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                                                                    Exhibit 10.5

            SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

           This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this
"Agreement"), dated as of January 28, 2003, is hereby entered into by and among
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., a corporation duly organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Company"); Clear Channel Investments, Inc., a
corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Nevada ("Clear
Channel"); Columbia XM Radio Partners, LLC, a limited liability company duly
organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia ("Columbia Radio
Partners"); DIRECTV Enterprises, Inc. a corporation duly organized under the
laws of the State of Delaware ("DIRECTV"); General Motors Corporation, a
corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware
(collectively, with its Affiliate, OnStar Corporation, "GM"); Hughes Electronics
Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware ("Hughes"); Rare Medium Group, Inc., a corporation duly organized under
the laws of the State of Delaware ("Rare Medium"); Madison Dearborn Capital
Partners III, L.P., ("Madison Capital"), Madison Dearborn Special Equity III,
L.P. ("Madison Equity") and Special Advisors Fund I, LLC ("Madison Advisors"
and, collectively with Madison Capital and Madison Equity, each an entity duly
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, "Madison"); AEA XM Investors
I LLC, AEA XM Investors II LLC, AEA XM Investors IA, LLC and AEA XM Investors
IIA, LLC, each a limited liability company duly organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware (individually or collectively "AEA XM"); Columbia XM Satellite
Partners III, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized under the laws of
the Commonwealth of Virginia ("Columbia Satellite Partners"), Columbia Capital
Equity Partners II (QP), L.P., a limited partnership organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware ("Columbia Equity Partners II"), Columbia Capital Equity
Partners III (QP), L.P., a limited partnership duly organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware ("Columbia Equity Partners III", and collectively with
Columbia Radio Partners, Columbia Equity Partners II and Columbia Satellite
Partners, "Columbia"); American Honda Motor Co., Inc., a corporation duly
organized under the laws of the State of California ("Honda"); Black Bear Fund
I, L.P., a limited partnership duly organized under the laws of the State of
California ("Black Bear I"), Black Bear Fund II, L.L.C., a limited liability
company duly organized under the laws of the State of California ("Black Bear
II"), Black Bear Offshore Master Fund Limited, an exempted company organized
under the laws of the Cayman Islands ("Black Bear Fund", and collectively with
Black Bear I and Black Bear II, "Black Bear"); each of the other Persons
identified on Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Additional Note Purchasers"); R.
Steven Hicks ("Hicks"); and U.S. Trust Company ("U.S. Trust"). Clear Channel,
Columbia Radio Partners, DIRECTV, GM and Madison, each in its capacity as a
holder of securities in the Company other than Series C Convertible Preferred
Stock (as defined below) or Class A Common Stock (as defined below) issuable
upon conversion thereof, are collectively referred to herein as the "Original
Investors." AEA XM, Columbia Satellite Partners, Columbia Equity Partners III,
Columbia Radio Partners, DIRECTV, Honda, Madison Capital and Madison Equity,
each in its capacity as a holder of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock or
Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof, are collectively referred
to herein as the "Series C Investors." Black Bear and the Additional Note
Purchasers, each in its or his capacity as a holder of New Notes (as defined
below) or Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion thereof, are
collectively referred to herein as the "Note Investors." The Original Investors,
the Series C

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Investors and the Note Investors, Hicks and U.S. Trust, severally, and any
transferees of registration rights hereunder permitted pursuant to Section 4.5
are collectively referred to herein as the "Holders." The Company and the
Holders are collectively referred to herein as the "Parties." Motient
Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware ("Motient"); the Baron Asset Fund series ("Baron Asset") and the Baron
iOpportunity Fund series ("Baron iOpportunity") of Baron Asset Fund, a business
trust organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Baron
Capital Asset Fund series ("Baron Capital") of Baron Capital Funds Trust, a
business trust organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and Telcom-XM
Investors, L.L.C., a limited liability company duly organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware ("Telcom"), who were parties to the 2000 Agreement (as
defined below), are becoming parties hereto solely for the purposes of agreeing
to the amendment of the 2000 Agreement by this second amendment and restatement
of this Agreement, which amendment results in Motient, Baron Asset, Baron
iOpportunity, Baron Capital and Telcom ceasing to be parties to this Agreement
and terminating their respective rights and obligations hereunder. Upon
effectiveness of this Agreement, each of Motient, Baron Asset, Baron
iOpportunity, Baron Capital and Telcom shall cease to be a party to this
Agreement and all of its rights and obligations hereunder shall be terminated.

                               W I T N E S S E T H

           WHEREAS, the Original Investors and Motient made investments in the
Company and, other than Motient, now hold Class A Common Stock and Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock (each as hereafter defined);

           WHEREAS, the Series C Investors made an investment in the Company
through the purchase of Series C Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, par
value $.01 per share (the "Series C Convertible Preferred Stock"), pursuant to a
certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated July 7, 2000, by and among the Company
and the Series C Investors;

           WHEREAS, Motient no longer owns any securities of the Company and has
transferred each of its two demand registration rights to Rare Medium and to
Hughes, respectively;

           WHEREAS, Motient transferred its shelf registration rights and
piggyback registration rights to Hughes;

           WHEREAS, the Note Investors are investing in the Company and its
wholly-owned subsidiary, XM Satellite Radio Inc., a Delaware corporation ("XM"),
through the purchase of 10% Senior Secured Discount Convertible Notes due 2009
issued by the Company and XM, as joint obligors (the "New Notes"), pursuant to a
certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated December 21, 2002, by and among the
Company, XM and the Note Investors (the "Note Purchase Agreement"), and may
receive additional notes, which will also constitute New Notes, as payment of
certain interest due thereunder;

           WHEREAS, GM is acquiring 10% Series GM Senior Secured Convertible
Notes due 2009 issued by the Company and XM, as joint obligors (the "GM Notes"),
in lieu of certain

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guaranteed payments due to GM during the period from 2003 to 2006 under XM's
Distribution Agreement with GM (the "Distribution Agreement"), a warrant to
purchase 10,000,000 shares of the Class A Common Stock (the "GM Warrant") and
may acquire shares of Class A Common Stock as payment of interest on the GM
Notes, under the terms of a senior secured credit facility with XM (the "GM
Credit Facility") to finance certain revenue share payments owed to GM under the
Distribution Agreement and in lieu of cash in subscriber bounty payments payable
to GM under the terms of the Distribution Agreement;

           WHEREAS, U.S. Trust is investing in the Company through the purchase
of 5,555,556 shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to a certain Purchase
Agreement, dated December 21, 2002, by and between the Company and U.S. Trust
(the "U.S. Trust Purchase").

           WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to execute this Agreement to provide
the Holders with certain rights to cause the registration of the Class A Common
Stock held by them or issuable upon conversion of their Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock or Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, conversion of their New
Notes or GM Notes, or exercise of the GM Warrant;

           WHEREAS, Sony Electronics, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Sony"), has
shelf and piggyback registration rights with respect to the shares of Class A
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Company's Common Stock Purchase
Warrant No. 1 issued to Sony (the "Sony Warrant"), which rights are to be pari
passu to those of the Original Investors, Hicks has certain registration rights
with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Company's Common Stock Purchase Warrant No. 4 (the "Hicks Warrant") and U.S.
Trust has certain registration rights with respect to the shares of Class A
Common Stock acquired pursuant to the U.S. Trust Purchase; and

           WHEREAS, this Agreement is to amend and restate that certain Amended
and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2000, by and
among the Company, Motient Corporation, the Original Investors and the Series C
Investors (the "2000 Agreement").

           NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the promises
and covenants contained herein, the Parties agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I.

                                   DEFINITIONS

     Section 1.1    Definitions. The following terms, as used herein, have the
following meanings:

           "Accredited Investor" has the meaning specified in Rule 501 of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

           "Additional Demand Registration" has the meaning specified in Section
2.1(e).

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           "Agreement" means this Second Amended and Restated Registration
Rights Agreement (including any Schedules hereto), as it may from time to time
be amended, supplemented or modified in accordance with its terms.

           "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any
other day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law to be
closed in New York City or the District of Columbia.

           "Capital Stock" means any and all of the Company's shares, interests,
warrants, options, rights to acquire equity or equity-linked securities of the
Company, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting
or non-voting) in equity of the Company, whether now outstanding or issued
subsequently hereto, including, without limitation, all series and classes of
Common Stock and preferred stock of the Company, and all convertible securities.

           "Class A Common Stock" means the Class A Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of the Company, having one (1) vote per share.

           "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
other Federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.

           "Common Stock" means all classes and series of the common stock of
the Company, any stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or
converted or any stock resulting from any capital reorganization or
reclassification of such common stock, and all other stock of any class or
classes (however designated) of the Company the holders of which have the right,
without limitation as to amount, either to all or to a share of the balance of
current dividends and liquidating dividends after the payment of dividends and
distributions of any shares entitled to preference.

           "Demand Registration" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a).

           "End of Suspension Notice" has the meaning specified in Section
2.6(b).

           "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be
in effect at the time.

           "Fair Market Value" means the price that would be paid in an
arm's-length transaction between an informed and willing seller under no
compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy.
If there is any dispute as to the Fair Market Value of any security of the
Company between the Holder who holds such security and the Company, the Fair
Market Value of such security shall be determined by a firm of independent
appraisers of national standing valuing such security on an as-converted basis.

           "GM Registrable Securities" means the shares of Class A Common Stock
issued or issuable (i) upon conversion of, or payment of interest on, the GM
Notes, (ii) as payment of up to $35,000,000 in subscriber bounty payments
payable to GM under the terms of the Distribution Agreement, (iii) upon exercise
of the GM Warrant, and (iv) as payment of principal or interest under the GM
Credit Facility.

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           "High Yield Debt" means secured or unsecured debt securities issued
by the Company or a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company in a registered
public offering or an offering to Qualified Institutional Buyers and/or
institutional Accredited Investors under Rule 144A of the Securities Act in
providing gross proceeds of at least $50 million after the date hereof, with or
without attached warrants or quasi-equity rights issued by the Company.

           "Losses" has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

           "Managing Underwriters" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c).

           "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint
venture, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated
organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

           "Piggyback Registration" has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(a).

           "Qualified Institutional Buyer" has the meaning specified in Rule
144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

           "Registrable Securities" means the shares of Class A Common Stock
outstanding from time to time and those issued or issuable (i) upon conversion
of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, (ii) upon conversion of the Series
C Convertible Preferred Stock, (iii) upon conversion of the New Notes, (iv) as
GM Registrable Securities, (v) upon exercise of the Hicks Warrant, and (vi) at
closing of the U.S. Trust Purchase, that may be available for registration from
time to time pursuant to the terms hereof, or, in each case, any other shares of
Class A Common Stock issued in respect thereof; provided, however, that such
securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (x) a Registration
Statement with respect to the registration of such securities shall have been
declared effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been
disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (y) the Holder of such
securities may sell all of such securities pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the
Securities Act or (z) such Holder may otherwise sell such securities without
restriction pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act. All references to
"Registrable Securities" held by a Holder shall include all Registrable
Securities issuable to such Holder upon conversion of any Convertible Securities
(as such term is defined in the Shareholders Agreement) held by such Holder.

           "Registration Statement" means a registration statement (other than a
registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8) filed with the Commission pursuant to
the Securities Act.

           "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

           "Series A Convertible Preferred Stock" means the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company, having zero (0)
votes per share.

           "Series A Holders" means each of Clear Channel, Columbia Radio
Partners, DIRECTV, GM, Hughes, Madison and Rare Medium, each in its capacity as
a holder of

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securities of the Company other than the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock or
Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof, severally, and any transferees of
registration rights permitted pursuant to Section 4.5.

