Sirius XM satellite radio round-up

The satellite radio round up is a collection of announcements recently released by Sirius XM, Sirius or XM Canada that we think are of interest to Satellite radio subscribers.

Recent satellite radio announcements include Sirius XM’s ‘The History of Howard Stern: Act III’ series, a completed schedule of College Football Bowl games, Bomani Jones joining Hardcore Sports Radio, and Regis Philbin guest hosts on Bing Crosby Christmas Radio.

Sirius XM holiday music programming now on

Sirius XM today launched two of its five limited run holiday music channels.

Launching today is Holly, which will feature contemporary holiday music as well as traditional favourites, including songs by John Mayer, Colbie Caillat, Josh Groban and Michael Buble and Holiday Traditions will feature traditional holiday recordings from the ’40s through the ’60s by artists such as Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Ray Conniff and Nat “King” Cole.

Consumers planning to spend more on electronics this Xmas

U.S. consumers plan to spend more on consumer electronics this holiday season, as technology garners a larger share of holiday gift budgets, according to a new survey released today by the Consumer Electronics Association. (CEA)

The industry trade group 16th annual Holiday Purchase Pattern Study conducted in September found that four out of five adults (80 percent) plan on buying CE products this holiday season, the highest results in the 16 years of the survey.