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65-562: 1worldspace , known for most of its existence simply as WorldSpace , is a defunct satellite radio network that in its heyday provided service to over 170,000 subscribers in eastern , southern and northern Africa , the Middle East , and much of Asia with 96% coming from India . It was profitable in India, with 450,000 subscribers. The two operational satellites that the company had, AfriStar and AsiaStar , are now being used by their new owner,

130-597: A TV or projector by connecting it with an HDMI cable. It comes along with two wireless microphones. Karaoke tracks are classified under Actors, Artistes, Eras, Moods and Top 50 for easy and quick selection. It comes in the classic Metallic Red color. Yoodlee Films is the film division of Saregama India. Founded in 2017, it is headquartered in Mumbai and has made 17 films across genres and languages, for both theatrical release and for video streaming platforms like Netflix , Disney+ Hotstar and Zee 5 . The film Hamid by Aijaz Khan

195-774: A back-up station would be available. The TCR stations for AfriStar were located in Bangalore, India and Port Louis, Mauritius , and the ones for AsiaStar in Melbourne, Australia and Port Louis, Mauritius. In addition to the TCR stations, a communications system monitoring station (CSM) was associated with each satellite to monitor continuously the quality of the downlink services. The CSM facilities were located in Libreville, Gabon and Johannesburg, South Africa for AfriStar and Melbourne, Australia for AsiaStar. Users purchased receivers compatible with

260-658: A combination of satellite and terrestrial broadcasts in late 2009. It had signed an agreement with Fiat , an Italian automobile manufacturer, to make radios capable of receiving the signals available to car owners. Fiat had planned to make such radios available as a bookable option made prior to purchasing a car. If the service had been launched and had been a commercial success in Italy, it was then planned to make similar services available in Germany and Switzerland. 1worldspace would have used ETSI Satellite Digital Radio (SDR) open standard in

325-546: A factor in the company’s steady growth. As of 2013 , the main competition to satellite radio is streaming Internet services, such as Pandora and Spotify , as well as FM and AM Radio. Satellite radio differs from AM, FM radio, and digital television radio (DTR) in the following ways (the table applies primarily to the United States): Sa Re Ga Ma Saregama India Ltd. , formerly known as The Gramophone Company of India Ltd. ,

390-1116: A new radio frequency spectrum band dedicated to Broadcast Satellite Services (BSS) in the L-band – 1,452 MHz – 1,492 MHz. After WARC-92 Samara went on to build WorldSpace and van der Heyden to build IndoVison and the Indostar S-band Direct Broadcast Satellite satellite program for Indonesia. WorldSpace first began broadcasting satellite radio on 1 October 1999, in Africa. In a last-ditch but ultimately completely unsuccessful effort to avoid commercial insolvency in July 2008, WorldSpace changed its brand and corporate identity to 1worldspace. Before filing for bankruptcy in October 2008, 1worldspace employed two satellites and broadcast 62 channels – 38 of which were content provided by international, national and regional third parties and 24 1worldspace-branded stations produced by or for 1worldspace. Most of

455-525: A pre-loaded collection of 3000 retro Hindi songs by yesteryear's singing legends. The songs are divided into various categories such as Artistes, Specials and Playlists. The personal device has a rechargeable battery with approximately seven hours of playtime. The additional features include Bluetooth, aux cable, micro SD, and FM / AM options. Carvaan Go Gold is available in Champagne Gold and Rose Gold color variants with Harman/Kardon sound. Carvaan Mini

520-403: A prolonged series of financial crises. In the first quarter of 2008 the company lost a net total of 2,676 subscribers and reported that it would scale back its marketing activities around the world. WorldSpace recorded a $ 36.0 million net loss in the second quarter of 2008, as compared to a net loss of $ 51.2 million in the second quarter of 2007. Throughout 2008 and 2009 company was in deep debt and

585-516: A record factory was started in Dum Dum in Calcutta, the first outside UK. On 13 August 1946, it was incorporated as a Private Limited company with the name of ‘The Gramophone Co. (India) Limited'. It was converted into a public company on 28 October 1968 and consequently the name of the company was changed to ‘The Gramophone Company of India Limited'. RPG Group took over the company in 1985 from EMI when