           "Series C Holders" means each of AEA XM, Columbia Satellite Partners,
Columbia Equity Partners, Columbia Radio Partners, DIRECTV, Honda, Madison
Capital and Madison Equity, each in its capacity as a holder of the Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock or Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof,
severally, and any transferees of registration rights permitted pursuant to
Section 4.5.

           "Series C Convertible Preferred Stock" means the Company's Series C
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, such series
having the same voting rights as the Class A Common Stock determined on an as
converted basis.

           "Shareholders Agreement" means that certain Second Amended and
Restated Shareholders and Noteholders Agreement, dated on or about the date
hereof, by and among the Parties hereto other than Hicks and U.S. Trust.

           "Shelf Registration" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).

           "Suspension Event" has the meaning specified in Section 2.6(a).

           "Suspension Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 2.6(b).

           "TCM Group" means Columbia and Madison, collectively.

           "Underwritten Offering" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c).

                                   ARTICLE II.

                               REGISTRATION RIGHTS

     Section 2.1    Demand Registrations.

     (a) Right to Demand.

           (i)      Series A Holders. Any Series A Holder may notify the Company
that it intends to offer to or cause to be offered for public sale all or any
portion of the Registrable Securities held by or issuable to it (a "Series A
Holder Demand Registration"); then, subject to the rights of the Company set
forth in Section 2.1(b) and the registration rights of each other Holder set
forth in Section 2.3, the Company will use its best efforts to cause such
Registrable Securities as may be requested by such Series A Holder to be
registered under the Securities Act, pursuant to a Registration Statement on
such form as may then be available to the Company for sale in an underwritten
offering or a non-underwritten offering, as elected by such Series A Holder, and
to keep such Registration Statement effective until the earlier of: (x) the date
six months from the date of effectiveness thereof, or (y) the date on which all
of such Series A Holder's Registrable Securities registered thereunder are sold;
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requesting Series A Holder must request registration of Registrable Securities
with a Fair Market Value, on the date of such request, of at least $10 million
(unless the Fair Market Value of all of the Registrable Securities held by or
issuable to such Series A Holder is less than $10 million, in which event all of
the Registrable Securities held by or issuable to such Series A Holder must be
included in such registration in order to effect such registration). Subject to
the rights of each Holder as set forth in Section 2.1(e), each of Clear Channel,
DIRECTV, GM, Hughes, Rare Medium and the TCM Group (which, for purposes of this
Section 2.1(a), shall be considered a single "Series A Holder" and which shall
act at the direction of holders of a majority in interest of the Registrable
Securities of such group) shall be entitled to one Series A Holder Demand
Registration as provided herein. The Company may postpone the filing of any
Registration Statement required under this Section 2.1 for a reasonable period
of time, not to exceed 120 days following receipt by the Company of the Series A
Holder's request, if a Suspension Event (as hereinafter defined) has occurred
and is continuing.

           (ii)     Series C Holders. The Series C Holders, acting as a class by
written consent of the holders of at least twenty percent (20%) of the Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock constituting Registrable Securities, may notify the
Company that they intend to offer to or cause to be offered for public sale all
or any portion of the Registrable Securities held by or issuable to them (a
"Series C Holder Demand Registration"); then, subject to the rights of the
Company set forth in Section 2.1(b) and the registration rights of each other
Holder set forth in Section 2.3, the Company will use its best efforts to cause
such Registrable Securities as may be requested by the Series C Holders to be
registered under the Securities Act, pursuant to a Registration Statement on
such form as may then be available to the Company for sale in an underwritten
offering or a non-underwritten offering, as elected by the Series C Holders, and
to keep such Registration Statement effective until the earlier of: (x) the date
six months from the date of effectiveness thereof, or (y) the date on which all
of the Series C Holders' Registrable Securities registered thereunder are sold;
provided, however, that the Series C Holders must request registration of
Registrable Securities with a Fair Market Value, on the date of such request, of
at least $10 million (unless the Fair Market Value of all of the Registrable
Securities held by or issuable to the Series C Holders is less than $10 million,
in which event all of the Registrable Securities held by or issuable to the
Series C Holders must be included in such registration in order to effect such
registration). Subject to the rights of each Holder as set forth in Sections
2.1(e) and 2.1(j), the Series C Holders shall be entitled to two Series C Demand
Registrations as provided herein. If the Series C Holder Demand Registration is
requested by the holders of less than all of the Series C Holders, the Company
shall send prompt written notice to the other Series C Holders and if such other
Series C Holders also notify the Company that they intend to offer to or cause
to be offered for public sale all or any portion of the Registrable Securities
held by or issuable to them, such other Series C Holders shall have an equal
right to the original requesting Series C Holders to have Registrable Securities
registered under the Securities Act. The Company may postpone the filing of any
Registration Statement required under this Section 2.1 for a reasonable period
of time, not to exceed 120 days following receipt by the Company of the Series C
Holders' request, if a Suspension Event (as hereinafter defined) has occurred
and is continuing.

           (iii)    Note Investors. The Note Investors (for purposes of this
paragraph 2.1(a)(iii), Hicks and U.S. Trust each shall be considered a Note
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written consent of Note Investors holding at least 25% of the Registrable
Securities held by or issuable to Note Investors, may notify the Company that
they intend to offer to or cause to be offered for public sale all or any
portion of the Registrable Securities held by or issuable to them (a "Note
Investor Demand Registration," and together with a Series A Holder Demand
Registration and a Series C Holder Demand Registration, a "Demand
Registration"); then, subject to the rights of the Company set forth in Section
2.1(b) and the registration rights of each other Holder set forth in Section
2.3, the Company will use its best efforts to cause such Registrable Securities
as may be requested by the Note Investors to be registered under the Securities
Act, pursuant to a Registration Statement on such form as may then be available
to the Company for sale in an underwritten offering or a non-underwritten
offering, as elected by the Note Investors, and to keep such Registration
Statement effective until the earlier of: (x) the date six months from the date
of effectiveness thereof, or (y) the date on which all of the Note Investors'
Registrable Securities registered thereunder are sold; provided, however, that
the Note Investors must request registration of Registrable Securities with a
Fair Market Value, on the date of such request, of at least $10 million (unless
the Fair Market Value of all of the Registrable Securities held by or issuable
to the Note Investors is less than $10 million, in which event all of the
Registrable Securities held by or issuable to the Note Investors must be
included in such registration in order to effect such registration). Subject to
the rights of each Holder as set forth in Section 2.1(e), the Note Investors
shall be entitled to two Note Investor Demand Registrations as provided herein.
If the Note Investor Demand Registration is requested by less than all of the
Note Investors holding Registrable Securities, the Company shall send prompt
written notice to the other Note Investors, and if such other Note Investors
also notify the Company that they intend to offer to or cause to be offered for
public sale all or any portion of the Registrable Securities held by or issuable
to them, such other Note Investors shall have an equal right to the original
requesting Note Investors to have Registrable Securities registered under the
Securities Act. The Company may postpone the filing of any Registration
Statement required under this Section 2.1 for a reasonable period of time, not
to exceed 120 days following receipt by the Company of the Note Investors'
request, if a Suspension Event (as hereinafter defined) has occurred and is
continuing.

           (iv)     GM. GM may notify the Company that it intends to offer to or
cause to be offered for public sale the GM Registrable Securities held by or
issuable to it; then, subject to the rights of the Company set forth in Section
2.1(b) and the registration rights of each other Holder set forth in Section
2.3, the Company will use its best efforts to cause such GM Registrable
Securities as may be requested by GM to be registered under the Securities Act
(a "GM Demand Registration"), pursuant to a Registration Statement on such form
as may then be available to the Company for sale in an underwritten offering or
a non-underwritten offering, as elected by GM, and to keep such Registration
Statement effective until the earlier of: (x) the date six months from the date
of effectiveness thereof, or (y) the date on which all of the GM Registrable
Securities registered thereunder are sold; provided, however, that GM must
request registration of GM Registrable Securities with a Fair Market Value, on
the date of such request, of at least $10 million (unless the Fair Market Value
of all GM Registrable Securities is less than $10 million, in which event all of
the GM Registrable Securities must be included in such registration in order to
effect such registration). Subject to the rights of each Holder as set forth in
Section 2.1(e), GM shall be entitled to two GM Demand Registrations as provided
herein. The Company

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may postpone the filing of any Registration Statement required under this
Section 2.1 for a reasonable period of time, not to exceed 120 days following
receipt by the Company of GM's request, if a Suspension Event (as hereinafter
defined) has occurred and is continuing.

     (b) Company Priority on Registration. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement to the contrary, upon receipt by the Company of a request for
a Demand Registration from a Holder or a Demand Shelf Registration (but not a
Special Demand Registration, as defined in Section 2.1(j), a Noteholder Shelf
Registration, as defined in Section 2.2(b)(i), or any other Shelf Registration
pursuant to Section 2.2(b)), the Company shall have the right, within 30 days of
receipt of such notice, to notify such Holder of the Company's intention to
commence a primary public offering of securities for its own account (other than
a registration effected solely to implement an employee benefit plan or a
transaction to which Rule 145 or any other similar rule of the Commission under
the Securities Act is applicable) by the filing of a Registration Statement with
the Commission and, in such a case, the Company shall not have any obligation to
honor the request to register the shares held by such notifying Holder; in which
event such request shall be deemed never to have been made; provided, however,
that the Company shall commence such public offering by the filing of such a
Registration Statement within 60 days of so notifying that Holder. In addition,
except as set forth in Section 2.1(j), the Company shall not be required to
cause a Registration Statement demanded pursuant to this Section 2.1 or a Demand
Shelf Registration to become effective prior to 120 days following the effective
date of a Registration Statement initiated by the Company, if the request for
registration has been received by the Company subsequent to the giving of
written notice by the Company, made in good faith, to the Holders to the effect
that the Company is commencing to prepare a company-initiated Registration
Statement (other than a registration effected solely to implement an employee
benefit plan or a transaction to which Rule 145 or any other similar rule of the
Commission under the Securities Act is applicable); provided, however, that the
Company shall use its best efforts to achieve such effectiveness promptly.

     (c) Selection of Managing Underwriters. The offering of Registrable
Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement filed under this Article II
shall be in the form of an underwritten offering ("Underwritten Offering"), if
the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities requested to be
registered in such offering so elect. In such event, the Company shall select
one or more managing underwriters to act in connection with such Underwritten
Offering (the "Managing Underwriters"), which Managing Underwriters shall be
approved by the Holder initiating such offering, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld. Any request by the Holders of Registrable Securities for
an Underwritten Offering shall, in addition to specifying the number of shares
requested to be registered, specify the anticipated per share price range for
such offering.

     (d) Priority on Underwritten Offering. If the Managing Underwriters for an
Underwritten Offering demanded by the Holders pursuant to this Section 2.1
(except as set forth in Section 2.1(j)), notify the Company and such Holders
that in their opinion the number of Registrable Securities requested to be
included in such offering (together with any other shares of Common Stock which
the Company is required to include in such registration) exceeds the number of
shares which can be sold in such offering in an orderly manner within a price
range acceptable to the Holders of the majority of the Registrable Securities
requested to be included in such

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offering, the Company will include in such offering the maximum amount of
Registrable Securities requested to be included pursuant to this Agreement,
which, in the opinion of the Managing Underwriters, can be sold in such offering
in an orderly manner within an acceptable price range, and such amount shall be
allocated pro rata among the Holders thereof on the basis of the number of
shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration
by each such Holder pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and Section 2.3(a); provided,
however, that the right of each of Hughes and Rare Medium to register its
Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.1(d) shall be subordinate to
the rights of the other Holders hereunder.

