Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Related Party Transactions (Tables)

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Related Party Transactions (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Summary Of Related Party Transaction Balances
          We had the following related party transaction balances at September 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  
    September 30,     December 31,     September 30,     December 31,     September 30,     December 31,     September 30,     December 31,     September 30,     December 31,  
    2011*     2010     2011*     2010     2011*     2010     2011*     2010     2011*     2010  
Liberty Media
  $     $     $ 1,300     $ 1,571     $ 10,461     $ 9,765     $     $     $ 328,029     $ 325,907  
Sirius XM Canada
    5,228             68,643             6,080             22,435                    
SIRIUS Canada
          5,613                         1,805                          
XM Canada
          1,106             31,904             4,275             24,517              
 
                                                           
Total
  $ 5,228     $ 6,719     $ 69,943     $ 33,475     $ 16,541     $ 15,845     $ 22,435     $ 24,517     $ 328,029     $ 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 September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 it owned the following amounts of our debt securities:
                 
    September 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
    8,971       11,093  
 
           
Total carrying value debt
  $ 328,029     $ 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 Nine Months  
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2011*     2010     2011*     2010  
Royalty income
  $     $ 3,163     $ 9,945     $ 6,603  
Dividend income
          232       460       689  
 
                       
Total revenue from SIRIUS Canada
  $     $ 3,395     $ 10,405     $ 7,292  
 
                       
 
*   SIRIUS Canada combined with XM Canada in June 2011.
Revenue From XM Canada
          We recorded the following revenue from Sirius XM Canada as Other revenue in our unaudited consolidated statements of operations:
         
    For the Three and Nine Months  
    Ended September 30,  
    2011*  
Royalty income
  $ 6,468  
Amortization of Sirius XM Canada deferred income
    694  
Licensing fee revenue
    1,500  
Advertising reimbursements
     
 
     
Total revenue from Sirius XM Canada
  $ 8,662  
 
     
 
*   Sirius XM Canada commenced operations on June 2011.
          We recorded the following revenue from XM Canada as Other revenue in our unaudited consolidated statements of operations:
                                 
    For the Three Months     For the Nine Months  
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2011*     2010     2011*     2010  
Amortization of XM Canada deferred income
  $     $ 693     $ 1,388     $ 2,081  
Subscriber and activation fee royalties
          2,594       5,483       7,599  
Licensing fee revenue
          750       3,000       3,000  
Advertising reimbursements
                833       667  
 
                       
Total revenue from XM Canada
  $     $ 4,037     $ 10,704     $ 13,347  
 
                       
 
*   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 Nine Months  
    Ended September 30,  
    2010*  
GM
  $ 12,759  
American Honda
    4,990  
 
     
Total
  $ 17,749  
 
     
 
*   GM and American Honda were considered related parties through May 27, 2010.
Expenses Incurred With General Motors and American Honda
          We incurred the following related party expenses with GM and American Honda:
                 
    For the Nine Months  
    Ended September 30, 2010*  
            American  
    GM     Honda  
Sales and marketing
  $ 13,374     $  
Revenue share and royalties
    15,823       3,167  
Subscriber acquisition costs
    17,514       1,969  
Customer service and billing
    125        
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized
    1,421        
 
           
Total
  $ 48,257     $ 5,136  
 
           
 
*   GM and American Honda were considered related parties through May 27, 2010.