More Merger Hearings

The Senate Judiciary Committee wants their turn at bat regarding the proposed merger of Sirius and XM. Interestingly, the title of the hearing seems to indicate that their will be some sort of finality on whether or not this merger would create a monopoly. Given all of the testimony to date, this issue should have already been put to rest. representatives in the house overwhelmingly acknowledge that there is substantial competition in the market, and further, recognize that there have been vast changes since 1997 when the licenses were created.

"The XM-Sirius Merger: Monopoly or Competition from New Technologies "
Senate Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

DATE: March 20, 2007
TIME: 02:15 PM
ROOM: Dirksen-226
OFFICIAL HEARING NOTICE / WITNESS LIST:

March 7, 2007

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights has scheduled a hearing on “The XM-Sirius Merger: Monopoly or Competition from New Technologies” for Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 2:15 p.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Chairman Kohl will preside.

By order of the Chairman