     (e) Additional Demand. In the event that, in connection with any exercise
by any Holder of a Demand Registration, other Holders exercise Piggyback
Registration rights as provided in Section 2.3, and following such exercise the
Managing Underwriters in an Underwritten Offering notify the Company that in
their opinion the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in
such offering exceeds the number of shares which can be sold in an orderly
manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the initiating Holder
such that the initiating Holder is unable to sell at least 75% of the number of
shares originally requested to be registered by it, such initiating Holder shall
be entitled to an additional Demand Registration exercisable at such later time
as such Holder may elect (an "Additional Demand Registration"). If such
Additional Demand Registration is exercised and such initiating Holder is unable
to sell in such offering, cumulatively with the number of shares sold in the
first offering requested by it, at least 75% of the number of shares originally
requested to be registered by it, such initiating Holder shall be entitled to
successive Additional Demand Registrations until it has sold in all such
Additional Demand Registrations, cumulatively with the first offering requested
by it, at least 75% of the amount originally requested to be registered by it.

     (f) Rare Medium and Hughes Registration Rights. Each of Rare Medium and
Hughes shall be entitled to exercise one Demand Registration, subject to the
rights of the Company set forth in Section 2.1(b) and subject to the right of
each other Holder to exercise Piggyback Registration rights in connection with a
demand by either of Rare Medium or Hughes; provided that each other Holder shall
have priority over Rare Medium and Hughes (i) with respect to registration of
its Registrable Securities in such offering and (ii) with respect to
registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.2. In the event
that either of Rare Medium or Hughes, in a Demand Registration it has initiated,
is not able to sell at least 75% of the number of shares originally requested to
be registered by it, then it shall be entitled to an Additional Demand
Registration exercisable at such later time as it may elect. If such Additional
Demand Registration is exercised and Rare Medium or Hughes, as the case may be,
is unable to sell in such offering, cumulatively with the number of shares sold
in the first offering requested by it, at least 75% of the number of shares
originally requested to be registered by it, then it shall be entitled to
successive Additional Demand Registrations until it has sold in all such
Additional Demand Registrations, cumulatively with the first offering requested
by it, at least 75% of the amount originally requested to be registered by it.

     (g) Inclusion by the Company of its Common Stock in an Underwritten
Offering. If the Managing Underwriters for an Underwritten Offering notify the
Company that in their opinion the number of Registrable Securities to be
included in an Underwritten Offering is less than the number of shares which can
be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range

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acceptable to the Holder initiating such offering, the Company may include in
such registration, on its own behalf, up to the greatest number of shares of
Common Stock which in the opinion of the Managing Underwriters can be sold
(together with the Registrable Securities demanded to be included in such
registration) in an orderly manner within the price range acceptable to the
Holder initiating such offering.

     (h) Participation in Underwritten Registrations. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section 2.1 or Section 2.3 to the contrary, no Person may
participate in any Underwritten Offering hereunder unless such Person: (i)
agrees to sell such Person's securities on the basis provided in the applicable
underwriting arrangements, which shall contain customary terms and conditions,
and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney,
indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the
terms of such underwriting arrangements; provided, however, that no Holder of
Registrable Securities included in any Underwritten Offering shall be required
to make any representations or warranties to the Company or the underwriters
other than representations and warranties regarding such Holder and such
Holder's intended method of distribution and no Holder shall be required to
undertake joint or joint and several obligations with any other Person.

     (i) Expenses of Underwriting Offering. The Company shall pay any and all
registration expenses incident to the filing of each Registration Statement or
otherwise incident to the performance by the Company of, or its compliance with,
its obligations under this Section 2.1, including the fees of one counsel
retained by the Holders, up to a maximum of $75,000 per Demand Registration.
Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions relating to the
sale or disposition of such Holder's Registrable Securities included in the
Underwritten Offering.

     (j) Special Demand Right Following Change of Control. Within 90 days
following a Change of Control as defined in the Certificate of Designation of
the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (a "Change of Control"), the Series C
Holders, acting as a class by written consent of the holders of at least twenty
percent (20%) of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock constituting
Registrable Securities, may notify the Company that they intend to offer to or
cause to be offered for public sale all or any portion of the Registrable
Securities issued or issuable upon conversion or exchange of the Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock held by them (a "Special Demand Registration"),
which shall be in addition to and not count as any other Demand Registration
hereunder, then the Company will use its best efforts to cause such Registrable
Securities as may be requested by the Series C Holders to be registered under
the Securities Act, pursuant to a Registration Statement on such form as may
then be available to the Company for sale in an underwritten offering or a
non-underwritten offering, as elected by the Series C Holders, and to keep such
Registration Statement effective until the earlier of: (x) the date six months
from the date of effectiveness thereof, or (y) the date on which all of such
Series C Holders' Registrable Securities registered thereunder are sold;
provided, however, that the Series C Holders must request registration of such
Registrable Securities with a Fair Market Value, on the date of such request, of
at least $10 million (unless the Fair Market Value of all of such Registrable
Securities held by or issuable to the Series C Holders is less than $10 million,
in which event all of such Registrable Securities held by or issuable to the
Series C Holders must be included in such registration in order to effect such
registration). A Special Demand Registration

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shall be treated like a Demand Registration for purposes of this agreement,
except that the rights of the Company set forth in Section 2.1(b), the
registration rights of other Holders set forth in Section 2.3, the Company's
rights to postpone the filing of any Registration Statement if a Suspension
Event has occurred, and the various priority provisions and Managing Underwriter
cut-backs shall not apply to a Special Demand Registration. The Series C Holders
shall be entitled to one Special Demand Registration with respect to each Change
of Control. If the Special Demand Registration is requested by less than all of
the Series C Holders, the Company shall send prompt written notice to the other
Series C Holders, and if such other Series C Holders also notify the Company
that they intend to offer to or cause to be offered for public sale all or any
portion of such Registrable Securities held by or issuable to them, such other
Series C Holders shall have an equal right to the original requesting Series C
Holders to have such Registrable Securities registered under the Securities Act.

     Section 2.2    Shelf Registration.

     (a) Demand Shelf Registration. At the request of the Holders (for purposes
of this Section 2.2, each of Sony and Hughes shall be considered a "Holder")
holding Registrable Securities having a Fair Market Value of not less than $10
million (collectively, the "Requesting Holders"), the Company shall notify (such
notice a "Shelf Notification") each Holder not a Requesting Holder of the
Company's intention to prepare and file with the Commission a Registration
Statement for an offering to be made on a delayed or a continuous basis pursuant
to Rule 415 (or any appropriate similar rule that may be adopted by the
Commission) under the Securities Act covering all or a portion of the
Registrable Securities, and shall thereafter prepare and file such Registration
Statement (the "Demand Shelf Registration", and each of the Demand Shelf
Registration, the Noteholder Shelf Registration and any other registration
pursuant to Section 2.2(b), a "Shelf Registration"). Each Holder not a
Requesting Holder shall notify the Company within ten (10) days of receipt of a
Shelf Notification if it intends to include Registrable Securities held by it in
such Demand Shelf Registration; otherwise, such Holder shall have no right to
include its Registrable Securities in such Demand Shelf Registration. Each Shelf
Registration shall be on a Form S-3 or another appropriate form (unless the
Holders of the Registrable Securities offered thereby reasonably request a
specific form) permitting registration of such Registrable Securities for resale
by the Holders in the manner or manners reasonably designated by them
(including, without limitation, one or more underwritten offerings). For
purposes of this Section 2.2, the term "Registrable Securities" shall include
the shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Sony Warrant.

     (b) Noteholder and GM Shelf Registrations.

           (i)      The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prepare
and file with the Commission, within five Business Days after the date hereof,
or if the Company's financial statements are not current under Securities Act
rules, no later than March 15, 2003 (the "Required Filing Date"), a Registration
Statement (the "Noteholder Shelf Registration") for an offering to be made on a
delayed or a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 (or any appropriate similar
rule that may be adopted by the Commission) under the Securities Act. The
Noteholder Shelf Registration shall cover (A) all shares of Class A Common Stock
issued or issuable upon conversion of the aggregate principal amount at maturity
of all Notes, including shares of Class

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A Common Stock that will be issuable upon conversion of all Accreted Value, as
defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, as of January 1, 2006, but excluding
shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of additional Notes, if
any, as payment of interest on the Notes after January 1, 2006 and (B) all
Registrable Securities relating to the U.S. Trust Purchase. The Noteholder Shelf
Registration shall be on a Form S-3 or another appropriate form (unless the
Holders of the Registrable Securities offered thereby reasonably request a
specific form) permitting registration of such Registrable Securities for resale
by the Holders in the manner or manners reasonably designated by them
(including, without limitation, an underwritten offering). In the event the
Company is unable to include in the Noteholder Shelf Registration any shares of
Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Accreted Value, the Company
shall prepare and file with the Commission, within five Business Days after July
1, 2003, January 1, 2004, July 1, 2004, January 1, 2005, July 1, 2005 and
January 1, 2006 a Registration Statement with respect to all shares of Class A
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Accreted Value as of such July 1 or
January 1 (to the extent such shares are not then covered by a Registration
Statement). In the event the Company is unable to include in the Noteholder
Shelf Registration any shares of Class A Common Stock as the result of those
shares not having been duly authorized at the time the Noteholder Shelf
Registration is declared effective by the Commission, the Company shall prepare
and file with the Commission, within five Business Days after the date on which
stockholder approval of the authorization of such shares is obtained, a
Registration Statement with respect to such shares. In addition, the Company
shall prepare and file with the Commission, within five Business Days after each
Interest Payment Date (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) on which the
Company issues any additional Notes in payment of interest on Notes, a
Registration Statement with respect to all shares of Class A Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of such additional Notes. Any Registration Statement
filed pursuant to the preceding three sentences shall be for an offering to be
made on a delayed or a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 (or any appropriate
similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission) under the Securities Act.

           (ii)     The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prepare
and file with the Commission, within 180 days after the date hereof, an initial
Registration Statement (the "GM Shelf Registration") for an offering to be made
on a delayed or a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 (or any appropriate
similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission) under the Securities Act.
The initial GM Shelf Registration shall cover such Registrable Securities that
are issuable to GM as payment of interest on the GM Notes and under the GM
Credit Facility and as subscriber bounty payments under the Distribution
Agreement ("GM Shelf Securities") and as GM shall have notified the Company, at
least ten calendar days prior to the date of filing of the GM Shelf
Registration, they intend to include in the GM Shelf Registration. The Company
shall use its reasonable best efforts to add to the GM Shelf Registration, by
amendment or filing a new Registration Statement, additional GM Shelf Securities
as GM shall notify the Company from time to time they intend to include in the
GM Shelf Registration. The GM Shelf Registration shall be on a Form S-3 or
another appropriate form (unless GM reasonably requests a specific form)
permitting registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by the Holders
in the manner or manners reasonably designated by them (including, without
limitation, an underwritten offering). The Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to update, amend and

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keep current the GM Shelf Registration, in accordance with applicable law and
the rules and regulations of the Commission.

     (c) Effectiveness. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
cause any Shelf Registration to become effective under the Securities Act as
soon as practicable following the date of filing, but in any event within 90
days following the date of filing. Subject to the requirements of the Securities
Act, including, without limitation, requirements relating to updating
prospectuses through post-effective amendments or otherwise, the Company shall
use reasonable best efforts to keep each Shelf Registration continuously
effective under the Securities Act until the date on which all of the
Registrable Securities registered thereunder cease to be Registrable Securities
(the "Effectiveness Period").

