Joint Effort By Visteon, XM

WASHINGTON--XM Satellite Radio and Visteon Corp. have joined to bring about Space Age technology that beams nationwide broadcasts to automobiles. The combination of XM’s digital radio service and Visteon’s vehicle systems will provide motorists with up to a hundred 100 new radio channels from coast-to-coast--covering such formats as music, news, talks, sports, entertainment and children’s programming, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

“We look forward to working with Visteon, a world renowned supplier of automotive technology and presenting the XM sound experience to their automotive customers,” said XM’s Vice President of Retail, Marketing and Distribution Dan Murphy.

Under terms of the agreement, Visteon and XM will partner to design, develop, manufacture, market and license XM satellite radio technology radios.

“We are thrilled to be part of this dramatic radio industry evolution. We look forward to applying our world-renowned expertise in developing automotive entertainment systems for this emerging industry,” said John Slosar, North American and Asian Strategic Business Unit director of Visteon’s Telematics/Multimedia Business System.

In addition to what the companies call “excellent sound and reception” quality, the satellite radio product will display additional information for listeners, including the channel name and number, artist and song title.

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