650-441: A satellite radio network, before being bought out by CD Radio in 1993 for $ 2 million. In November 1999, Margolese changed the name of CD Radio to Sirius Satellite Radio. In November 2001, Margolese stepped down as CEO, remaining as chairman until November 2003, with Sirius issuing a statement thanking him "for his great vision, leadership and dedication in creating both Sirius and the satellite radio industry." XM’s first satellite

715-486: A satellite receiver plus an antenna that has to be placed in clear view of the relevant satellite, and properly oriented to the user's geographic azimuth and elevation. A new receiver manufactured by Delphi using open standard ETSI Satellite Digital Radio technology would have been used in Europe if the company had entered the car satellite radio receiver marketplace. 1worldspace finally became insolvent in 2009/2010 after

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780-507: A third satellite, AmeriStar (also known as CaribStar and later renamed AfriStar 2). This satellite was built but never launched. A fourth satellite, WorldStar 4 , was also considered and some components were acquired. However, the whole WorldStar 4 satellite was never built. The regional operations centers for the satellites were located in Silver Spring, Maryland for AfriStar and Melbourne, Australia for AsiaStar. These centers managed

845-566: A while Liberty Media (a spin-off of TCI , an American cable-television group) sought to buy the assets, but in June 2010, a company called Yazmi USA owned by former WorldSpace founder, chairman, and CEO Noah Samara purchased the remains for US$ 5.5M. On 18 July 2011, Forbes India reported that Timbre Media was re-launching WorldSpace Radio in association with Sa Re Ga Ma in September 2011, although it would only be streamed through mobile phones,

910-914: Is India 's oldest music record label company, owned by the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group of companies. The company is listed on the NSE and the BSE with its head office located in Kolkata and other offices in Mumbai , Chennai and Delhi . Apart from music, Saregama also produces films under the brand name Yoodlee Films and multi-language television content. Saregama also retails a music-based hardware platform called Carvaan. Saregama owns music repertoire across film music, non-film music, Carnatic , Hindustani classical , devotional music, etc. in over 25 Indian languages . The first song recorded in India by Gauhar Jaan in 1902 and

975-450: Is a portable music player with multiple variants of Bhakti , Rabindrasangeet , and Gurbani . Other variants have a collection of 351 songs dedicated to Hindi legends, Marathi legends, Bengali legends, Kannada legends, Malayalam legends, Tamil legends, Telugu legends, and Carvaan Mini M. S. Subbulakshmi , consisting of 351 songs. Saregama recently launched Carvaan Mini Shrimad Bhagavad Gita , pre-loaded with 18 Adhyays, 700 verses of

1040-832: Is officially available across various domains for audiences to consume. This includes over-the-top (OTT) music streaming apps ( Spotify , Gaana , Wynk , YouTube Music , Hungama , Resso, Apple Music , Tidal , Pandora , Napster , GP Music, BL Vibe etc.), broadcasting platforms ( Star network , Sony Tv Network , Viacom 18 , India TV , Zee , Sun TV Network , etc.), OTT video streaming platforms ( Netflix , Amazon Prime , Disney Plus Hotstar , Zee 5 , Alt Balaji , Sony Liv , Chorki , Bioscope etc.) and social media platforms ( Instagram , YouTube , Facebook , Josh , Moj, Triller ). Many Hindi films in recent times have their music on Saregama. These include Kahaani 2 , 102 Not Out , Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga , Total Dhamaal and Panga , among others. The company has also signed as

1105-495: The L-Band frequency in order to access the system. The radio receiver processed, decoded and descrambled the signals to allow users to receive programming content. The company's broadcast frequency and satellites required a special receiver design incorporating either a small patch antenna measuring approximately 6 to 8 cm (2.4 to 3.2 inches) which folded neatly into the receiver unit or a similarly sized omni-directional antenna mounted on