     (d) Priority in Underwritten Offering from Shelf Registration. If any of
the Registrable Securities to be registered pursuant to a Shelf Registration are
to be sold in an Underwritten Offering, and if the Managing Underwriters notify
the Company and the Holders of such Registrable Securities that in their
opinion, the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such
offering exceeds the number of shares which can be sold in such offering in an
orderly manner within an acceptable price range, there shall be included in such
Underwritten Offering the maximum amount of Registrable Securities requested to
be included, pursuant to this Agreement, which in the opinion of the Managing
Underwriters can be sold in an orderly manner within an acceptable price range,
and such amount shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders of such
Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering on
the basis of the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be
included in such registration by each such Holder. The right of Hughes to
register its Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.2(c) shall be
subordinate to the rights of the other Holders hereunder.

     (e) Number of Shelf Registrations. The number of Demand Shelf Registrations
under Section 2.2(a) shall be limited to five, provided that the Company shall
not be required to effect more than two Underwritten Offerings pursuant to
Section 2.2(a).

     (f) Expenses of Shelf Registration. The Company or Persons other than the
Holders shall pay any and all registration expenses incident to the filing of
each Registration Statement or otherwise incident to the performance by the
Company of or its compliance with, its obligations under this Section 2.2,
including the fees of one counsel retained by the Holders, up to a maximum of
$75,000 per Shelf Registration. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts
and commissions relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder's Registrable
Securities included in a Shelf Registration.

     (g) Upon the occurrence of any Event (as defined below) and on every 180
day anniversary thereof until the applicable Event is cured, as partial relief
for the damages suffered therefrom by the Holders (which remedy shall not be
exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity), the interest
rate on the New Notes and the GM Notes shall be increased, as liquidated damage
and not as a penalty, by 0.5% per annum for the first 180-day period and an
additional 0.5% per annum for each consecutive additional 180-day period until
the Event is cured. The liquidated damages payable pursuant to the terms hereof
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basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event. For such
purposes, each of the following shall constitute an "Event":

     (i)   the Noteholder Shelf Registration is not filed on or prior to the
           Required Filing Date, which event shall be deemed to continue until
           the Noteholder Shelf Registration is filed;

     (ii)  the Noteholder Shelf Registration is not declared effective by the
           Commission within 180 days after the date on which it was initially
           filed with the Commission, which shall be deemed to continue until
           the Noteholder Shelf Registration is so declared effective;

     (iii) after the effective date of the Noteholder Shelf Registration, any
           period during which Holders whose Registrable Securities are covered
           by the Noteholder Shelf Registration are not permitted to sell those
           Registrable Securities under the Noteholder Shelf Registration for
           any reason except (A) as a result of a suspension permitted pursuant
           to Section 2.6 or (B) for five or more trading days, whether or not
           consecutive, in any consecutive 365-day period for which such sales
           are not permitted other than as a result of a suspension pursuant to
           Section 2.6;

     (iv)  the conversion rights of the Holders pursuant to the Note Purchase
           Agreement are suspended for any reason, which shall be deemed to
           continue until such suspension is lifted;

     (v)   the Common Stock is not listed or quoted, or is suspended from
           trading, on the Nasdaq National Market; the Nasdaq SmallCap Market,
           the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange (each, an
           "Eligible Market") for a period of more than five consecutive trading
           days, which shall be deemed to continue until the Common Stock is so
           listed or quoted or until such suspension is lifted;

     (vi)  after the effective date of the Noteholder Shelf Registration, any
           Registrable Securities covered by the Noteholder Shelf Registration
           are not listed on an Eligible Market.

     Section 2.3    Piggyback Registration Rights.

     (a) Requests for Piggyback Registration. If, at any time, the Company
proposes to effect a registered offering of its Common Stock (including pursuant
to Section 2.1 and Section 2.2, but excluding (i) a Special Demand Registration,
and (ii) the Noteholder Shelf Registration), the Company will give prompt
written notice to all Holders (for purposes of this Section 2.3, each of Sony
and Hughes shall be considered a "Holder") of its intention to effect such a
registration and, subject to Section 2.3(b) and Section 2.3(c), will include in
such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company
has received written requests for inclusion therein within fifteen (15) days
after the date the Company's notice is given (a "Piggyback

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Registration"); provided, however, that the Holders shall not have any right to
cause a Piggyback Registration in connection with any offering of High Yield
Debt or a Special Demand Registration or the Noteholder Shelf Registration. For
purposes of this Section 2.3, the term "Registrable Securities" shall include
the shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Sony Warrant.

     (b) Priority on Primary Registrations. If, in connection with any proposed
Piggyback Registration in connection with an Underwritten Offering initiated by
the Company, the Managing Underwriters notify the Company that in their opinion
the number of shares of securities requested to be included in such offering
exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering in an orderly manner
within a price range acceptable to the Company, the Company will include in such
offering (i) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell and (ii) second,
the number of the Registrable Securities requested to be included pursuant to
this Agreement, pro rata among the Holders thereof on the basis of the number of
shares requested to be included in such registration by each such Holder, in
each case up to the greatest number of shares of Common Stock which, in the
opinion of the Managing Underwriters, can be sold in an orderly manner in the
price range of such offering; provided, however, that Hughes shall not be
entitled to participate in any such Piggyback Registration until all shares of
Registrable Securities held by other Holders which have been requested to be
included in such Piggyback Registration have been so included.

     (c) Priority on Secondary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an
underwritten secondary registration on behalf of holders of the Company's
securities (other than the Registrable Securities), and the Managing
Underwriters notify the Company that in their opinion the number of shares of
securities requested to be included in such offering exceeds the number which
can be sold in an orderly manner within an acceptable price range, except as set
forth in Section 2.1(j), the Company will include in such offering the maximum
amount of Registrable Securities requested to be included pursuant to this
Agreement, which, in the opinion of the Managing Underwriters, can be sold in
such offering in an orderly manner within an acceptable price range, and such
amount shall be allocated (1) first, pro rata among the Holders thereof on the
basis of the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included
in such registration by each such Holder pursuant to Section 2.1(a), and (2)
second, pro rata among the Holders thereof on the basis of the number of shares
of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by each
such Holder pursuant to Section 2.3(a); provided, however, that the initiating
Holder shall retain its rights under Section 2.1(e) and that Hughes' right to
register its Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.3(c) shall be
subordinate to the rights of the other Holders hereunder.

     (d) Participation in Piggyback Registrations. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section 2.3 to the contrary, no Person may participate in any
Piggyback Registration hereunder unless such Person: (i) agrees to sell such
Person's securities on the basis provided in the applicable underwriting
arrangements, which shall contain customary terms and conditions, and (ii)
completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements; provided, however, that no Holder of Registrable
Securities included in any Piggyback Registration shall be required to make any
representations or warranties, jointly or severally, to

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the Company or the underwriters other than representations and warranties
regarding such Holder and such Holder's intended method of distribution, and no
Holder shall be required to undertake joint or joint and several obligations
with any other Person.

     (e) Expenses of Piggyback Registration. The Company or Persons other than
the Holders shall pay any and all registration expenses incident to the filing
of each Registration Statement or otherwise incident to the performance by the
Company of or its compliance with, its obligations under this Section 2.3. Each
Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes,
if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder's Registrable
Securities included in the Piggyback Registration and the fees of any counsel
retained by such Holder in connection therewith.

     Section 2.4    Registration Procedures. The Company hereby covenants and
agrees that it shall:

     (a) perform its obligations with respect to a Registration Statement
pursuant to Section 2.1, Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 hereof and effect or cause
to be effected the registration of the Registrable Securities under the
Securities Act to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities by the Holders
in accordance with their intended method or methods of distribution, and that it
shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement with respect
to such Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such
Registration Statement to become effective (provided that, before filing a
Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto,
it will furnish to one counsel selected by each Holder participating in such
registration (each of Clear Channel, DIRECTV, Hughes, Rare Medium and the TCM
Group shall, for such purposes, be considered a single "Holder;" the Series C
Investors shall, for such purposes, be considered a single "Holder" and, in the
case of TCM Group and the Series C Investors shall act at the direction of
holders of a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities of such group;
GM shall, for such purposes, be considered a single "Holder;" and the Note
Investors, Hicks and U.S. Trust shall, for such purposes, be considered a single
"Holder" and shall act at the direction of holders of a majority in interest of
the Registrable Securities held by the Note Investors) copies of all such
documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of
such counsel, and it will incorporate in such Registration Statement the
reasonable comments of such counsel not inconsistent with the Company's
disclosure obligations under applicable securities laws;

     (b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to
such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as
may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the period
required hereunder (or if no period is so required, a period of not less than
one hundred eighty (180) days or such shorter period which is sufficient to
complete the distribution of the securities registered under the Registration
Statement) and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to
the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during
such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the
sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement;

     (c) furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities, the Managing
Underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel, prior to the filing thereof
with the Commission, such number of

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copies of such Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto,
the prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each
preliminary prospectus) and such other documents as such seller may reasonably
request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities
owned by such seller and to use its best efforts to reflect in each such
document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the sellers of
Registrable Securities or their counsel shall reasonably propose;

     (d) use its best efforts to comply with the requirements of any applicable
blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any seller reasonably requests and do any
and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to
enable such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the
Registrable Securities owned by such seller (provided, however, that the Company
will not be required to: (i) qualify generally to do business in any
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this
subparagraph, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdictions, or
(iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction);

     (e) notify each seller of such Registrable Securities as promptly as
practicable in any of the following circumstances: (i) at any time when a
prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities
Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included
in such Registration Statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact
or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and,
at the request of any such seller, the Company will prepare a supplement or
amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers
of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; (ii) when a Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; (iii) of
any request by the Commission for amendment or supplements to the Registration
Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; (iv)
of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that
purpose; and (v) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to
the suspension of the qualification of the securities included therein for sale
in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose;

     (f) cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities
exchange or quoted in each quotation system on which similar securities issued
by the Company are then listed or quoted;

     (g) enter into such agreements on terms reasonably acceptable to the
Company (including underwriting agreements) in form, scope and substance as are
customary in underwritten offerings, and take all other reasonable actions
necessary to facilitate the registration or the disposition of the Registrable
Securities included in any Registration Statement including, without limitation,
the participation of senior management in "road shows" and similar activities,
provided that such activities do not interfere with the duties of senior
management in a manner that would likely be detrimental to the best interests of
the Company;

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     (h) take such action as may be necessary so that: (i) any Registration
Statement and any amendment thereto and any prospectus forming part thereof and
any amendment or supplement thereto (and each report or other document
incorporated therein by reference in each case) complies in all material
respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the respective rules
and regulations thereunder; (ii) any Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (iii) any
prospectus forming part of any Registration Statement, and any amendment or
supplement to such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading;

     (i) use its best efforts to prevent the issuance, and if issued to obtain
the withdrawal, of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration
Statement at the earliest possible time;

     (j) cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant
to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legend and registered in
such names as the Holders may request in connection with the sale of Registrable
Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement; and

     (k) obtain and furnish to each selling Holder, immediately prior to the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement (and, in the case of an Underwritten
Offering, at the time of delivery of any Registrable Securities sold pursuant
thereto) a cold comfort letter from the Company's independent public accountants
in the same form and covering the same matters as is typically delivered to
underwriters and, in the event that an underwriter or underwriters have been
retained in connection with such registration, such cold comfort letter to be
provided to the selling Holders shall be the same cold comfort letter delivered
to such underwriter or underwriters.

           Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company
of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.4(e) hereof,
such Holder will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities
pursuant to a Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the copies
of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 2.4(e) hereof,
and, if so directed by the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company (at
the expense of the Company) all copies in its possession, other than permanent
file copies then in such Holder's possession, of the prospectus covering such
Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. If the
Company shall give any such notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company shall extend the
period during which the Registration Statement shall be maintained effective
pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and
including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when
the Holders shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus
necessary to resume such dispositions.

     Section 2.5    Hold-Back Agreements.

