THE GHATT LAW GROUP LLC 

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May 27, 2009 

 

Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary  

Federal Communications Commission                                                                                   

Office of the Secretary                                                                                                            

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Washington, DC  20554 

                                    

Dear Ms. Dortch: 

Re: Notice of Oral 

  Ex Parte 

   and Written Presentation, MB Docket No. 07-57 (Transfer 

   

of Control of XM Satellite Radio Holdings and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.) 

 

Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b) of the Commission rules, I am notifying you that on

March 26, 2009, Malik Shakur, CEO of iClick2Media Inc.; counsel to iClick2Media 

and its satellite partner AlphaStar International, Inc., Fatima Fofana of The Ghatt Law

Group LLC and the undersigned communicated via teleconference with Angela 

Giancarlo and Rosemary Harold, counsel to Commissioner Robert McDowell. 

During the call, the positions and concerns expressed by iClick2Media and 

AlphaStar on the record in written comments and documents on the docket were 

reiterated. Most notably, the parties urged the Commission to implement the set-aside 

in a manner that is mindful of small independent content producers, many of whom 

may have been unable to, or have tried and failed to engage Sirius XM in carriage

negotiations because of their lack of influence, counsel or other reasons. Given the 

fact that the merger created a monopoly situation, eliminating choice of programmers, 

iClick2Media and AlphaStar urged that the Commission staffers adopt an approach 

that would enable the greatest amount of content suppliers to gain carriage as possible.  

Further, in the interest of presenting a feasible option to the Commission which is 

now attempting to implement the Merger Condition to the satisfaction of as many 

qualified parties on the docket as possible, my clients have formed an alliance 

venture with Mosaic Communications Partners, another active party on this docket.  

The parties have formed the Diversity Satellite Radio Consortium (DSRC) with each

party leasing and managing six channels each.  Moreover, the Consortium is amenable

 to accommodating other small business entities that have been active on the docket, 

would be eligible as a Qualified Entity and is interested in leasing capacity.  If such 

parties come forward, the DSRC would be open to negotiating how to further subdivide 

the available channels to be inclusive to them. 

 

The DSRC reflects the objectives of the Condition in the Merger Order because 

first, the channels would be leased to a diverse multi-ethnic group of parties that 

each meets the definition of Qualified Entities.  Second, the DSRC includes parties 

with significant experience in the media and communications sector but with 

[little or] no present media ownership interests. Third, the DSRC consists of small

businesses that ordinarily and traditionally have been unable to access ownership 

and carriage opportunities in the terrestrial and satellite radio platforms.  

Fourth, the DSRC respects the fact that channel capacity was made available 

voluntarily by Sirius XM and intends to fully engage Sirius XM and coordinate 

with it for acceptance.  Fifth, selecting the DSRC to lease the channels would 

eliminate further delay in the fulfillment of the Condition. Finally, the new 

program content the DSRC would provide arguably would assist in increasing 

the Sirius XM subscriber base by the new demographics of unserved radio audiences 

the DSRC intends to entice.  

The DSRC is open and interested in communicating with the Commission, Sirius XM 

and other parties on the docket and intends to provide additional and more detailed 

information of its progressand plans for programming the available channels. 

  

 

                                                                                                Respectfully submitted, 

                                                                                                            / Jeneba Jalloh Ghatt/ 

                                                                                                Jeneba Jalloh Ghatt 

                                                                                                Counsel to iClick2Media, Inc. and 

AlphaStar International, Inc.