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Would you like to subscribe to both satellite radio and satellite television in one convenient package? You might get a chance if Liberty Media's John Malone gets his way. He's thinking of bundling Sirius XM, in which he now owns a minority interest, with DirecTV, in which he owns a controlling interest.

Liberty's CEO called the move "highly speculative" in a conversation with analysts, according to This Week in Consumer Electronics. But he broached the possibility, suggesting that Sirius and XM might combine their operations to 150 channels, using half the current bandwidth and leaving the other half for mobile video. The combined sat radio/TV bundle might go for as little as $80.

This wouldn't be the first time the satellite video and radio companies have operated together. Some Sirius channels are already bundled in DirecTV packages.

Sirius XM Mel Karmazin is reportedly "enthused." He's still sighing with relief that he doesn't have to do business with EchoStar's Charlie Ergen.