The satellite radio operators are claiming public support for their merger in and advertisement published in Communications Daily, The Hill, The Politico and Roll Call.
In the ad, XM and Sirius point to a national telephone survey of voters conducted by Public Opinion Strategies that found that 70% of those surveyed approved of the proposed à la carte and “Best of Both” programming options for the combined satcaster.
The survey of 800 registered voters was conducted Aug. 7–9, 2007, and has a margin of error of ±3.46% at the 95% confidence interval.
An executive summary of the survey is available at www.siriusmerger.com and www.xmmerger.com.
