SiriusXM, led by CEO Jim Meyer, had previously announced that it had added 715,000 subscribers in the second quarter to end June with more than 25 million subscribers. That led it to raise its full-year subscriber growth guidance to 1.5 million from 1.4 million.
Asked during an earnings conference call about the state of discussions with 21st Century Fox's Fox News about an extension of their current carriage deal, which makes the news network's content available to subscribers of the satellite radio firm, Meyer said it is "a valuable part of our content we want our listeners to have," according to THR.
The current deal runs through the end of August, and he hopes to continue the relationship for the long term, but financial terms have to make sense, he said.
Asked if Fox News could go dark on SiriusXM similar to TV networks going dark on pay TV operators amid carriage disputes, Meyer said that ws possible but unlikely.
The satellite radio firm, controlled by John Malone's Liberty Media, said its quarterly earnings of $126 million compared with $3.1 billion in the year-ago period, when a $3 billion one-time tax benefit boosted results. Adjusted for that special item, earnings before income taxes rose 47 percent to $202 million though.
Revenue rose 12 percent to $940 million to set a quarterly record for the company.
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