International Entertainment News: MultiVu Video Feed: XM Unveils In-Vehicle Weather Tracking Service At the International New York Auto Show

MultiVu Video Feed: XM Unveils In-Vehicle Weather Tracking Service At the International New York Auto Show

NEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- XM announced that real-time XM NavWeather, the in-vehicle weather tracking service for navigation, will be available as on the Acura TSX. The vehicle was unveiled today at the 2008 New York Auto Show at the Jacob K. Javits Center.

2009 Acura TSX and RL drivers will be first to experience the new XM NavWeather service, available as part of the Technology Package that includes an Acura Navigation System with Voice Recognition? and AcuraLink® with XM NavWeather and XM NavTraffic. The 2009 TSX will also offer XM Radio, which packs more than 170 channels of entertainment.

The XM NavWeather service uses sophisticated Threat Matrix? technology to track weather conditions coast-to-coast, then scales and customizes this detail to the driver's specific location and route. XM NavWeather can alert drivers to severe conditions before they drive into them. The service works with the Navigation System to display information via color weather icons or warning signals on the vehicle's navigation screen, and can give the driver the option to easily re-route around a storm's path. The service also provides multi-day forecasts based on weather monitoring stations across the U.S.

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NEWS: Real-Time, In-Vehicle Weather Tracking System for GPS Navigation Featured in Acura TSX

FORMAT: News Package with B-roll and Soundbites

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Video, hard copy requests, downloadable MPEG2, contact information and more available at: http://www.prnewswire.com/broadcast/32048/press.html

SOUNDBITES:

* Roderick Mackenzie, VP Advanced Applications Service, XM Satellite Radio

* Jeff Curry, VP Automotive Marketing, XM Satellite Radio

* Steve Cook, EVP, Automotive Marketing, XM Satellite Radio

B-ROLL INCLUDES:

* Footage of XM NavWeather functionality in the new 2009 Acura TSX

* XM NavTraffic footage

* XM Headquarters

* A fully produced piece (less than 2 minutes in length) discusses the new XM NavWeather service for vehicles

* and includes a quote from Steve Cook

* EVP Automotive Marketing.

VIDEO PROVIDED BY: XM Satellite Radio