1170-1114: The Yazmi USA, LLC run by WorldSpace's former CEO Noah A. Samara . The company claims to have built the first satellite-to-tablet content delivery system. The system primarily aims at providing educational services to rural areas in developing countries. The first pilots of the technology are said to be taking place in India (with 30,000 licenses) and the sub-Saharan region in Africa, with the latest trials in two schools in South Africa , in Rietkol , in Mpumalanga Province, and at Heathfield, in Western Cape . The company, founded in 1990, has its headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland and additional studios were located in Washington, D.C. , Bangalore , Mumbai , New Delhi , and Nairobi . In 1991 Noah Samara, working with Thomas van der Heyden – founder of what

1235-650: The 1990s in the United States. WorldSpace operated in the Africa and Asia region, whereas Sirius and XM competed in the North American (USA and Canada) market. Of the three companies, WorldSpace went bankrupt in 2009 and Sirius and XM merged in 2008 to form Sirius XM . The merger was done to avoid bankruptcy. The new company had financial problems and was within days of bankruptcy in 2009, but was able to find investors. The company did not go bankrupt and Sirius XM Satellite radio continues (as of 2024 ) to operate. WorldSpace

1300-467: The 2.3 GHz S band in North America for nationwide digital radio broadcasting. MobaHO! operated at 2.6 GHz. In other parts of the world, satellite radio uses part of the 1.4 GHz L band allocated for DAB . Satellite radio subscribers purchase a receiver and pay a monthly subscription fee to listen to programming. They can listen through built-in or portable receivers in automobiles; in

1365-589: The Bhagavad Gita and 101 Krishna Bhajans. Carvaan Mini Art of Living with knowledge task by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Carvaan Mini Kids, a dedicated variant for children, comes pre-loaded with over 80 English and Hindi rhymes, over 300 stories, over 15 learning topics, and over 30 mantras and devotional songs. Apart from pre-loaded content, it works as a Bluetooth speaker and offers USB and aux in compatibility. A special edition – Carvaan Mini Kids – Chhota Bheem has also been launched. Carvaan Karaoke launched in

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1430-475: The Internet and direct-to-home television networks. Reportedly, old WorldSpace receivers would no longer work. The re-launch would start with 40 stations and eventually have as many as 120 stations, including sub-categories such as music for cardio-workouts. 1worldspace assembled a combination of news, sports, music, brand name content and educational programming which it delivered to its market in Africa, Asia, and

1495-1001: The Middle East. The 62 channels (38 of which were third-party content and 24 of which were produced by or for 1worldspace) represented popular international music formats including contemporary hits, country, classic rock and jazz with content specific to the local geographic region. Sports coverage included content from Fox Sports Radio and talkSPORT in addition to regional coverage. 1worldspace also broadcast news from well-renowned sources such as BBC , CNBC , CNN , NPR , RFI , and WRN . Additional content included channels that highlighted poetry and literature, comedy, talk shows, and inspirational and religious programming. 1worldspace's program directors and announcers operated from studios in Washington, D.C., Bangalore, and Nairobi, where 18 original music and lifestyle channels were created for distribution. Four of these stations were previously available in

1560-618: The Republic of Korea and whose services began on October 20, 2004, and ended on March 31, 2009. XM satellite radio was launched in Canada on November 29, 2005. Sirius followed two days later on December 1, 2005. Sirius Canada and XM Radio Canada announced their merger into Sirius XM Canada on November 24, 2010. It was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on April 12, 2011. Satellite radio uses

1625-629: The Telugu space, Saregama has over 8000 tracks. Saregama has an extensive collection of Malayalam music with over 7000 tracks of both film and non-film music. Saregama has a collection of over 3000 songs of Kannada film and non-film music. Saregama has over 26,000 tracks in Bengali, including over 7900 Rabindra Sangeet and 1500 Nazrul Geeti . Saregama has over 6000 film and non-film Marathi tracks. Saregama has over 920 songs in Bhojpuri in their catalogue. In

