College Basketball Tournaments Tip Off This Week on XM Satellite Radio

College Basketball Tournaments Tip Off This Week on XM Satellite Radio

WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- College basketball heats up on XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:XMSR) this week as the nation's leading provider of satellite radio broadcasts men's college basketball tournaments live from coast to coast.

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"Whether you're a student on campus or an alumnus who lives a thousand miles away, XM Radio brings you the very best in college basketball action," said Kevin Straley, vice president of talk programming, XM Satellite Radio. "You can hear the tournaments on XM in your car, at home or the office, or on the go."

Tournament action begins Thursday, March 10, at 12 noon ET with the opening round of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Tournament live from the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.

XM, the official satellite radio partner of the ACC, will air the tournament games on a suite of ACC Sports channels: XM channels 191, 192, and 193.

XM's line-up of tournament openers on Thursday continues with the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament at the United Center in Chicago.

The first round begins Thursday at 12 noon ET; XM will carry tournament games on Big Ten Sports channels 197, 198, and 199.

Next, XM brings the Pacific Life Pac-10 Men's Basketball Tournament to its millions of subscribers live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The Pac-10 tournament on XM, another satellite radio exclusive, tips off Thursday at 3:00 pm ET. The tournament games will air on XM's Pac-10 Sports channels 194, 195, and 196.

In addition to offering a wide variety of live college sports action, XM is the official satellite radio network of Major League Baseball and the exclusive satellite radio service of the Indy Racing League and NASCAR. XM serves up live sports play-by-play and talk radio on ESPN Radio, as well as sports talk on ESPNews Radio, Fox Sports Radio, and Sporting News Radio.

The latest models of XM radio receivers, such as the portable Delphi MyFi XM2go, the Delphi XM SKYFI2 radio, and the Audiovox XR9 radio, have sports tickers that display current scores and upcoming game times for college basketball and many other sports.

About XM Satellite Radio

XM (NASDAQ:XMSR) is America's number one satellite radio service with more than 3.2 million subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios in Washington, DC, New York City and Nashville at the Country Music Hall of Fame, XM's 2005 lineup includes more than 150 digital channels of choice from coast to coast: more than 65 commercial-free music channels, featuring hip hop to opera, classical to country, bluegrass to blues; more than 60 channels of premier sports, talk, comedy, children's and entertainment programming; and 21 channels of the most advanced traffic and weather information for major metropolitan areas nationwide. XM was named Best Radio Service at the 2004 Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards. Popular Science recently chose XM products for two prestigious "Best of What's New 2004" Awards. As the Official Satellite Radio Network for Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Exclusive Satellite Radio Service for NASCAR, as well as the Official Satellite Radio Service for ACC, PAC-10 and Big-10 collegiate football and basketball, XM Satellite Radio is the satellite radio leader in sports radio programming, offering thousands of live sporting events each year.

XM, the leader in satellite-delivered entertainment and data services for the automobile market through partnerships with General Motors, Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Volkswagen/Audi, is available in more than 120 different vehicle models for 2005. XM also is available in Avis, National, and Alamo rental cars. XM is the exclusive in-flight entertainment service for AirTran Airways, and will soon be available on JetBlue flights. Consumers can experience XM over the Internet through XM Radio Online at http://listen.xmradio.com/. For more information about XM hardware, programming and partnerships, please visit http://www.xmradio.com/.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements in this press release include demand for XM Satellite Radio's service, the Company's dependence on technology and third party vendors, its potential need for additional financing, as well as other risks described in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 3-15-04. Copies of the filing are available upon request from XM Radio's Investor Relations Department.

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CONTACT: David Butler of XM Satellite Radio, +1-202-380-4317, or david.butler@xmradio.com

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