Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Related Party Transactions (Tables)

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Related Party Transactions (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Summary of Related Party Transaction
          We had the following related party transaction balances at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
                                                                                 
    Related party     Related party     Related party     Related party     Related party  
    current assets     long-term assets     current liabilities     long-term liabilities     long-term debt  
        June 30,         December 31,         June 30,         December 31,         June 30,         December 31,         June 30,         December 31,         June 30,         December 31,  
    2011*     2010     2011*     2010     2011*     2010     2011*     2010     2011*     2010  
Liberty Media
  $     $     $ 1,385     $ 1,571     $ 9,723     $ 9,765     $     $     $ 327,296     $ 325,907  
Sirius XM Canada
    6,264             69,938             6,079             23,129                    
SIRIUS Canada
          5,613                         1,805                          
XM Canada
          1,106             31,904             4,275             24,517              
 
                                                           
Total
  $ 6,264     $ 6,719     $ 71,323     $ 33,475     $ 15,802     $ 15,845     $ 23,129     $ 24,517     $ 327,296     $ 325,907  
 
                                                           
 
*   SIRIUS Canada and XM Canada combined in June 2011. The combined entity now operates as Sirius XM Canada.
Summary of Related Party Long Term Debt
          Liberty Media has advised us that as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, it owned the following amounts of our debt securities:
                 
        June 30,         December 31,  
    2011     2010  
8.75% Senior Notes due 2015
  $ 150,000     $ 150,000  
9.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2015
    50,000       50,000  
13% Senior Notes due 2013
    76,000       76,000  
7% Exchangeable Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014
    11,000       11,000  
7.625% Senior Notes due 2018
    50,000       50,000  
 
           
Total principal debt
    337,000       337,000  
Less: discounts
    9,704       11,093  
 
           
Total carrying value debt
  $ 327,296     $ 325,907  
 
           
Revenue From SIRIUS Canada
          We recorded the following revenue from SIRIUS Canada. Royalty income is included in other revenue and dividend income is included in Interest and investment income (loss) in our unaudited consolidated statements of operations:
                                 
    For the Three Months     For the Six Months  
    Ended June 30,     Ended June 30,  
    2011*     2010     2011*     2010  
Royalty income
  $ 5,475     $ 1,765     $ 9,945     $ 3,440  
Dividend income
    222       231       460       457  
 
                       
Total revenue from SIRIUS Canada
  $ 5,697     $ 1,996     $ 10,405     $ 3,897  
 
                       
 
*   SIRIUS Canada combined with XM Canada in June 2011.
Revenue From XM Canada
          We recorded the following revenue from XM Canada as Other revenue in our unaudited consolidated statements of operations:
                                 
    For the Three Months     For the Six Months  
    Ended June 30,     Ended June 30,  
    2011*     2010     2011*     2010  
Amortization of XM Canada deferred income
  $ 694     $ 694     $ 1,388     $ 1,388  
Subscriber and activation fee royalties
    2,860       2,658       5,483       5,005  
Licensing fee revenue
    1,500       750       3,000       2,250  
Advertising reimbursements
    416       333       833       667  
 
                       
Total revenue from XM Canada
  $ 5,470     $ 4,435     $ 10,704     $ 9,310  
 
                       
 
*   XM Canada combined with SIRIUS Canada in June 2011.
Revenue From General Motors Company and American Honda
          We recorded the following total related party revenue from GM and American Honda, primarily consisting of subscriber revenue, in connection with the agreements above:
                 
    For the Three Months     For the Six Months  
    Ended June 30,     Ended June 30,  
    2010*     2010*  
GM
  $ 4,995     $ 12,759  
American Honda
    2,103       4,990  
 
           
Total
  $ 7,098     $ 17,749  
 
           
 
*   GM and American Honda were considered related parties through May 27, 2010.
Expenses Incurred With General Motors and American Honda
          We have incurred the following related party expenses with GM and American Honda:
                                 
    For the Three Months Ended June 30,     For the Six Months Ended June 30,  
    2010*     2010*  
            American             American  
    GM     Honda     GM     Honda  
Sales and marketing
  $ 5,575     $     $ 13,374     $  
Revenue share and royalties
    6,756       1,337       15,823       3,167  
Subscriber acquisition costs
    7,027       742       17,514       1,969  
Customer service and billing
    50             125        
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized
                1,421        
 
                       
Total
  $ 19,408     $ 2,079     $ 48,257     $ 5,136  
 
                       
 
*   GM and American Honda were considered related parties through May 27, 2010.