1690-545: The United States began providing background music to hotels, retail chains, restaurants, airlines and other businesses. On April 30, 2013, SiriusXM CEO Jim Meyer stated that the company would be pursuing opportunities over the next few years to provide in-car services through their existing satellites, including telematics (automated security and safety, such as stolen vehicle tracking and roadside assistance) and entertainment (such as weather and gas prices). As of December 2020 , SiriusXM had 34.7 million subscribers. This

1755-497: The United States on the XM Satellite Radio network. This arrangement ended in 2008. The 1worldspace system had three major components: the space segment, the ground segment, and the user segment. The space segment referred to the company-owned satellites that broadcast the signals over a large percentage of the eastern hemisphere. The ground segment referred to the operating and broadcasting centers. The user segment referred to

1820-578: The brand name HMV ( His Master's Voice ) which was synonymous with film music in India. From 2000 onwards, it started retailing its products under the brand name, Saregama. Carvaan is a portable music player with a pre-loaded collection of 5000 evergreen songs. It is an easy to use device and features in-built stereo speakers. It supports other features like USB, FM, and aux in. Since its inception, Saregama has launched multiple variants of Carvaan in different languages like Hindi , Punjabi , Tamil , Bengali and Marathi . In 2018, Saregama Carvaan Premium

1885-415: The car rooftop. Each receiver was individually addressable via a unique identifier that could be used to unlock specially coded audio or multimedia signals. This capability provided the flexibility to deliver free, subscription and/or premium services to consumers. The currently available receivers were manually coded for subscription authorization. A password, valid for varying periods of time depending upon

1950-505: The channels used to be available only through a subscription plan. 1worldspace claimed to be the only company with rights to the world's globally allocated spectrum for digital satellite radio. However, it never made use of its license to broadcast to the Americas or the Caribbean. The company gained attention around 2000 because of its willingness to invest in impoverished areas and from 2006 to

2015-573: The company began operations by recording the first song in India, as the first overseas branch of the Gramophone Company ( EMI from 1931). It was incorporated in Calcutta (now Kolkata) as The Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd. The following year, Gramophone inventor Emile Berliner 's assistant Fred Gaisberg came to India "on a mission to capture [its] music". Gauhar Jaan became the first Indian artist to be recorded there, on 5 January 1902. In 1907,

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2080-461: The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2008. In March 2010, the company announced it would be de-commissioning its two satellites (one served Asia , the other served Africa). Liberty Media , which owns 50% of Sirius XM Radio, had considered purchasing WorldSpace’s assets, but talks between the companies collapsed. The satellites are now transmitting educational data and operate under

2145-604: The company's financial health was poor. The name of the company was then changed from The Gramophone Company of India Limited to its current name, Saregama India Limited , on 3 November 2000. In 2005, the remaining EMI stake was sold off to the parent company. Saregama's recording studio, called Dum Dum studio , was built in 1928 in Calcutta. It is one of the oldest studios in Southeast Asia . Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore had recorded his songs and poems in his own voice at this studio. Rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam 's voice

2210-661: The first film made in Bollywood ‘ Alam Ara ' in 1931 were under the music label. Saregama purveyor of Carnatic, Hindustani classical, devotional music also promotes dance music like Madhuban mein Radhika Nache . Saregama holds the rights of 61 movies and over 6000 hours of TV content. With increasing focus in the new music space, Saregama has been cementing its position with new film and non-film acquisitions across Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi and other regional languages. The music catalogue of Saregama

2275-630: The home and office with a portable or tabletop receiver equipped to connect the receiver to a stereo system; or on the Internet. Reception is activated by obtaining the radio's unique ID and giving this to the service provider. Ground stations transmit signals to the satellites which are 35,786 kilometers (22,236 miles) above the Equator in geostationary orbits . The satellites send the signals back down to radio receivers in cars and homes. This signal contains scrambled broadcasts, along with meta data about each specific broadcast. The signals are unscrambled by

2340-667: The industry," the FCC also sold a license to the American Mobile Radio Corporation, which changed its name to XM Satellite Radio in October 1998. XM was founded by Lon Levin and Gary Parsons, who served as chairman until November 2009. CD Radio purchased their license for $ 83.3 million, and American Mobile Radio Corporation bought theirs for $ 89.9 million. Digital Satellite Broadcasting Corporation and Primosphere were unsuccessful in their bids for licenses. Sky Highway Radio Corporation had also expressed interest in creating

