The control that XM and Sirius wield over receiver production ‘al...
The control that XM and Sirius wield over receiver production “allows them to use hardware pricing as a tool to promote self-serving practices that can harm the consumer,” distributor U.S. Electronics told the FCC in opposition to the satellite…
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radio merger. The company said it thinks XM and Sirius are moving from using multiple receiver distributors to “sole source supply.” Sirius “is believed to be entering into an exclusive distributorship” with Directed Electronics, and XM is negotiating an exclusive arrangement with Audiovox, U.S. Electronics said. Executives at Audiovox and Directed -- both competitors of U.S. Electronics -- couldn’t be reached for comment.