NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM
(NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced a new marketing agreement with
Amazon.com that bundles Amazon's popular line of Echo smart
speakers with SiriusXM's streaming service, offering easy access to
SiriusXM's acclaimed programming – Howard
Stern, hundreds of channels of news, comedy, talk, live
sports, and music – at significant savings to consumers, in the
home.
The first phase of the collaboration showcases offers that are
available to consumers now for a limited time. The offering is the
largest initiative to date by SiriusXM – as part of its "Bring Us
Home" campaign – to popularize its programming beyond its
established base in cars, where it is installed in more than 110
million vehicles on the road today.
"Music and radio have always been central to the Alexa
experience and how customers engage with her every single day,"
said Jeff Kunins, Vice President,
Alexa Entertainment at Amazon.
"We're excited to work with SiriusXM to offer customers even more
ways to discover and listen to the content they love – including
news, comedy, live sports, music and more from SiriusXM."
"The products that SiriusXM and Amazon offer, and that consumers
love, truly go hand in hand," said Jim
Meyer, Chief Executive Officer, SiriusXM. "Amazon is an
unquestioned leader in delivering the products people want to their
homes, and the extraordinary popularity of their Echo devices, and
excitement for its latest Echo Dot, are the latest examples of
that. As a leader in audio entertainment, SiriusXM's unparalleled
bundle of programming makes listening through those devices more
enjoyable. With an Echo device, the SiriusXM streaming service is
easier than ever to use in the home. This marks the beginning of a
collaboration between our two companies that will empower us both
to serve new and existing customers better as we bundle our
products and offer exceptional value for their purchase."
Eligible customers who currently own or purchase a new Amazon
Echo device through Amazon.com will get their first three months
free of SiriusXM programming when they subscribe to a new SiriusXM
Premier Streaming or SiriusXM All Access subscription. For
important offer details from Amazon, visit:
www.amazon.com/sxmoffer.
Additionally, customers who go to SiriusXM.com to subscribe to a
new SiriusXM All Access or SiriusXM Premier Streaming subscription
– available at special promotional rates – will also receive
Amazon's all-new Echo Dot for free, with a minimum six-month
service requirement. Existing SiriusXM subscribers who upgrade from
a SiriusXM Select to a SiriusXM All Access package will also be
eligible for an offer to receive Amazon's all-new Echo Dot, thus
unlocking access to SiriusXM's full streaming platform.
For important offer details from SiriusXM, visit:
www.siriusxm.com/getalexa.
Additional initiatives involving Amazon devices, the Alexa voice
service, and SiriusXM programming are expected to be announced this
year.
SiriusXM All Access and SiriusXM Premier Streaming subscribers
have streaming access to SiriusXM via the SiriusXM app and web
player, enabling them to connect to their favorite channels online,
on-the-go and at home on connected devices and speakers. SiriusXM's
Premier Streaming offering is a standalone streaming subscription,
while All Access combines streaming with SiriusXM's in-car audio
offering.
The SiriusXM app offers more than 200 channels of content,
including several exclusive online-only channels, video from the
Howard Stern Show, and thousands of hours of on-demand
content plus live music performances, comic routines, audio
documentaries, and exclusive interviews.
SiriusXM All Access delivers a comprehensive bundle of
entertainment, sports and news programming. It includes
Howard Stern's two exclusive
channels, commercial-free music from many genres, plus every NFL,
MLB®, and NBA game, every NASCAR® race, NHL® games, PGA
TOUR® coverage, college sports, some of the biggest names and
brands in entertainment, news and comedy, and more.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest
radio company measured by revenue and has approximately 33.5
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 2.6 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, 2017, 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 for SiriusXM:
Patrick Reilly
SVP, Corporate Communications
212-901-6646
Patrick.Reilly@SiriusXM.com
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