NEW YORK and BELLEVUE, Wash., March
17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM and T-Mobile (NASDAQ:
TMUS) today announced that T-Mobile wireless customers will get more with exclusive access to a
free, first-of-its-kind Pandora streaming experience with
unprecedented listener benefits, including ad-free radio weekends,
special "Top Tracks" music stations powered by popular SiriusXM
channels, and early access to SiriusXM original podcasts – just for
being a part of the T-Mobile family.
Beginning Tuesday, March 23, any
T-Mobile customer with T-Mobile Tuesdays can get free access to
this special enhanced version of
Pandora's classic personalized music experience featuring ad-free
radio weekends through March
2022.
"Pandora and T-Mobile have built on our longstanding
relationship to create an exciting new way for T-Mobile customers
to discover, share, and enjoy the music and podcasts they love
most," said Denise Karkos, CMO of
SiriusXM, the parent company of Pandora. "We've combined Pandora's
personalized listening experience with exclusive access to a special selection of
must-hear SiriusXM audio entertainment, along with ad-free radio
weekends, to deliver even more for T-Mobile customers."
"We're rolling out the magenta carpet once again for T-Mobile
customers giving more free benefits and even more value through
partnerships with today's best brands," said T-Mobile CMO Matt
Staneff. "Now more than ever, we recognize the power that music has
to connect communities. Today marks another exciting step in our
relationship with Pandora, offering T-Mobile customers a new,
supercharged version of a brand they already love. At T-Mobile,
it's about getting more value on us — just for being with us."
Pandora with ad-free radio weekends for T-Mobile includes the
classic free Pandora experience with personalized music stations
that can be custom-tuned with its innovative new Modes feature and
a rich selection of podcasts with tens of thousands of shows across
all genres including original series from SiriusXM, Stitcher and
Marvel. Plus:
- Ad-free Pandora music stations each weekend
- Special "Top Tracks" music stations powered by SiriusXM,
featuring songs curated from popular SiriusXM channels including
The Highway, Hits 1, The Heat, and 90s on 9
- Exclusive access to SiriusXM original podcasts like Exit 209
with Storme Warren and
Unboxing the 90s
- Early access to new episodes of SiriusXM podcasts on Pandora
including The Hoda Show, Sway's Interviews, Fierce Women in
Music, Binge Guide, and The Jess Cagle Podcast with
Julia Cunningham
Now, how to get it all? Download the T-Mobile Tuesdays app
(for Android or iOS) and starting Tuesday, March 23, save and redeem the Pandora
offer to then open or download the Pandora app. Then, create or log
into your Pandora account for access to exclusive SiriusXM music
stations and podcasts, and watch a short message each week to enjoy
ad-free radio all weekend long.
For more information on T-Mobile Tuesdays, head to
https://www.t-mobile.com/offers/t-mobile-tuesdays.
Qualifying service required for T-Mobile Tuesdays. Save and
redeem in the T-Mobile Tuesdays app by December 31, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Limit 1 offer/qualifying T-Mobile
and Sprint subscriber. Offer & unused Ad-free weekend time
cannot be transferred, sold, or redeemed for cash or credit. Must
be a U.S. resident, 18+ and have an active Pandora account to
redeem Offer. This Offer cannot be combined with any other offer,
discount, or promotion. Void where prohibited. Offer may not be
available on certain consumer devices or products. Subject to full
Offer Terms, available on the T-Mobile Tuesdays app.
About T-Mobile
T-Mobile U.S. Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is America's supercharged
Un-carrier, delivering an advanced 4G LTE and transformative
nationwide 5G network that will offer reliable connectivity for
all. T-Mobile's customers benefit from its unmatched combination of
value and quality, unwavering obsession with offering them the best
possible service experience and undisputable drive for disruption
that creates competition and innovation in wireless and beyond.
Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile
provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its
flagship brands, T-Mobile, Metro by T-Mobile and Sprint. For more
information please visit: https://www.t-mobile.com.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the leading audio
entertainment company in North
America, and the premier programmer and platform for
subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products.
Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported
audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM and
Pandora's properties reach more than 150 million listeners, the
largest addressable audience in the U.S., across all categories of
digital audio – music, sports, talk, and podcasts. SiriusXM's
acquisitions of Stitcher and Simplecast, alongside industry-leading
ad tech company AdsWizz, make it a leader in podcast hosting,
production, distribution, analytics and monetization. SiriusXM,
through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite
radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment
businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to
automakers. For more about SiriusXM, please go
to: www.siriusxm.com.
