitkowski, Steve Sax,
Ryan Spilborghs, Mike
Stanton and Rico
Petrocelli, former manager Kevin Kennedy, national baseball writers
Mel Antonen, Tyler Kepner, Scott Miller and Jon Paul Morosi, as well as Casey Stern, Scott Braun, Mike
Ferrin, Jeff
Joyce, Dan Graca,
Jim Memolo, Grant Paulsen and Sam Ryan.
Joining the MLB Network Radio staff as hosts this season will be
former major league veteran players Eduardo Perez and Matt Diaz.
On Opening Day, April 3, MLB
Network Radio will broadcast live from Camden Yards before the
Baltimore Orioles host the Toronto Blue Jays. Former general
manager Steve Phillips and
Scott Braun will host live from the
ballpark starting at 12:00 pm ET.
Throughout the season, listeners will hear regular one-on-one
interviews with several managers including: Brad Ausmus (Tigers), Jeff Banister (Rangers), Bruce Bochy (Giants), Kevin Cash (Rays), Craig
Counsell (Brewers), John
Farrell (Red Sox), A.J. Hinch
(Astros), Bob Melvin (Athletics) and
Ned Yost (Royals).
MLB Network Radio also features a simulcast of Chris "Mad Dog"
Russo's MLB Network show, High Heat with Christopher Russo, every weekday afternoon
at 1:00 pm ET as well as simulcasts
of additional MLB Network television programming, including the
flagship studio show MLB Tonight on weeknights at
6:00 pm ET.
Follow the channel on Twitter @MLBNetworkRadio.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest
radio company measured by revenue and has approximately 31.3
million subscribers. SiriusXM creates and offers commercial-free
music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive
talk and entertainment, and a wide-range of Latin music, sports and
talk programming. SiriusXM is available in vehicles from every
major car company and on smartphones and other connected devices as
well as online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM radios and accessories are
available from retailers nationwide and online at SiriusXM.
SiriusXM also provides premium traffic, weather, data and
information services for subscribers through SiriusXM Traffic™,
SiriusXM Travel Link, NavTraffic®, NavWeather™. SiriusXM delivers
weather, data and information services to aircraft and boats
through SiriusXM Aviation™ and SiriusXM Marine™. In addition,
SiriusXM Music for Business provides commercial-free music to a
variety of businesses. SiriusXM holds a minority interest in
SiriusXM Canada which has approximately 2.8 million subscribers.
SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services,
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.
To download SiriusXM logos and artwork, visit
http://www.siriusxm.com/LogosAndPhotos.
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 and the timing of events may
differ materially from the results anticipated in these
forward-looking statements.
The following factors, among others, could cause actual
results and the timing of events to differ materially from the
anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the
forward-looking statements: our substantial competition, which is
likely to increase over time; our ability to attract and retain
subscribers, which is uncertain; interference to our service from
wireless operations; consumer protection laws and their
enforcement; unfavorable outcomes of pending or future litigation;
the market for music rights, which is changing and subject to
uncertainties; our dependence upon the auto industry; general
economic conditions; the security of the personal information about
our customers; 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; our failure
to realize benefits of acquisitions or other strategic initiatives;
rapid technological and industry changes; failure of third parties
to perform; our failure to comply with FCC requirements;
modifications to our business plan; our indebtedness; our principal
stockholder has significant influence over our affairs and over
actions requiring stockholder approval and its interests may differ
from interests of other holders of our common stock; impairment of
our business by third-party intellectual property rights; and
changes to our dividend policies which could occur at any time.
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, 2016, 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.
Source: SiriusXM
Media contact:
Andrew FitzPatrick
SiriusXM
212-901-6693
Andrew.FitzPatrick@SiriusXM.com
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