2405-537: The information they need to improve their lives, have the means to communicate their needs and wants, are able to share what they know with others – in their own voice. The organization attempted to reach the most people for the least cost by combining satellite and other technologies. By bypassing the isolating effects of illiteracy and remoteness, the organization routinely delivers information to people in areas lacking electricity, telephone or Internet service. Since uninterrupted line of sight reception may be difficult in

2470-653: The length of the subscription purchased and paid for, is provided to a subscriber and entered into the receiver. Passwords were re-validated on a quarterly basis. Upon subscription renewal, a new passcode was provided and similarly entered into the receiver. As new receiver products were introduced, there were plans to provide over-the-air activation of subscriptions. The radio sets, or receivers, which could pick up 1worldspace signals were manufactured by South Korea's AMI, India's BPL and China's Tongshi, among other corporations. Discontinued models were manufactured by JVC , Sanyo , Hitachi , and Panasonic . The radios consisted of

2535-554: The name of Yazmi USA, LLC. Ondas Media was a Spanish company which had proposed to launch a subscription-based satellite radio system to serve Spain and much of Western Europe, but failed to acquire licenses throughout Europe. Onde Numérique was a French company which had proposed to launch a subscription-based satellite radio system to serve France and several other countries in Western Europe but has suspended its plans indefinitely, effective December, 2016. Sirius Satellite Radio

2600-568: The new European coverage beam. The receivers for the new markets would have been manufactured by Delphi and would have delivered a gap-free coverage to vehicles similar to that of Sirius XM Radio vehicular mobile service. Satellite radio Satellite radio technology was inducted into the Space Foundation Space Technology Hall of Fame in 2002. Satellite radio uses the 2.3 GHz S band in North America for nationwide digital radio broadcasting. In other parts of

2665-486: The official music label for forthcoming films like Bell Bottom , Gangubai Kathiawad , Kurup , Maidaan and the untitled next film of Ranveer Singh with director Shankar . In the Punjab music space, Saregama has a catalogue of over 8000 tracks. Over 11,800 tracks are available in the library. Saregama owns all the songs of MS Subbulakshmi , the first singer to win India's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna. In

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2730-551: The performance and status of the satellites by controlling them and monitoring there. The system architecture is identical for each region. Telemetry, command and ranging (TCR) ground stations consisted of an X-Band uplink command and control system and an L-Band telemetry monitoring system. A backup mode was also provided using an S-Band link from Bangalore , India . Each satellite had two TCR stations with sufficient geographic distance between them so that if natural disasters or any unforeseen events were to make one inoperable,

2795-450: The premium versions of Saregama Carvaan which have all the old features of Carvaan along with Wi-Fi connectivity, additional audio stations, Champagne Gold and Rose Gold colours, and a Harman/Kardon sound system. The other variants include Carvaan GO, Carvaan Mini and Carvaan Karaoke. Carvaan can be purchased online through Amazon in India, USA, Canada, UK and UAE. Carvaan GO is a portable digital audio player with in-built speakers and

2860-486: The present due to its financial difficulties and bankruptcy proceedings. European operations were liquidated in the spring of 2009. On December 25, 2009, the company issued notices to all of its subscribers in India that WorldSpace service in India would officially be terminated from December 31, 2009, with no refunds given to its subscribers, on account of bankruptcy. The company was known as AfriSpace until 1992 when it changed its name to WorldSpace until July 2008. For

2925-534: The radio receiver modules, which display the broadcast information. In urban areas, ground repeaters enable signals to be available even if the satellite signal is blocked. The technology allows for nationwide broadcasting, so that, for instance US listeners can hear the same stations anywhere in the country. Satellite radio in the US offers commercial-free music stations, as well as news, sports, and talk, some of which include commercials. In 2004, satellite radio companies in

