Sirius XM Chill

Sirius XM Chill, is an electronica radio station, one of four Dance/Electronic music satellite channels operated by Sirius XM Radio, broadcasting on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 53 (previously 35), XM Satellite Radio channel 53 (previously 84) and Dish Network channel 6035. Until February 9, 2010, it was heard on DirecTV channel 857. The channel plays groove-based downtempo or "chillout music" and mellow tracks from alternative artists such as Coldplay, Cat Power and Radiohead. The station does not have any DJs. On November 12, 2008, the channel became Sirius XM Chill and merged with the XM version. On May 5, 2011, chill can now be heard on channel 53 for both services and Dish Network 6053.

Artists played on Chill include Bent, Boards of Canada, Moby, Massive Attack, Radiohead, Groove Armada, Brian Eno, Thievery Corporation, Zero 7, The Chemical Brothers, Air, and FC Kahuna.

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Sirius XM Holdings

Sirius XM Holdings is an American broadcasting company that provides three satellite radio services operating in the United States, Sirius Satellite Radio, XM Satellite Radio and Sirius XM Radio. The company also has a Canadian subsidiary called Sirius XM Canada, an affiliate company that provides Sirius and XM service in Canada. At the end of 2013, Sirius reorganized their corporate structure, which made Sirius XM Radio Inc. a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Sirius XM Holdings Inc. Sirius XM Radio was formed after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the acquisition of XM Satellite Radio Holding, Inc. by Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. on July 29, 2008, 17 months after the companies first proposed the merger. The merger brought the combined companies a total of more than 18.5 million subscribers based on current subscriber numbers on the date of merging. The deal was valued at $3.3 billion, not including debt. Through Q4 2015, Sirius XM has 29.6 million subscribers.