To get in the satellite game, you'll need to buy a Sirius or XM Radio tuner. The Sirius uplink facility is located in New Jersey. As of 2005, Sirius receivers are available for various new Ford, BMW, Volkswagen, and DaimlerChrysler vehicles, and the service plans on adding availability for portable use.

Satellite TV is a broadcasting service which allows subscribers to receive television signals through a dish-shaped receiver unit. In November, 2004, a partnership between Sirius, Standard Broadcasting and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation filed an application with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to introduce Sirius in Canada. XM Radio Canada is the operating name of Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (or "CSR"), a Canadian communications and media company.

All of XM Radio's music channels are 100% commercial free. XM has signed deals with 60 per cent of car makers, including the biggest, General Motors of Canada Ltd., to pre-install XM receivers in GM vehicles. XM Satellite Radio is changing the way people listen to radio in the same way cable changed television.

XM Satellite Radio has 2 satellites in space that beam down over one hundred channels of content. Portable satellite radios work just like plug-and-play satellite radios. Some automobile audio companies such as Delphi and Visteon have committed to offering HD Radio ready radios in their new vehicles.

While it’s not cheap, the Recepter HD might just be worth the price. Satellite radio is an idea over a decade in the making. Plug-and-play satellite radios are compact units that work with sets of accessories to play over both your car and home stereos. Portable radios let you get the satellite signal just about everywhere.