The Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL to Broadcast Announcement of
Regular-Season Playing Schedule for All 32 Teams This Afternoon
NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio
(Nasdaq: SIRI) will broadcast the official announcement of the NFL 2004
week-by-week and team-by-team regular-season playing schedule this afternoon
at 5pm ET on SIRIUS Sports // 124.
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The SIRIUS broadcast will be the audio accompaniment to the NFL Network's
NFL Total Access, hosted by Rich Eisen. In addition to highlighting the key
match-ups of the 2004 season, the special will feature interviews with current
players and coaches to gauge their reactions to the schedule as it comes out
and also provide viewers with the list of games airing nationally on each
network week by week.
The two-hour special will also feature special guests Warren Sapp, who
this year will play for the Oakland Raiders; FOX broadcaster Troy Aikman and
ESPN announcer Joe Theismann.
About SIRIUS
SIRIUS provides listeners with more than 110 channels of the best
commercial-free music, sports, information and entertainment, with digital
quality sound coast-to-coast, broadcast daily from New York City, Los Angeles,
Nashville, New Orleans, Houston and Daytona, FL. SIRIUS offers more than 60,
100% commercial-free music channels featuring multiple offerings of Pop, Rock,
Country, Hip-Hop, R&B, Dance, Jazz, Classical and Latin music, along with more
than 50 channels of world-class sports, news, talk entertainment, traffic and
weather for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95, with greater savings
for upfront payments of multiple months or a year or more. SIRIUS also
broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NHL, NBA and NFL, and is the
official satellite radio partner of the NFL.
SIRIUS Satellite Radio products for the car, truck, home, RV and boat are
manufactured by Alpine, Audiovox, Blaupunkt, Clarion, Eclipse, Jensen, JVC,
Kenwood, Panasonic, Tivoli and U.S. Electronics, and can be purchased at major
retailers including Best Buy, Car Toys, Circuit City, Good Guys, Sears,
Tweeter and Ultimate Electronics, along with RadioShack and DISH Network
outlets in mid-2004.
SIRIUS' exclusive automotive partners DaimlerChrysler, Ford and BMW
represent more than 40% of new cars and light trucks sold annually in the
United States. Automotive brands currently offering SIRIUS radios in select
new car models include BMW, MINI, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeepa, Nissan, Infiniti,
Mazda, Audi, Ford, Lincoln-Mercury, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen. Automotive
brands that have announced plans to offer SIRIUS radios in select models
include Jaguar, Volvo, Land Rover and Aston Martin. In 2004, SIRIUS radios
are expected to be available in nearly 80 different car models, with more than
50 of them factory programs. Also Hertz currently offers SIRIUS in 29 vehicle
models at 53 major locations around the country. In addition, Penske
Companies - Penske Auto Group, United Auto Group and Penske Trucking -- are
offering SIRIUS radios as a factory installed option, where available, in
their cars and trucks through their dealerships.
Genmar Holdings, the world's largest manufacturer of recreational boats,
Formula Boats and Winnebago, the leading supplier of recreational vehicles and
motor homes, also offer SIRIUS.
Click on http://www.sirius.com to find a SIRIUS retailer or car dealer in your
area. SIRIUS subscribers can listen on SIRIUS channel 149.
Any statements that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations,
beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance with
respect to SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. are not historical facts and may be
forward-looking and, accordingly, such statements involve estimates,
assumptions and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.
Accordingly, any such statements are qualified in their entirety by reference
to the factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among the
key factors that have a direct bearing on our results of operations are: our
dependence upon third parties to manufacture, distribute, market and sell
SIRIUS radios and components for those radios; the unproven market for our
service; our competitive position and any events which affect the useful life
of our satellites.
SOURCE SIRIUS Satellite Radio
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CONTACT: Jim Collins, Media and Investors, +1-212-901-6422, jcollins@SIRIUSradio.com, or Ron Rodrigues, Media Relations, +1-212-584-5192, rrodrigues@SIRIUS.com, both of SIRIUS
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