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     (a) Restrictions on Public Sale by the Holders. Each Holder of Registrable
Securities shall be deemed to have agreed not to effect any public sale or
public distribution of securities of the Company of the same or similar class or
classes of the securities included in a Registration Statement or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, including a
sale pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A under the Securities Act, during the
15-day period prior to, and during such period of time as may be required by the
Managing Underwriter, but not to exceed a 90-day period beginning on, the
effective date of the Registration Statement (except pursuant to an Underwritten
Offering being conducted by the Managing Underwriters), except to the extent
otherwise agreed in writing by the Managing Underwriter, and upon request of the
Managing Underwriters shall enter into a reasonable and customary "lock-up"
agreement to such effect and otherwise in a form agreed upon by the Company and
the Managing Underwriters. The foregoing restriction shall apply to those
Holders electing to include Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement
for an Underwritten Offering filed pursuant to Section 2.1, Section 2.2 or
Section 2.3. The restrictions set forth in this Section 2.5(a) shall not apply
to any private sales of Registrable Securities that are exempt from registration
under section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

     (b) Restrictions on Public Sale by the Company. The Company shall not
effect any public sale or public distribution of any securities which are the
same as or substantially similar to the Registrable Securities being registered
pursuant to a Registration Statement for an Underwritten Offering filed pursuant
to Section 2.1, Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 hereof, or any securities convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities during the 15-day period
prior to, and during the 30-day period beginning on, the effective date of a
Registration Statement (except pursuant to the Registration Statement),
provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply in the case
of any registration for public sale or public distribution of any securities for
High Yield Debt (regardless of whether or not coupled with warrants, options, or
other equity equivalents) by the Company.

     Section 2.6    Black-Out Periods for Registration Statements.

     (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except as
set forth in Section 2.1(j), commencing ninety (90) days after the effectiveness
of a Registration Statement, the Company may, not more than once in any 12-month
period, and one additional time during the term of this Agreement (but not
during any other Suspension Event or within ninety (90) days after termination
of any other Suspension Event), direct the Holders to suspend sales of
Registrable Securities registered thereunder, as provided herein, if one or more
of the following events (a "Suspension Event") occurs pending negotiations
relating to, or consummation of, a material corporate transaction (i) that would
require additional disclosure of material information by the Company in the
Registration Statement (or such filings), (ii) as to which the Company has a
bona fide business purpose for preserving confidentiality and (iii) which
renders the Company unable to comply with Commission requirements, in each case
under circumstances that would make it impractical or inadvisable to cause the
Registration Statement (or such filings) to become effective or to promptly
amend or supplement the Registration Statement on a post-effective basis, as
applicable.

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     (b) In the case of a Suspension Event, the Company may give notice (a
"Suspension Notice") to the Holders to suspend sales of the Registrable
Securities so that the Company may correct or update the Registration Statement
(or such filings). Each such suspension shall continue only for so long as the
Suspension Event or its effect is continuing, and in no event will any such
suspension exceed ninety (90) days. The Holders agree that they will not effect
any sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement
(or such filings) at any time after they have received a Suspension Notice from
the Company and prior to the termination of such Suspension Event. If so
directed by the Company, the Holders will deliver to the Company all copies of
the prospectus covering the Registrable Securities held by them at the time of
receipt of the Suspension Notice. The Holders may recommence effecting sales of
the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement (or such
filings) following further notice to such effect (an "End of Suspension Notice")
from the Company, which End of Suspension Notice shall, in the case of a
Suspension Event, be given by the Company not later than five (5) days after the
conclusion of any Suspension Event and shall be accompanied by copies of the
supplemented or amended prospectus necessary to resume such sales.

     (c) If the Company shall give a Suspension Notice pursuant to this Section
2.6, the Company shall extend the period during which the Registration Statement
shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days
during the period from the date of the giving of the Suspension Notice to and
including the date when the Holders shall have received the End of Suspension
Notice and copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus necessary to resume
sales.

     Section 2.7    Transferees of Motient Rights. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, the rights of Rare Medium and Hughes under Sections 2.1,
2.2 and 2.3, which were transferred by Motient, shall be subordinate to the
corresponding rights of the other Holders; provided, however, that the Company
shall in no event hereafter provide any Person with any rights to request the
Company to register any Capital Stock of the Company, with priority equal to or
superior to that of Hughes or Rare Medium hereunder, except in connection with
any offering of High Yield Debt.

     Section 2.8    Additional Registration Rights. The Company shall in no
event hereafter provide any Person with any rights to request the Company to
register any Capital Stock of the Company, the terms of which are (a) as or more
favorable than the rights of the Series C Investors hereunder, unless the
Company obtains the prior written approval of holders of at least 60% of the
issued and outstanding Series C Convertible Preferred Stock constituting
Registrable Securities, or (b) as or more favorable than the rights of the Note
Investors hereunder, unless the Company obtains the prior written approval of
Note Investors holding 60% of the Registrable Securities held by or issuable to
Note Investors, except in each case in connection with any offering of High
Yield Debt.

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                                  ARTICLE III.

                        INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

     Section 3.1    Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify,
to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, each
Person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and its respective officers,
directors, partners, members, employees, agents and representatives, against all
actions, suits, claims, damages, losses, costs, expenses or proceedings
(collectively, "Losses") caused by, arising out of or based upon any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration
Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading, except insofar as
the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to
the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein or by such Holder's failure
to deliver a copy of the Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendments
or supplements thereto after the Company has furnished such Holder with a
sufficient number of copies of the same and except insofar as the same are
caused by or contained in any prospectus if such Holder failed to send or
deliver a copy of any subsequent prospectus or prospectus supplement which would
have corrected such untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact or such
omission or alleged omission of a material fact with or prior to the delivery of
written confirmation of the sale by such Holder after the Company has furnished
such Holder with a sufficient number of copies of the same. In connection with
an Underwritten Offering, the Company will indemnify such Underwriters, each
Person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and their respective officers,
directors, partners, employees, agents and representatives to the same extent as
provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of Registrable
Securities.

     Section 3.2    Indemnification by Holders. In connection with any
Registration Statement in which Holders of Registrable Securities are
participating, each such Holder will furnish to the Company in writing such
information as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any
such Registration Statement or prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law,
will indemnify the Company, each Person who controls the Company (within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act)
and their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, agents and
representatives against any Losses caused by, arising out of or based upon any
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement, prospectus, or form of prospectus, or arising out of or
based upon any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which made, not misleading, to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such untrue or alleged untrue statement is contained in, or such
omission or alleged omission is required to be contained in, any information so
furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company expressly for use in such
Registration Statement or prospectus and that such statement or omission was
relied upon by the Company in preparation of such Registration Statement,
prospectus or form of prospectus; provided, however, that such Holder of
Registrable Securities shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that
the Holder

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has furnished in writing to the Company prior to the filing of any such
Registration Statement or prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto
information expressly for use in such Registration Statement or prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto which corrected or made not misleading,
information previously furnished to the Company, and the Company failed to
include such information therein. In no event shall the liability of any selling
Holder of Registrable Securities hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar
amount of the proceeds (net of payment of all expenses) received by such Holder
upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification
obligation. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of
any investigation made by or on behalf of such indemnified party.

     Section 3.3    Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Person shall
be entitled to indemnity hereunder such indemnified party shall give prompt
written notice to the party or parties from which such indemnity is sought of
the commencement of any proceeding with respect to which such indemnified party
seeks indemnification or contribution pursuant hereto; provided, however, that
the failure to so notify the indemnifying parties shall not relieve the
indemnifying parties from any obligation or liability except to the extent that
the indemnifying parties have been prejudiced by such failure. The indemnifying
parties shall have the right, exercisable by giving written notice to an
indemnified party promptly after the receipt of written notice from such
indemnified party of such proceeding, to assume, at the indemnifying parties'
expense, the defense of any such proceeding, with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that an indemnified
party or parties (if more than one such indemnified party is named in any
proceeding) shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses
of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties
unless the parties to such proceeding include both the indemnified party or
parties and the indemnifying party or parties, and there exists, in the opinion
of the indemnified party(ies)' counsel, a conflict between one or more
indemnifying parties and one or more indemnified parties, in which case the
indemnifying parties shall, in connection with any one such proceeding or
separate but substantially similar or related proceedings in the same
jurisdiction, arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be
liable for the fees and expenses of not more than one separate firm of attorneys
(together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for such indemnified party
or parties. If an indemnifying party assumes the defense of such proceeding, the
indemnifying parties will not be subject to any liability for any settlement
made by the indemnified party without its or their consent (such consent not to
be unreasonably withheld).

     Section 3.4    Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this
Article III is unavailable to an indemnified party or is insufficient to hold
such indemnified party harmless for any Losses in respect of which this Article
III would otherwise apply by its terms, then each applicable indemnifying party,
in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall have an obligation to
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on
the other hand, in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that
resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and indemnified
party, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material

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fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been taken
by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or
indemnified party, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent any such action, statement or
omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall
be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses incurred by such party
in connection with any proceeding, to the extent such party would have been
indemnified for such expenses under Section 3.3, if the indemnification provided
for in Section 3.1 or Section 3.2 was available to such party. The Parties agree
that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section
3.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation
that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the
second sentence of this paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 3.4, an indemnifying party that is a selling Holder of Registrable
Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the net proceeds received by such indemnifying party exceeds the
amount of any damages that such indemnifying party has otherwise been required
to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission. No person adjudged guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.

                                   ARTICLE IV.

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 4.1    Rule 144. The Company covenants that it will file any
reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act
and that it will take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request,
all to the extent required from time to time to enable Holders to sell
Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
limitations of the exemptions provided by (a) Rule 144 or 145 under the
Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or (b) any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon the request
of any Holder, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to
whether it has complied with such requirements.

     Section 4.2    Specific Performance. Each Holder, in addition to being
entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including
recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be entitled to specific
performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees that monetary
damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a
breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the
defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be
adequate.

     Section 4.3    Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be
amended, and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either
generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively)
with respect to any proposed Piggyback Registration in connection with an
Underwritten Offering initiated by the Company, only with the written consent of
(a) the Company and (b) Holders holding, (i) in the case of amendments to or
waivers of provisions of this Agreement generally, 75% of the Registrable
Securities held by or issuable to Holders, and (ii) in the case of any other
non-material change or

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technical correction of this Agreement, a majority of the Registrable Securities
held by or issuable to Holders; provided, however, that in the event the rights,
preferences or obligations hereunder of one or more Holders are being amended or
waived in a manner that is materially adverse to such Holders and in a manner
that is different from those of other Holders, such rights, preferences or
obligations may be so amended or waived only with the consent of the Holders
holding in the aggregate 75% of the Registrable Securities held by Holders whose
rights, preferences or obligations are being materially adversely amended or
waived in such different manner, except in the case of rights, preferences or
obligations hereunder applicable only to Rare Medium and Hughes, in which case
such rights, preferences or obligations may be amended with the consent of Rare
Medium and Hughes. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this
Section 4.3 shall be binding upon each future Holder and the Company.

     Section 4.4    Notices. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed properly served if: (i) mailed by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, (ii) delivered by a recognized overnight courier
service, (iii) delivered personally, or (iv) sent by facsimile transmission
addressed to each Party at its address for notices specified on Schedule 4.4
attached hereto, or at such other address, or to the attention of such officer,
as any Party shall have furnished to each other Party in writing pursuant to
this Section 4.4. Such notice shall be deemed to have been received: (i) three
(3) Business Days after the date of mailing if sent by certified or registered
mail, (ii) one (1) Business Day after the date of delivery if sent by overnight
courier, (iii) the date of delivery if personally delivered, or (iv) the next
succeeding Business Day after transmission by facsimile.

