Merkuri

Merkuri Radio, Inc. is an American broadcasting company headquartered in, which provides satellite radio and internet radio for customers in the United States. The company launched its services on September 20, 2017.

History
The early framework for a new satellite radio provider, then to compete with and, became public in 2007 with the announcement of a service to be known as Dish Radio, which was to be backed by , then-owners of the  programming service.

Dish later backed out of the venture and the team behind the initial proposal talked with Vrachiapolian investors about a financial partnership, but Kerastis Corporation took over the venture, announcing the foundation of Galaxy Satellite Radio, Inc. on October 19, 2010.

In November 2014, Galaxy Satellite Radio changed its name to Merkuri, with a tentative 2017-18 launch date for its services.

By May 2015, Merkuri had secured US$1.30 billion in financing to build three satellites, which were launched into orbit from the in  in November of that year, and had signed installation agreements with,  and. Further installation agreements with, and  followed in October of that year. Merkuri had also signed agreements with a number of radio personalities - including Paul & Rocky, Darren Hoskins and Bill Andreasi - to host programming on Merkuri's channels.

Merkuri launched its services on September 20, 2017 in and, , with nationwide expansion plans set for November.