XM Reaches Multi-Year Agreement With Fox Sports To Be Exclusive Satellite Radio Network of BCS National Championship Game, Other BCS Games

    WASHINGTON, May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio today
 announced it has reached a multi-year agreement with FOX Sports to become
 the exclusive satellite radio network of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS)
 National Championship Game and other BCS games, beginning January 2008.
     The agreement means XM Radio is the satellite radio network for college
 football fans to tune into the Allstate BCS National Championship Game,
 Allstate Sugar Bowl, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and FedEx Orange Bowl.
     "College sports is a very important element of our programming
 strategy, and these games are a must for college football fans," said Eric
 Logan, executive vice president of programming, XM Satellite Radio. "These
 games help reinforce XM Radio's position as the ultimate destination for
 people who love college sports. FOX Sports is a longtime partner of XM, and
 we're very excited to be working together to bring live coverage of these
 games to fans across the country."
     "FOX Sports is pleased to have reached a multi-year BCS rights
 agreement with XM, the nation's leading satellite radio service," said FOX
 Sports COO Larry Jones. "The BCS is a true jewel in the nation's sports
 landscape, and everything we do in conjunction with it needs to be
 top-notch."
     "The BCS is pleased to have XM as the exclusive satellite home of the
 Allstate BCS National Championship Game as well as the Allstate Sugar Bowl,
 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and the FedEx Orange Bowl. College football fans all
 over the country now will be able to listen to these BCS games virtually
 anywhere," said BCS Coordinator Mike Slive.
     The games are the latest addition to XM's robust line-up of college
 sports programming. XM is the official satellite radio network of the
 college sports conferences ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-10, and SEC. More
 than eight million subscribers across the U.S. listen to XM on radios for
 the car, home, and portable use. XM puts a special emphasis on serving
 "displaced" sports fans who cannot hear their favorite teams on local
 outlets.
     XM is the sports leader in satellite radio with more than 5,000 live
 sporting events a year. In addition to college sports, XM airs every Major
 League Baseball game for every team. XM carries NBA games on ESPN Radio,
 the National Hockey League, the PGA TOUR, and the IndyCar Series, including
 the 91st Indianapolis 500 this Sunday. XM is also the leading provider of
 sports talk radio with the 24-hour channels XM Sports Nation, MLB Home
 Plate, Home Ice, ESPN Radio, ESPNews, and Fox Sports Radio.
     About XM
     XM ( XMSR) is America's number one satellite radio company with
 more than 8 million subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios in
 Washington, DC, New York City, Chicago, the Country Music Hall of Fame in
 Nashville, Toronto and Montreal, XM's 2006 lineup includes more than 170
 digital channels of choice from coast to coast: commercial-free music,
 premier sports, news, talk radio, comedy, children's and entertainment
 programming; and the most advanced traffic and weather information.
     XM, the leader in satellite-delivered entertainment and data services
 for the automobile market through partnerships with General Motors, Honda,
 Hyundai, Nissan, Porsche, Subaru, Suzuki and Toyota is available in 140
 different vehicle models for 2007. XM's industry-leading products are
 available at consumer electronics retailers nationwide. For more
 information about XM hardware, programming and partnerships, please visit
 http://www.xmradio.com.
     FOX SPORTS -- As America's top-rated network for sports for the 10th-
 straight year (1997-2006), FOX Sports boasts rights agreements with each of
 the nation's highest-rated sports. FOX Sports is the exclusive national
 over- the-air television rights holder of Major League Baseball, including
 the All- Star Game, alternating League Championship Series and World Series
 (2007- 2013); the National Football League's NFC package, including the NFC
 Championship Game and Super Bowls XLII and XLV (2006-2011); NASCAR's NEXTEL
 Cup racing from February through May, including the Daytona 500
 (2007-2014); the Bowl Championship Series, featuring the Tostitos Fiesta
 Bowl, FedEx Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl from 2007 through 2010 and the
 BCS National Championship Game from 2007 through 2009; and the AT&T Cotton
 Bowl Classic. Since its inception in 1994, FOX Sports has earned 71 Emmy
 Awards for production excellence. David Hill and Ed Goren are the Executive
 Producers of FOX Sports.
     Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
 in the forward-looking statements in this press release include demand for
 XM Satellite Radio's service, the Company's dependence on technology and
 third party vendors, its potential need for additional financing, as well
 as other risks described in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s Form 10-K
 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 3-9-06. Copies of the
 filing are available upon request from XM Radio's Investor Relations
 Department. Programming is subject to change.
 
 

SOURCE XM Satellite Radio