     Section 4.5    Transfers.

     (a) Subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Shareholders
Agreement, any Holder transferring any portion of its Registrable Securities may
transfer to its transferee any rights granted herein and then held by such
Holder, provided that no Series A Holder may transfer to more than one
transferee its rights to initiate any Demand Registration pursuant to Section
2.1, (provided that such transferees shall be able to participate in such Demand
Registration and all other registration rights held by such Holder, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement), nor shall any such
transfer be deemed to create any right to initiate additional demand
registrations or obligate the Company to issue notices hereunder to additional
Person(s), except to the extent the Company shall have received actual notice of
such transfer to such Person(s). A Series C Holder may transfer any registration
rights granted herein and then held by such Series C Holder only to a transferee
that following the transfer holds Series C Convertible Preferred Stock or Common
Stock equal to one percent (1%) or more of the outstanding Common Stock on a
fully diluted basis.

     (b) Any assignment or transfer of any registration rights set forth herein
shall be subject to the assumption by the transferee of the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement applicable to the transferor, and any proposed
transferee shall execute such documents and instruments that the Company may
reasonably require to evidence that such transferee is bound by the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.

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     Section 4.6    Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

     Section 4.7    GOVERNING LAW; CHOICE OF FORUM; JURY TRIAL WAIVER.

           THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF OTHER THAN NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW
SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402.

           IN THE EVENT THAT A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING IS NECESSARY, THE SOLE FORUM
FOR RESOLVING DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IS THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR THE
FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN SUCH STATE AND COUNTY, AND RELATED APPELLATE COURTS.
THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND
AGREE TO SAID VENUE.

           THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR
THEREBY.

     Section 4.8    Severability. The holding of any provision of this Agreement
to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction shall not
affect any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force
and effect. If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced in
whole or in part, such provision shall be interpreted so as to remain
enforceable to the maximum extent permissible consistent with applicable law and
the remaining conditions and provisions or portions thereof shall nevertheless
remain in full force and effect and enforceable to the extent they are valid,
legal and enforceable, and no provisions shall be deemed dependent upon any
other covenant or provision unless so expressed herein.

     Section 4.9    Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

     Section 4.10   No Inconsistent Agreement.

     (a) The Company will not after the date of this Agreement enter into any
agreement with respect to its securities or any amendment to such an agreement
that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement,
or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

     (b) The Company shall not grant to any person the right to request the
Company to register any equity securities of the Company, or any securities
convertible or exchangeable or

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exercisable for such securities, or grant any rights for additional demand
registrations of the Company's securities other than as provided in this
Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Holders of the Registrable
Securities if such right is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement
(including without limitation the priorities for registration set forth herein);
provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply in the case
of any registration by the Company for public sale or public distribution of any
securities for High Yield Debt (regardless of whether or not coupled with
warrants, options, or other equity equivalents).

     Section 4.11   Further Assurances. The Parties agree to execute and deliver
all such further documents, agreements and instruments and take such other and
further action as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and
intent of this Agreement, including making any necessary or required filings,
and obtaining any necessary or required approvals from the Federal
Communications Commission.

     Section 4.12   Entire Agreement. This Agreement supersedes all other
agreements, written or oral, concerning the subject matter herein, including the
2000 Agreement, which is hereby terminated.

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           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
     signed as of the date first above written.

XM SATELLITE RADIO HOLDINGS INC.

By:    /s/ Joseph M. Titlebaum
   ---------------------------------------
Name:  Joseph M. Titlebaum
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
       Secretary

BARON ASSET FUND
on behalf of THE BARON ASSET FUND SERIES

By: /s/ Linda Martinson
   ---------------------------------------
Name:  Linda Martinson
Title: Vice President and General Counsel

BARON ASSET FUND
on behalf of THE BARON iOPPORTUNITY FUND SERIES

By: /s/ Linda Martinson
   ---------------------------------------
Name:  Linda Martinson
Title: Vice President and General Counsel

BARON CAPITAL FUNDS TRUST
on behalf of THE BARON CAPITAL ASSET FUND SERIES

By: /s/ Linda Martinson
   ---------------------------------------
Name:  Linda Martinson
Title: Vice President and General Counsel

CLEAR CHANNEL INVESTMENTS, INC.

By: /s/ Randall T. Mays
   ---------------------------------------
Name:  Randall T. Mays
Title: Executive Vice President

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MOTIENT CORPORATION

By: /s/ Lon Levin
   ---------------------------------------
Name: Lon Levin
Title: Vice President

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

By: /s/ R. J. Harries
   ---------------------------------------
Name: R. J. Harries
Title:

DIRECTV ENTERPRISES, LLC

By: /s/ Michael W. Palkovic
   ---------------------------------------
Name:  Michael W. Palkovic
Title: Senior Vice Present

MADISON DEARBORN CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P.
By Madison Dearborn Partners III, L.P., its general partner
By Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, its general partner

By:    /s/ James N. Perry, Jr.
   ---------------------------------------
Name:  James N. Perry, Jr.
Title: Managing Director

MADISON DEARBORN SPECIAL EQUITY III, L.P.
By Madison Dearborn Partners III, L.P., its general partner
By Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, its general partner

By:    /s/ James N. Perry, Jr.
   ---------------------------------------
Name:  James N. Perry, Jr.
Title: Managing Director

SPECIAL ADVISORS FUND I, LLC
By Madison Dearborn Partners III, L.P., its manager
By Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, its general partner

By:    /s/ James N. Perry, Jr.
   ---------------------------------------
Name:  James N. Perry, Jr.
Title: Managing Director

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<TABLE>
<S>                                                        <C>
AEA XM INVESTORS I LLC                                     AEA XM INVESTORS II LLC
By AEA XM Investors I LP, its Managing Member              By AEA XM Investors II LP, its Managing Member
By AEA XM Investors Inc., its General Partner              By AEA XM Investors Inc., its General Partner

By:     /s/ Christine J. Smith                             By:     /s/ Christine J. Smith
   ---------------------------------------                    ---------------------------------------
Name:   Christine J. Smith                                 Name:   Christine J. Smith
Title:  Vice President                                     Title:  Vice President

AEA XM INVESTORS IA LLC                                    AEA XM INVESTORS IIA LLC
By AEA XM Investors IA LP, its Managing Member             By AEA XM Investors IIA LP, its Managing Member
By AEA XM Investors Inc., its General Partner              By AEA XM Investors Inc., its General Partner

By:     /s/ Christine J. Smith                             By:     /s/ Christine J. Smith
   ---------------------------------------                    ----------------------------------------
Name:   Christine J. Smith                                 Name:   Christine J. Smith
Title:  Vice President                                     Title:  Vice President

  TELCOM--XM INVESTORS, L.L.C.

  By:    /s/ Rajendra Singh
     ---------------------------------------
  Name:  Rajendra Singh
  Title: President

  COLUMBIA XM SATELLITE PARTNERS III, LLC                    COLUMBIA XM RADIO PARTNERS, LLC
                                                             By Columbia Capital L.L.C., its Managing
                                                             Member

  By:    /s/ James B. Fleming, Jr.                           By:    /s/ James B. Fleming, Jr.
     ---------------------------------------                 ---------------------------------------
  Name:  James B. Fleming, Jr.                               Name:  James B. Fleming, Jr.
  Title: Vice President                                      Title: Vice President

  COLUMBIA CAPITAL EQUITY PARTNERS III                       COLUMBIA CAPITAL EQUITY PARTNERS II
  (QP), L.P.                                                 (QP), L.P.
  By Columbia Capital Equity Partners III, L.P., its         By  Columbia Capital Equity Partners III, L.P.,
  General Partner                                            its General Partner

  By:    /s/ James B. Fleming, Jr.                           By:    /s/ James B. Fleming, Jr.
     ---------------------------------------                 ---------------------------------------
  Name:  James B. Fleming, Jr.                               Name:  James B. Fleming, Jr.
  Title: Vice President                                      Title: Vice President
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                                                        <C>
BLACK BEAR FUND I, L.P., a California limited              BLACK BEAR FUND II, L.L.C., a California limited
 partnership                                                liability company
By Eastbourne Capital Management, L.L.C., its              By Eastbourne Capital Management, L.L.C., its
   general partner                                            manager

By: /s/ Eric M. Sippel                                     By: /s/ Eric M. Sippel
   -----------------------------------                         ---------------------------------------
    Eric M. Sippel                                             Eric M. Sippel
    Chief Operating Officer                                    Chief Operating Officer
</TABLE>

BLACK BEAR OFFSHORE MASTER FUND LIMITED, a
 Cayman Islands exempted company
By Eastbourne Capital Management, L.L.C., its
   investment adviser and attorney in fact

By: /s/ Eric M. Sippel
   -----------------------------------
    Eric M. Sippel
    Chief Operating Officer

AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.

By:    /s/ Thomas G. Elliott
   -----------------------------------
Name:  Thomas G. Elliott
Title: Executive Vice President

HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

By:    /s/ Patrick T. Doyle
   -----------------------------------
Name:  Patrick T. Doyle
Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Controller

HEARST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. a
Delaware corporation

By:    /s/ Kenneth A. Bronfin
   -------------------------------------
    President, Hearst Interactive Media,
    a division of Hearst Communications, Inc.

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GEORGE HAYWOOD

     /s/ George Haywood
----------------------------------------

RARE MEDIUM GROUP, INC.

By:
   -------------------------------------
Name:
Title:

U.S. TRUST COMPANY

By:    /s/ David J. Williams
----------------------------------------
Name:  David J. Williams
Title: Managing Director

R. STEVEN HICKS

/s/ R. Steven Hicks
----------------------------------------

  PRISM PARTNERS OFFSHORE FUND             PRISM PARTNERS I, L.P.
  By: Weintraub Capital Management LLC,    By: Weintraub Capital Management LLC,
  its Investment Manager                   its Investment Manager

  By:    /s/ Jerald M. Weintraub           By:    /s/ Jerald M. Weintraub
      ---------------------------------        --------------------------------
  Name:  Jerald M. Weintraub               Name:  Jerald M. Weintraub
  Title: Managing Partner                  Title: Managing Partner

  PRISM PARTNERS II OFFSHORE FUND
  By: Weintraub Capital Management LLC,
  its Investment Manager

  By:    /s/ Jerald M. Weintraub
      ---------------------------------
  Name:  Jerald M. Weintraub
  Title: Managing Partner

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  EVEREST CAPITAL MASTER FUND L.P.
  By: Everest Capital Limited, its general
  partner

  By:    /s/ Malcolm Scott
      ---------------------------------
  Name:  Malcolm Scott
  Title: Chief Operating Officer

EVEREST CAPITAL SENIOR DEBT FUND L.P.
By: Everest Capital Limited, its general
partner

By:    /s/ Malcolm Scott
---------------------------------------
Name:  Malcolm Scott
Title: Chief Operating Officer

AVDAN PARTNERS, L.P.

By:    /s/ Mark B. Friedman
---------------------------------------
Name:  Mark B. Friedman
Title: President

JOHN DEALY

       /s/ John F. Dealy
---------------------------------------

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A.R. SANCHEZ, JR.

