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Category: Satellite Radio
Brand: XM Satellite Radio
Source: Kim Harper, Account Supervisor, Millsport

Sponsorship Activities: Major League Baseball, 10 MLB teams, National Hockey League, 11 NHL teams, U.S Open, PGA Tour, IRL, Big 10 Conference, Big East Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Pacific 10 Conference.

Sponsorship Elements:
1. Web presence: XM uses online banners on property Web site to drive offers to subscription registration on XM web site.
2. Interactive in-stadium presence: XM is going away from static signage presence to have more interactive-based signage. This includes primarily videoboard features that feature the product and its extensive channel offerings.
3. Hospitality: The company uses hospitality offerings to entertain on a local level.

Target customer: XM’s primary customers are males, aged 25-to-44 years old. The secondary target audience is comprised of males, aged 18-to-24 years old.

50 percent of XM’s business comes from pre-installed radios in new cars with the remaining half coming from retail purchases.

SATELLITE RADIO ANALYSIS
Source: Scarborough Research

Adults 18+ (202,164 respondents) – Release 2, 2005 – Multi-Market

Items/Services HHLD plans to buy in next 12 months: Satellite radio

  • Prospective Satellite radio customers are Minor League sports fans

    - Prospective Satellite radio customers are more likely relative to market average to be Very Or Somewhat interested in:

    1. Minor League Hockey - 104% more likely than market average to be Very OR Somewhat interested in Minor League Hockey
    2. National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) - 87% more likely than market average to be Very OR Somewhat interested in the NHRA
    3. National Hockey League (NHL) - 85% more likely than market average to be Very OR Somewhat interested in the NHL
    4. Minor League Baseball - 76% more likely than market average to be Very OR Somewhat interested in Minor League Baseball
    5. CART/Champ Car racing - 71% more likely than market average to be Very OR Somewhat interested in CART/Champ Car racing

Items/Services HHLD plans to buy in next 12 months: Satellite radio

  • Prospective Satellite radio customers are most interested in these sports - % of prospective buyers are interested in these sports.
1. 58.2% of prospective Satellite radio buyers are very or somewhat interested in the National Football League (NFL).
2. 54.6% of prospective Satellite radio buyers are very or somewhat interested in the Olympics.
3. 45.2% of prospective Satellite radio buyers are very or somewhat interested in Major League Baseball (MLB).
4. 40.9% of prospective Satellite radio buyers are very or somewhat interested in College Football
5. 32.2% of prospective Satellite radio buyers are very or somewhat interested in College Basketball

Top Leisure Activities past 12 months of prospective Satellite radio buyers

Leisure Activities participated in past 12 months

1. Swimming – 46% of prospective Satellite radio buyers have participated in swimming as a leisure activity in the past 12 months.
2. Gardening– 41%
3. Free Weights/Circuit Training – 40%
4. Photography – 37%
5. Bicycling – 32%

Top DMA’s planning to purchase Satellite radio in next 12 months: - Market Penetration:

1. Spokane – 2.1% of all adults 18+ living in the Spokane DMA plan to purchase Satellite radio next 12 months. OR 16,658 prospective satellite radio buyers reside in the Spokane DMA.
2. Washington DC – 2%
3. Philadelphia – 2%
4. Knoxville – 2%
5. Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto – 1.9%

Scarborough Research
Study: Multi-Market 2005 Release 2(12 Months only)
Release: Total Weight (August 2004 - September 2005)
Base: Total
Projected: 174140594 Respondents: 202164

Target: Items/services HHLD plans to buy in next 12 months (HHLD): Satellite radio subscription (Sirius, XM)
Projected: 2060657 Respondents: 1956
Percent of Base: 1.18

  Total Pop. Total % Target Pop. Target % Index Horz %
Total 174,140,594 100.0% 2,060,657 100.0% 100 1.2%
Current level of interest in
Arena Football League (AFL)
           
Very /Somewhat 8,531,778 4.9% 134,201 6.5% 133 1.6%
Current level of interest in
CART/Champ Car racing
           
Very/Somewhat 9,932,328 5.7% 201,319 9.8% 171 2.0%
Current level of interest in
College basketball
           
Very/Somewhat 42,032,423 24.1% 663,410 32.2% 133 1.6%
Current level of interest in
College football
           
Very/Somewhat 53,266,549 30.6% 842,711 40.9% 134 1.6%
Current level of interest in
horse racing
           
Very/Somewhat 18,288,489 10.5% 210,159 10.2% 97 1.1%
Current level of interest in
IndyCar/IRL
           
Very/Somewhat 15,071,272 8.7% 255,989 12.4% 144 1.7%
Current level of interest in
Ladies' golf (LPGA)
           
Very/Somewhat 11,894,544 6.8% 119,383 5.8% 85 1.0%
Current level of interest in
Major League Baseball (MLB)
           
Very/Somewhat 59,341,314 34.1% 931,767 45.2% 133 1.6%
Current level of interest in
Major League Soccer (MLS)
           
Very/Somewhat 11,886,451 6.8% 186,172 9.0% 132 1.6%

Current level of interest in
Men's golf (PGA)

           
Very/Somewhat 30,102,630 17.3% 376,692 18.3% 106 1.3%
Current level of interest in
Minor League Baseball
           
Very/Somewhat 13,298,965 7.6% 277,706 13.5% 176 2.1%
Current level of interest in
Minor League Hockey
           
Very/Somewhat 5,737,366 3.3% 138,349 6.7% 204 2.4%
Current level of interest in
Monster trucks
           
Very/Somewhat 13,190,953 7.6% 258,120 12.5% 165 2.0%
Current level of interest in
NASCAR
           
Very/Somewhat 34,406,369 19.8% 571,951 27.8% 140 1.7%
Current level of interest in
Nat'l Basketball Assoc (NBA)
           
Very/Somewhat 40,914,980 23.5% 570,765 27.7% 118 1.4%
Current level of interest in
National Football League (NFL)
           
Very/Somewhat 76,034,722 43.7% 1,199,203 58.2% 133 1.6%
Current level of interest in
National Hockey League (NHL)
           
Very/Somewhat 19,237,266 11.0% 420,475 20.4% 185 2.2%
Current level of interest in
NHRA (National Hot Rod Assoc)
           
Very/Somewhat 13,169,887 7.6% 291,688 14.2% 187 2.2%
Current level of interest in
Olympics
           
Very/Somewhat 93,783,547 53.9% 1,124,359 54.6% 101 1.2%
Current level of interest in
Pro bowling (PBA)
           
Very/Somewhat 9,226,855 5.3% 101,603 4.9% 93 1.1%
Current level of interest in
Pro Bull Riding (PBR)
           
Very/Somewhat 14,888,845 8.5% 175,225 8.5% 99 1.2%
Current level of interest in
Pro Rodeo
           
Very/Somewhat 13,856,103 8.0% 167,023 8.1% 102 1.2%
Current level of interest in
Pro tennis (ATP/WTA)
           
Very/Somewhat 19,269,678 11.1% 248,253 12.0% 109 1.3%
Current level of interest in Supercross/Motocross            
Very/Somewhat 10,945,733 6.3% 249,455 12.1% 193 2.3%
Current level of interest in
Women's Nat'l Basketball (WNBA)
           
Very/Somewhat 11,270,743 6.5% 92,005 4.5% 69 0.8%
Current level of interest in
WWE (pro wrestling)
           
Very/Somewhat 12,347,668 7.1% 185,239 9.0% 127 1.5%

Copyright Scarborough Research 2005
No definitions subject to reliability notification
This exported report is not MRC accreditable




This story was originally published on March 1, 2006.

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