2990-528: The satellites, and for various other business expenses. Stating that it was the only way satellite radio could survive, Sirius and XM announced their merger on February 19, 2007, becoming Sirius XM. The FCC approved the merger on July 25, 2008, concluding that it was not a monopoly, primarily due to Internet audio-streaming competition. MobaHo! was a mobile satellite digital audio/video broadcasting service based in Japan which offered different services to Japan and

3055-518: The space of Gujarati music, Saregama has over 2900 film and non-film tracks. Saregama also has over 1400 tracks each in Odia and Assamese, comprising both of film and non-film tracks. Saregama also has a devotional catalogue with over 18,300 tracks, spanning Hindu devotional tracks, Gurbani, Islamic tracks and Christian devotional tracks. It also has an extensive folk music collection spanning folk songs in Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, and Gujarati. In 1901,

3120-553: The urban areas, a need to install terrestrial repeating transmitters to rebroadcast the satellite signals in the largest metropolitan areas of intended mobile DARS markets was identified. The company had been licensed to build networks of terrestrial repeaters in Italy , Switzerland and Germany . With this addition, the system could have provided more reliable broadcast services to receivers in automobiles. 1worldspace had planned to start providing mobile radio and data services in Italy using

3185-530: The use of the S-band frequencies that the FCC subsequently decided to allocate to digital audio broadcasting. The National Association of Broadcasters contended that satellite radio would harm local radio stations. In April 1992, Rothblatt resigned as CEO of Satellite CD Radio; Briskman, who designed the company's satellite technology, was then appointed chairman and CEO. Six months later, Rogers Wireless co-founder Margolese, who had provided financial backing for

3250-745: The user-owned devices in which the signal was received. In addition, the company planned to implement terrestrial repeater networks in order to facilitate access to new markets in Europe and the Middle-East. The 1worldspace system was built with companies including Alcatel Space (now Thales Alenia Space ), EADS Astrium and Arianespace (France), SED (Canada), GSI (USA), Fraunhofer Society (Germany), ST Microelectronics (Italy), Micronas (Germany) and others. 1worldspace operated two satellites: AfriStar and AsiaStar . This made it available in Asia, Africa, Middle East, and parts of Europe. The company ordered also

3315-441: The venture, acquired control of the company and succeeded Briskman. Margolese renamed the company CD Radio, and spent the next five years lobbying the FCC to allow satellite radio to be deployed, and the following five years raising $ 1.6 billion, which was used to build and launch three satellites into elliptical orbit from Kazakhstan in July 2000. In 1997, after Margolese had obtained regulatory clearance and "effectively created

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3380-587: The world, particularly in a disaster-relief context. The promotions also mentioned WorldSpace's facilitation of long-distance educational projects in Africa. The ads, broadcast on Washington D.C. radio stations, appeared aimed at government procurement officials and possibly NGOs. WorldSpace named noted Indian composer A.R. Rahman as its brand ambassador in India where 90% of its customers are located, and unveiled an integrated marketing communication campaign across print and visual media featuring an exclusive signature tune composed by Mr. Rahman. WorldSpace Foundation

3445-420: The world, satellite radio uses the 1.4 GHz L band allocated for DAB . The first satellite radio broadcasts occurred in Africa and the Middle East in 1999. The first US broadcasts were in 2001 followed by Japan in 2004 and Canada in 2005. There have been three (not counting MobaHo! of Japan) major satellite radio companies: WorldSpace , Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio , all founded in

3510-419: The year 2020. It is the top end version of Carvaan with all its features plus 1000 Hindi karaoke tracks. It comes pre-loaded with 5000 evergreen Hindi songs, 1000 karaoke tracks, over 300 daily updated podcast stations, FM/AM, Bluetooth, USB and aux in. Carvaan Karaoke has an inbuilt screen to display the karaoke screen, which slides upwards upon pressing the karaoke button. The karaoke lyrics can be displayed on

3575-403: Was a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization created in 1997 with the aim of improving literacy in Africa, and providing content through satellite to smaller community radio stations in the continent. WorldSpace Foundation has changed its name to First Voice International . First Voice International was a non-profit organization that tried to ensure that people living in poverty and remote places get