     /s/ A.R. Sanchez, Jr.
---------------------------------------

SUPERIUS SECURITIES GROUP, INC. MONEY PURCHASE PLAN

By:    /s/ James Hudgins
   ------------------------------------
Name:  James Hudgins
Title: Trustee

SF CAPITAL PARTNERS, LTD., a British Virgin
Islands company

By:    /s/ Brian H. Davidson
   ------------------------------------
Name:  Brian H. Davidson
Title: Authorized Signatory

<TABLE>
<S>                                            <C>
BAYSTAR CAPITAL II, L.P.,                      BAYSTAR INTERNATIONAL II Ltd.,
By: BayStar Capital Management, LLC, its       By: BayStar Capital Management, LLC, its
  general partner                               investment partner

By: /s/ Lawrence Goldfarb                      By: /s/ Lawrence Goldfarb
    -----------------------------------            ------------------------------------
Name:  Lawrence Goldfarb                       Name:  Lawrence Goldfarb
Title: Managing Member                         Title: Managing Member
</TABLE>

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
By its agent, RBC Dominion Securities Corporation

By: /s/ Steven C. Milke
    -----------------------------------
Name:  Steven C. Milke
Title: Managing Member

By  /s/ Richard J. Tavoso
    -----------------------------------
Name:  Richard J. Tavoso
Title: Managing Director

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MICHAEL W. HARRIS

     /s/ Michael W. Harris
---------------------------------------

PAUL GREENWALD

     /s/ Paul Greenwald
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NEERA SINGH and RAJENDRA SINGH JTWROS

     /s/ Neera Singh
---------------------------------------

     /s/ Rajendra Singh
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HERSH RAJ SINGH EDUCATIONAL TRUST
By:

     /s/ Neera Singh
---------------------------------------
Name:  Neera Singh
Title: Trustee

    /s/ J. T. Westermeier
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Name:  J. T. Westermeier
Title: Co-Trustee

SAMIR RAJ SINGH EDUCATIONAL TRUST
By:

     /s/ Neera Singh
---------------------------------------
Name:  Neera Singh
Title: Trustee

    /s/ J. T. Westermeier
---------------------------------------
Name:  J. T. Westermeier
Title: Co-Trustee

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                                    EXHIBIT A
                           ADDITIONAL NOTE PURCHASERS

AEA
  AEA XM Investors IA LLC
  AEA XM Investors IIA LLC
Columbia Capital
  Columbia Capital Equity Partners II (OP), L.P.
  Columbia XM Radio Partners, LLC
  Columbia Capital Equity Partners III (OP), L.P.
  Columbia XM Satellite Partners III, LLC
Hughes Electronics Corporation
George Haywood
Hearst Communications, Inc.
BayStar Group
  BayStar Capital II, LP
  BayStar International II, Ltd.
  Royal Bank of Canada
America Honda Motor Co., Inc.
Superius Securities Group, Inc. Money Purchase Plan
John Dealy
Avdan Partners, L.P.
Michael W. Harris
Paul Greenwald
SF Capital Partners, Ltd.
Neera Singh and Rajendra Singh JWTROS
Hersh Raj Singh Educational Trust
Samir Raj Singh Educational Trust
A.R. Sanchez, Jr.
Prism Partners Offshore Fund
Prism Partners II Offshore Fund
Prism Partners I, L.P.
Everest Capital Master Fund LP
Everest Capital Senior Debt Fund LP
U.S. Trust Company

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                                  SCHEDULE 4.4
                               SCHEDULE OF HOLDERS

<TABLE>
<S>                                     <C>                                                     <C>
Clear Channel:                          Clear Channel Investments, Inc.                         210-822-2299
                                        200 E. Basse Road
                                        San Antonio, TX 78209
                                        Attention: Ken Wyker, Esq.

Columbia:                               Columbia Capital LLC                                    703-519-3904
                                        201 North Union Street, Suite 300
                                        Alexandria, Virginia 22314
                                        Attention: Mr. James B. Fleming

DIRECTV:                                DIRECTV Enterprises, Inc.                               310-964-4114
                                        2230 East Imperial Highway
                                        El Segundo, CA 90245
                                        Attention: Mr. Steven J. Cox

GM:                                     General Motors Corporation                              212-418-6258
                                        100 Renaissance Center
                                        Detroit, MI 48265 - 1000
                                        Attention: Anne Larin, Esq.

Telcom:                                 Telcom-XM Investors, L.L.C.                             703-706-3801
                                        211 North Union Street, Suite 300
                                        Alexandria, VA 22314
                                        Attention: Hal B. Perkins, Esq.

Madison:                                Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc.                         312-895-1221
                                        Three First National Plaza
                                        Chicago, Illinois 60602
                                        Attention: Mr. James N. Perry

AEA XM:                                 AEA Investors Inc.                                      212-888-1459
                                        65 E. 55th Street
                                        New York, New York 10022
                                        Attention: General Counsel

Black Bear Fund I, L.P.                 c/o Eastbourne Capital Management, L.L.C.               415-448-1210
Black Bear Fund II, L.L.C.              1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 160
Black Bear Offshore Master Fund         San Rafael, CA 94901
  Limited

George Haywood                          c/o Cronin & Vris, LLP                                  718-832-8292
                                        380 Madison Avenue
                                        24th Floor
                                        New York, New York 10017

Honda:                                  America Honda Motor Co., Inc.                           310-783-2210
                                        1919 Torrance Boulevard
                                        Torrance, California 90501-2746
                                        Attention: Shinichi Sakamoto
                                                                                                310-781-4970
                                        Honda North America, Inc.
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                                     <C>                                                     <C>
                                        700 Van Ness Avenue
                                        Torrance, California 90501
                                        Attention: Law Department

U.S. Trust Company                      3 Essex Square                                          860-767-8057
                                        Essex, CT 06426

Hughes Electronics Corporation          200 N. Sepulveda Boulevard                              310-640-1734
                                        El Segundo, California 90245

Hearst Communications, Inc.             c/o Hearst Interactive Media                            212-582-7739
                                        959 Eighth Avenue
                                        New York, New York 10019
                                        Attn: President, Hearst Interactive Media

                                        The Hearst Corporation                                  212-649-2035
                                        959 Eighth Avenue
                                        New York, New York 10019
                                        Attn: General Counsel

BayStar Group                           c/o BayStar Capital Management, LLC                     415-272-5421
BayStar Capital II, LP                  80 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Suite 2B
BayStar International II, Ltd           Larkspur, California 94939

Superius Securities Group, Inc. Money   Superius Securities Group, Inc. Money Purchase Plan     201-568-9392
Purchase Plan                           94 Grand Ave.
                                        Englewood, New Jersey 07631

John Dealy                              c/o XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.                    202-380-4500
                                        1500 Eckington Place, NE
                                        Washington, District of Columbia 20002-2194

Avdan Partners, L.P.                    Avdan Partners, L.P.                                    415-239-3946
                                        100 Shoreline Highway, Suite 185-A
                                        Mill Valley, California 94941

Michael W. Harris                       c/o Harris & Panels                                     315-472-2481
                                        120 East Washington Street
                                        Suite 511
                                        Syracuse, New York 13202

Paul Greenwald                          c/o Harris & Panels                                     315-472-2481
                                        120 East Washington Street
                                        Suite 511
                                        Syracuse, New York 13202

SF Capital Partners, Ltd.               c/o Staro Asset Management, LLC                         414-294-4416
                                        3600 South Lake Drive
                                        St. Francis, Wisconsin 53235
                                        Attn: Brian H. Davidson

Neera Singh and Rajendra Singh JWTROS   7925 Jones Branch Drive                                 703-873-4501
Hersh Raj Singh Educational Trust       Suite 6400
Samir Raj Singh Educational Trust       McLean, Virginia 22102
                                        Attn: General Counsel
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                                     <C>                                                     <C>
A.R. Sanchez, Jr.                       1920 Sandman                                            956-722-1017
                                        Laredo, Texas 78041

Prism Partners Offshore Fund            c/o Weintraub Capital Management LLC
Prism Partner I, L.P.                   44 Montgomery Street, Suite 4100
Prism Partners II Offshore Fund         San Francisco, California 94104

Everest Capital Master Fund LP          c/o Everest Capital Limited                             441-292-2285
Everest Capital Senior Debt Fund LP     The Bank of Butterfield Building, 6th Floor
                                        65 Front Street
                                        Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda
                                        Attn: Compliance Officer

R. Steven Hicks

Rare Medium                             565 Fifth Avenue, 29 Floor
                                        New York, New York

Royal Bank of Canada                    c/o RBC Dominion Securities Corporation                 212-858-439
                                        165 Broadway
                                        One Liberty Plaza
                                        New York NY 10006
                                        Attention: Michael Frommer
</TABLE>

                                        4<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 10.6

                         DIRECTOR DESIGNATION AGREEMENT

     This Director Designation Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2003 (this
"Agreement"), is hereby entered into by and among XM Satellite Radio Holdings
Inc., a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
"Company"); AEA XM Investors I LLC, AEA XM Investors II LLC, AEA XM Investors IA
LLC and AEA XM Investors IIA LLC, each a limited liability company organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware (individually or collectively "AEA XM");
Clear Channel Investments, Inc., a corporation duly organized under the laws of
the State of Nevada ("Clear Channel"); Columbia XM Radio Partners, LLC, a
limited liability company duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia ("Columbia Radio Partners"), Columbia XM Satellite Partners III, LLC, a
limited liability company duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia ("Columbia Satellite Partners"), Columbia Capital Equity Partners III
(QP), L.P. and Columbia Capital Equity Partners II (QP), L.P., each a limited
partnership duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (together,
"Columbia Equity Partners", and collectively with Columbia Radio Partners and
Columbia Satellite Partners, "Columbia"); Hughes Electronics Corporation,
corporation duly organized under the laws of Delaware ("Hughes"); American Honda
Motor Co., Inc., a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of
California ("Honda"); and Madison Dearborn Capital Partners III, L.P. ("Madison
Capital"), Madison Dearborn Special Equity III, L.P. ("Madison Equity"), and
Special Advisors Fund I, LLC ("Madison Advisors" and, collectively with Madison
Capital and Madison Equity, each an entity duly organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware, "Madison"). AEA XM, Clear Channel, Columbia, Honda, Hughes
and Madison are collectively referred to herein as the "Investors." The Company
and the Investors are collectively referred to herein as the "Parties."

                                   WITNESSETH

     WHEREAS, the Company, the Investors, and certain other current and former
investors in the Company are parties to an Amended and Restated Shareholders
Agreement, dated August 8, 2000 (the "2000 Agreement"), that relates to, among
other things, the designation of the Company's directors, but is being amended
on or about the date hereof to delete the director designation provisions, which
will no longer be part of the arrangements between the Company and such
investors; and

     WHEREAS, the Company and each of the Investors believe it to be in the best
interests of the Company and the mutual best interests of each of the Investors
to continue to have certain agreements with respect to the designation of
directors of the Company.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration for the mutual covenants contained herein,
the adequacy, receipt, and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
undersigned hereby agree as follows:

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                                   ARTICLE I.

                                   DEFINITIONS

     Section 1.1    Definitions.

     Affiliate: means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common
control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, "control"
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by"
and "under common control with"), as applied to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For purposes of
Section 2.1, a member of a limited liability company or a partner of a
partnership shall be deemed an Affiliate of said company or partnership.

     Board or Board of Directors: means the Board of Directors of the Company or
a committee consisting of one or more directors lawfully exercising the powers
of the Board.

     Business Day: means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day
on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law to be closed in New
York City or the District of Columbia.

     Capital Stock: means any and all securities, shares, interests, warrants,
options, rights to acquire equity or equity-linked securities of the Company,
participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or
non-voting) in equity of the Company, whether issued by the Company or its
Subsidiaries, and whether now outstanding or issued subsequently hereto,
including, without limitation, all series and classes of Common Stock and
preferred stock of the Company, and all Convertible Securities, including the
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock,
the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and the 10% Senior Secured Discount
Convertible Notes due 2009 of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary XM
Satellite Radio Inc. (the "New Notes").

     Class A Common Stock: means the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of the Company having one (1) vote per share.

