Why isn't Howard Stern on the iphone app?

It was a rights thing, a contractual rights thing."

That's what Howard Stern told his audience this morning about why he's not on the iPhone App. Of course, that's what we all expected the reason to be from the beginning.

"It was a rights issue and a whole entanglement thing," added Stern on his show. "So, we're not on it. Maybe one day we will be."

Stern show cohort Gary Dell'Abate (aka Baba Booey) added a bit more color to the situation though.

Dell'Abate explains on his Twitter that the Howard Stern channels were excluded from the Sirius XM iPhone App because it infringes on the deal with In Demand.

He later expands on the statement, adding that the issue is "basically about platform: stiletto is siriusxm, wifi is user equip, but iphone is specific 3rd party w video potential."

That doesn't really explain why Sirius XM Radio Inc. didn't know about this before showing this preview of the App to investors, with Howard 100 clearly highlighted. While

Robin Quivers this morning told Stern on the air, "A lot of people were looking for the app because they wanted to get rid of one device and have us on their phone." Stern agreed, adding, "Hopefully one day we will be on there."


Maybe one day will come sooner than later. Dell'Abate's latest tweet reads, "we're trying to see if the iphone thing can be worked out."

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Thanks Artie's Talkin' Gut for the info