3640-414: Was also recorded here. The Dum Dum Recording studio was also a house to manufacturing and production of Gramophone Records and thereafter Music Cassettes . With advent of digital formats, the physical formats progressively went out of consumer patronage and consequently, these manufacturing facilities were shut down. For the first 100 years, the company retailed its products (records, cassettes, CDs) under

3705-616: Was bestowed with two National Awards in the 66th National Awards for Best Film in Urdu and Best Child Artist for Talha Arshad Reshi. Hamid also won the Muhammad Al-Ameen Award, a diploma of honour for the best film on peace at the 37th Fajr International Film Festival . At the 67th National Film Awards, actor Naga Vishal won the National Award for 'Best Child Artist' for his role in the film. Additionally, Sushama Deshpande received

3770-631: Was founded by Martine Rothblatt , who served as the new company's Chairman of the Board. Co-founder David Margolese served as Chief Executive Officer with former NASA engineer Robert Briskman serving as President and Chief Operating Officer. In June 1990, Rothblatt's shell company, Satellite CD Radio, Inc., petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to assign new frequencies for satellites to broadcast digital sound to homes and cars. The company identified and argued in favor of

3835-565: Was founded by Ethiopia-born lawyer Noah Samara in Washington, D.C. , in 1990, with the goal of making satellite radio programming available to the developing world. On June 22, 1991, the FCC gave WorldSpace permission to launch a satellite to provide digital programming to Africa and the Middle East . WorldSpace first began broadcasting satellite radio on October 1, 1999, in Africa. India would ultimately account for over 90% of WorldSpace’s subscriber base. In 2008, WorldSpace announced plans to enter Europe , but those plans were set aside when

3900-413: Was launched on March 18, 2001 and its second on May 8, 2001. Its first broadcast occurred on September 25, 2001, nearly four months before Sirius. Sirius launched the initial phase of its service in four cities on February 14, 2002, expanding to the rest of the contiguous United States on July 1, 2002. The two companies spent over $ 3 billion combined to develop satellite radio technology, build and launch

3965-562: Was launched with additional features. There are 52 additional stations (as compared to the base model) and app support is provided for iOS and Android to create playlist and controlling the music system. In the year 2019, Saregama launched Carvaan 2.O. In addition to the collection of 5000 songs, Wi-Fi connectivity is available which provides access to over 300 audio stations and over 20,000 songs. The content pushed as podcasts includes devotionals, children's rhymes, talk shows, travel, food, and health. Carvaan Gold and Carvaan Gold 2.O are

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4030-405: Was not covered by the bankruptcy filing. In August 2008, two of the top executives of 1worldspace announced their resignations. Greg Armstrong, co-COO, left effective on August 1 and Alexander Brown, co-COO, has given notice of his intention to leave. WorldSpace audio advertisements in 2006 highlighted the company's ability to provide communication and data-transmission services to remote areas of

4095-451: Was primarily due to the company’s partnerships with automakers and car dealers. Roughly 60% of new cars sold come equipped with SiriusXM, and just under half of those units gain paid subscriptions. The company has long-term deals with General Motors , Ford , Toyota , Kia , Bentley , BMW , Volkswagen , Nissan , Hyundai and Mitsubishi . The presence of Howard Stern , whose show attracts over 12 million listeners per week, has also been

4160-420: Was reported to owe its creditors over $ 50 million, due to be paid by various repeatedly postponed deadlines. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 17 October 2008. The reorganization includes a 90-day $ 13 million debtor-in-possession financing approach, with the hopes of obtaining added funds to repay senior secured notes and convertible notes . The company's wholly owned India affiliate

4225-558: Was then International Telecommunications Inc. (ITI), later in 1997 to become the geostationary satellite division of Orbital Sciences , prepared and filed for the world's first Radio Broadcast Satellite with the US FCC. In 1992, Samara and van der Heyden (at the time representing the Republic of Indonesia ) were able, at WARC-92 with the support of many African and Asian countries, to have the ITU establish

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