About Pandora
Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported
audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. Pandora
provides consumers a uniquely-personalized music and podcast
listening experience with its proprietary Music Genome Project® and
Podcast Genome Project® technology. Pandora is also the
leading digital audio advertising platform in the U.S. Through its
own Pandora service, its AdsWizz platform, and third party
services, such as SoundCloud, the Company connects brands to the
largest ad-supported streaming audio marketplace in the country.
Pandora is available through its mobile app, on the web at
www.pandora.com, and integrations with more than 2,000 connected
products.
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: the COVID-19 pandemic is adversely impacting our
business; we face substantial competition and that
competition is likely to increase over time; our efforts to attract
and retain subscribers and listeners, or convert listeners into
subscribers, which may not be successful, and may adversely affect
our business; we engage in extensive marketing efforts and the
continued effectiveness of those efforts is an important part of
our business; we rely on third parties for the operation of our
business, and the failure of third parties to perform could
adversely affect our business; we may not realize the benefits of
acquisitions and other strategic investments and initiatives; a
substantial number of our Sirius XM subscribers periodically cancel
their subscriptions and we cannot predict how successful we will be
at retaining customers; our ability to profitably attract and
retain subscribers to our Sirius XM service as our marketing
efforts reach more price-sensitive consumers is uncertain; our
business depends in large part on the auto industry; failure of our
satellite would significantly damage our business; our Sirius XM
service may experience harmful interference from wireless
operations; our Pandora ad-supported business has suffered a
substantial and consistent loss of monthly active users, which may
adversely affect our Pandora business; our failure to convince
advertisers of the benefits of our Pandora ad-supported service
could harm our business; if we are unable to maintain revenue
growth from our advertising products, particularly in mobile
advertising, our results of operations will be adversely affected;
changes in mobile operating systems and browsers may hinder our
ability to sell advertising and market our services; if we fail to
accurately predict and play music, comedy or other content that our
Pandora listeners enjoy, we may fail to retain existing and attract
new listeners; privacy and data security laws and regulations may
hinder our ability to market our services, sell advertising and
impose legal liabilities; consumer protection laws and our failure
to comply with them could damage our business; failure to comply
with FCC requirements could damage our business; if we fail to
protect the security of personal information about our customers,
we could be subject to costly government enforcement actions and
private litigation and our reputation could suffer; interruption or
failure of our information technology and communications systems
could impair the delivery of our service and harm our business; the
market for music rights is changing and is subject to significant
uncertainties; our Pandora services depend upon maintaining complex
licenses with copyright owners, and these licenses contain onerous
terms; the rates we must pay for "mechanical rights" to use musical
works on our Pandora service have increased substantially and these
new rates may adversely affect our business; our use of pre-1972
sound recordings on our Pandora service could result in additional
costs; failure to protect our intellectual property or actions by
third parties to enforce their intellectual property rights could
substantially harm our business and operating results; some of our
services and technologies may use "open source" software, which may
restrict how we use or distribute our services or require that we
release the source code subject to those licenses; rapid
technological and industry changes and new entrants could adversely
impact our services; we have a significant amount of indebtedness,
and our debt contains certain covenants that restrict our
operations; we are a "controlled company" within the meaning of the
NASDAQ listing rules and, as a result, qualify for, and rely on,
exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements; while we
currently pay a quarterly cash dividend to holders of our common
stock, we may change our dividend policy at any time; and our
principal stockholder has significant influence, including over
actions requiring stockholder approval, and its interests may
differ from the interests of other holders of our common stock; if
we are unable to attract and retain qualified personnel, our
business could be harmed; our facilities could be damaged by
natural catastrophes or terrorist activities; the unfavorable
outcome of pending or future litigation could have an adverse
impact on our operations and financial condition; we may be exposed
to liabilities that other entertainment service providers would not
customarily be subject to; and our business and prospects depend on
the strength of our brands. 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, 2020, 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.
Media contact for SiriusXM/Pandora:
Jason Roth, jroth@pandora.com
Media contact for T-Mobile US,
Inc.:
mediarelations@t-mobile.com
Source: SiriusXM
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