     Common Stock: means all classes and series of the common stock of the
Company, any stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or
converted or any stock resulting from any capital reorganization or
reclassification of such common stock, and all other stock of any class or
classes (however designated) of the Company, the holders of which have the
right, without limitation as to amount, either to all or to a share of the
balance of current dividends and liquidating dividends after the payment of
dividends and distributions of any shares entitled to preference.

     Common Stock Deemed Outstanding: means, at any given time, the number of
shares of Common Stock actually outstanding at such time, plus the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion, exchange, or exercise in
full, of all Convertible Securities, whether

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or not the Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock at such time.

     Convertible Securities: means securities or obligations that are
exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.
The term includes options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase
Common Stock or to subscribe for or purchase other securities or obligations
that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock,
including, without limitation, the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, the
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
and the New Notes.

     Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture,
limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, or a
government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

     Series A Convertible Preferred Stock: means the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company having zero (0) votes
per share.

     Series B Convertible Preferred Stock: means the Series B Convertible
Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company having zero
(0) votes per share.

     Series C Convertible Preferred Stock: means the Series C Convertible
Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company, having the
same voting rights as the Class A Common Stock determined on an as converted
basis.

     Series C Purchase Agreement: means the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2000, by and among the Company and the
investors named therein.

     Subsidiary: means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association
or other business entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting
power of the outstanding Capital Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by such
Person or one or other Subsidiaries of such Person.

                                   ARTICLE II.

                     CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; VOTING AGREEMENT

     Section 2.1    Board of Directors.

     (a)  The Board of Directors and the board of directors of XM Satellite
Radio Inc. and any other material Subsidiary of the Company (other than the
board of any joint venture with Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. so long as the
Company's management provides regular reports to the Board of Directors as to
the status of any such joint venture) (collectively, the "Boards of Directors")
shall consist of at least seven (7) members, of whom:

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          (i)   one (1) member shall be designated by Clear Channel;

          (ii)  one (1) member shall be the President and CEO of the Company;

          (iii) one (1) member shall be the Chairman of the Company;

          (iv)  two (2) members shall be independent directors of recognized
industry expertise and stature both of whom shall be approved by the Investors
who hold a majority of the Common Stock Deemed Outstanding that is held by the
Investors;

          (v)   one (1) member shall be designated by AEA XM who shall be
appointed to any Audit Committee and Executive Committee (subject to meeting the
Nasdaq Stock Market's Audit Committee and Charter requirements); and

          (vi)  at Honda's option, one (1) member shall be designated by Honda
who shall be appointed to any Executive or comparable committee of the Boards of
Directors.

     (b)  Each Investor agrees to vote its voting securities of the Company in
favor of the persons nominated in accordance with the provisions herein. The
rights of Clear Channel to designate a director and approve the appointment of
independent directors pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall continue for so long as
Clear Channel holds (A) in excess of 5% of the Common Stock Deemed Outstanding
or (B) the full amount of its original investment in the Company. The right of
AEA XM to designate a director and approve the appointment of independent
directors shall continue for so long as AEA XM (or its Affiliates) holds at
least 50% of the stock that it originally purchased under the Series C Purchase
Agreement, either in Series C Convertible Preferred Stock or as converted into
Class A Common Stock. The right of Honda to designate a director and approve the
appointment of independent directors shall continue for so long as Honda (or any
of its Affiliates) retains at least 50% of its investment, including debt and
equity securities, in the Company (measured by the purchase price paid by Honda
for such securities and without regard to (i) whether or not such securities
have been converted into any other security of the Company or (ii) the current
market value of any such securities) as of the date hereof.

     (c)  The right of Clear Channel to designate a director pursuant to Section
2.1(a)(i) also shall terminate, and any director designated by Clear Channel
shall promptly resign from the Boards of Directors, if a majority of the
ownership interests of Clear Channel cease to be owned, directly or indirectly,
by Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

     Section 2.2    Removal of Directors. The Investors agree to vote so that
each member of the Board of Directors nominated or designated in accordance with
Section 2.1 shall serve as a director of the Company until removed, upon the
instructions of the Party designating such director, and each Party agrees to
vote its shares of Common Stock in accordance with such directions. To the
extent permitted by law, each Investor agrees not to take any action to remove
or replace (and to use all reasonable efforts to cause the Board of Directors
not to replace), with or without cause, any director of the Company that has not
been designated for removal or replacement by the Party having originally
nominated or designated such director.

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     Section 2.3    No Group. It is the intent of the Investors that no "group"
(within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended) shall be formed as a result of this Agreement.

     Section 2.4    Partial Termination. If the Investors at any time
beneficially own in excess of 50% of the voting securities of the Company, then
this Agreement shall terminate automatically as to the following, in all
respects, first, Columbia, second (if necessary), Clear Channel, third (if
necessary), Madison, and, fourth (if necessary), AEA XM until the remaining
Investors beneficially own 50% or less of the voting securities of the Company.
The Parties shall take all actions to reflect any such partial termination as
may be reasonably requested by the Company or any other Party. Thirty (30) days
prior to a date for payment of interest (an "Interest Payment") under any of (i)
the New Notes, (ii) the Series GM 10% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2009
of the Company and XM Satellite Radio Inc., and (iii) the Credit Agreement among
the Company, XM Satellite Radio Inc. and General Motors Corporation, the Company
shall calculate the Investors' beneficial ownership of voting securities of the
Company (with a copy of such calculation to be furnished to each of the
Investors). Each Investor shall provide the Company with at least ten (10) days
prior written notice of its intent to purchase any voting securities of the
Company. If any proposed purchase of voting securities or Interest Payment would
cause the beneficial ownership of the Investors to be in excess of 50%, then the
Parties shall take such actions as necessary to remove Investors as Parties to
this Agreement in the order set forth above.

     Section 2.5    Transfers. Any assignment or transfer by an Investor to a
single transferee or a group of Affiliated transferees, whether in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions, of:

          (i)   Convertible Securities representing more than 1% of the Common
Stock Deemed Outstanding, other than Common Stock sold pursuant to an effective
registration statement or Rule 144 or Rule 145 under the Securities Act of 1934,
as amended, or

          (ii)  any New Notes

shall be subject to the assumption by such transferee of the obligation to vote
its Common Stock as provided herein and the obligation to require the same in
subsequent such assignments or transfers.

                                  ARTICLE III.

                             CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS

     Each Party hereby represents and warrants on behalf of itself to each other
     Party that:

     Section 3.1    Existence and Power.

     (a)  it is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation;

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     (b)  it has the power and authority to own its assets, carry on its
business and execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under this Agreement;
and

     (c)  it is duly qualified to do business and is licensed and in good
standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or
operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification
or license except where such failure to qualify would not have a material
adverse effect on the business or financial condition of such Party.

     Section 3.2    Due Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery
and performance by it of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all
necessary action, and do not and will not:

     (a)  Breach or violate the terms of its certificate of incorporation (or
similar constituent document) or bylaws (or similar constituent document);

     (b)  Breach or violate the terms of any material agreement to which it is
party; or

     (c)  Violate any law or regulation applicable to it, including but not
limited to the Communications Act and the rules and regulations promulgated from
time to time by the Federal Communications Commission (or any successor agency
thereto).

     Section 3.3    Binding Effect. This Agreement has been duly authorized (to
the extent such Party is an entity), executed and delivered by such Party and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Party enforceable
against such Party in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or
at law).

                                   ARTICLE IV.

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 4.1    Notices. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed properly served if: (i) mailed by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, (ii) delivered by a recognized overnight courier
service, (iii) delivered personally, or (iv) sent by facsimile transmission
addressed to each Party at its address for notices specified on Schedule I
attached hereto, or at such other address, or to the attention of such officer,
as any Party shall have furnished to each other Party in writing pursuant to
this Section 4.1. Such notice shall be deemed to have been received: (i) three
(3) Business Days after the date of mailing if sent by certified or registered
mail, (ii) one (1) Business Day after the date of delivery if sent by overnight
courier, (iii) the date of delivery if personally delivered, or (iv) the next
succeeding Business Day after transmission by facsimile with confirmation of
receipt.

     Section 4.2    Amendment. Any term of this Agreement may be amended only
with the written consent of (a) the Company, (b) Investors holding, (i) in the
case of amendments to provisions of this Agreement generally, 75% of the
aggregate of the Common Stock Deemed

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Outstanding held by Investors, and (ii) in the case of any non-material change
or technical correction of this Agreement, a majority of the aggregate of the
Common Stock Deemed Outstanding held by Investors, and (c) in the case of
amendments to any provision of Section 2.1 which adversely affect the right of
any Investor to designate one or more directors, in addition to the consents
listed in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section, the Investor having the right
that would be adversely affected; provided, however, that in the event the
rights, preferences or obligations hereunder of one or more Investors are being
amended in a manner that is materially adverse to such Investors and in a manner
that is different from those of other Investors, such rights, preferences or
obligations may be so amended only with the consent of the Investors holding at
least 75% in the aggregate of the Common Stock Deemed Outstanding held by
Investors whose rights, preferences or obligations are being materially
adversely amended in such different manner. Any amendment effected in accordance
with this Section 4.2 shall be binding upon any future transferee of an Investor
and the Company.

     Section 4.3    Specific Performance. Each Party acknowledges (i) that it
will be impossible to measure in money the damage to each other Party if any of
them or any legal representative of any Party fails to comply with any of the
provisions of this Agreement, (ii) that every such provision is material, and
(iii) that in the event of any such failure, the Company and the Investors will
not have an adequate remedy at law or in damages. Accordingly, each Party hereto
consents to the issuance of an injunction or the enforcement of other equitable
remedies against it at the suit of an aggrieved Party without the posting of any
bond or other security, to compel specific performance of all of the terms
hereof, and waives any defense thereto, including, without limitation, the
defenses of (i) failure of consideration, (ii) breach of any other provision of
this Agreement and (iii) availability or relief in damages.

     Section 4.4    GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT GIVING
EFFECT TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF.

     EACH OF THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (i) IT IS A KNOWLEDGEABLE, INFORMED,
SOPHISTICATED BUSINESS ENTITY CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING AND EVALUATING THE
PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, AND (ii) IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED BY SUCH
COUNSEL AND OTHER ADVISORS OF ITS CHOOSING AS IT HAS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN
CONNECTION WITH ITS DECISION TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.

     Section 4.5    Parties In Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and shall inure to the benefit of each Party and their respective successors and
permitted assigns as provided for herein, and by their signatures hereto, and
each Party intends to and does hereby become bound. Nothing expressed or
mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any Person
other than the Parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in or in respect of this
Agreement or any provision herein contained.

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     Section 4.6    Severability of Provisions. In case any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Agreement should be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.

     Section 4.7    Plural; Singular. When used herein, the singular of each
term includes the plural and the plural of each term includes the singular.

     Section 4.8    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement and
any Party hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart.

     Section 4.9    Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the
several sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not
constitute a part of this Agreement.

     Section 4.10   Future Assurances. Each Party shall execute and deliver all
such future instruments and take such other and further action as may be
reasonably necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this
Agreement and the intention of the Parties as expressed herein.

     Section 4.11   Termination. This Agreement shall be immediately terminated
upon any of the following: (i) the unanimous written consent to the termination
hereof by the Parties hereto, (ii) the dissolution, bankruptcy or receivership
of the Company, or (iii) at such time as only one (1) Investor remains a Party
hereto. This Agreement shall be immediately terminated in all respects as to any
Investor that transfers 95% or more of its Capital Stock to any Person that is
not an Affiliate of such Investor.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
     signed as of the date first above written.

XM SATELLITE RADIO HOLDINGS INC.

By:   Joseph M. Titlebaum
   -------------------------------
Name: Joseph M. Titlebaum
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
       Secretary

CLEAR CHANNEL INVESTMENTS, INC.

By: /s/ Randall T. