NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will
offer baseball fans extensive coverage of the 2015 Major League
Baseball postseason, with live play-by-play of every game,
including both home and visiting team broadcasts, plus playoff talk
and analysis every day on the MLB Network Radio channel.
As the Official Satellite Radio Partner of Major League
Baseball, SiriusXM broadcasts every MLB game from Opening Day
through the World Series. 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 through their
smartphones on the SiriusXM app.
For a schedule of playoff games, with SiriusXM channel
assignments, go to www.siriusxm.com/mlbschedule.
MLB Network Radio, SiriusXM's 24-hour baseball talk channel (XM
channel 89, Sirius channel 209), will offer fans in-depth coverage
of the postseason with the latest news, interviews and
analysis. The channel's roster of expert hosts includes
former GMs Jim Bowden,
Jim Duquette and
Steve Phillips, former
managers Kevin Kennedy and
Bud Black, former players
Todd Hollandsworth,
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 Grant Paulsen.
During the League Championship Series and World Series, MLB
Network Radio will broadcast live on location from the ballpark
before and after games, offering game previews and post-game
interviews with players, managers and coaches. On location
broadcasts will be hosted by Bowden, Duquette, Ferrin, Stern and
Paulsen. Ferrin will also be in New
York and Pittsburgh tonight
and tomorrow reporting live before and after the Astros @ Yankees
and Cubs @ Pirates Wild Card games.
SiriusXM's Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo will host his daily show,
Mad Dog Unleashed, live from the ballpark before each World
Series game (4:00 pm ET on Mad Dog
Sports Radio, SiriusXM channel 82). Russo's MLB Network show,
High Heat with Christopher
Russo, which simulcasts daily on MLB Network Radio, will
also broadcast live on location at 3:00 p.m.
ET before every World Series game.
For more info visit www.siriusxm.com/mlb.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest
radio broadcaster measured by revenue and has 28.4 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,
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logos and artwork, please visit 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 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.
Source: SiriusXM
Media Contact:
Andrew FitzPatrick
SiriusXM
212-901-6693
Andrew.Fitzpatrick@SiriusXM.com
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