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That both XM and Sirius were granted a specific amount of capacity in the S-band, when their licenses were issued it was a condition that they not be allowed to merge.

Most of the content between the two is redundant, you don't need two 80's alternative stations for example, you don't need two angry white asshole stations with the same programs and a large number of stations are just garbage there for no other reason than nothing else needs the space. The value in Sirius and XM are in their exclusive content. Howard, O&A, NBA, MLB etc

The combined rationalized company could ultimately provide a richer service in the same bandwidth.

And bringing the price down can only be a good thing, when you can get a radio for minimal cost and a month of service for less than the average idiot spends on coffee the psychological barrier to paying for radio might be broken, and keep in mind regular radio is only getting worse everywhere in America.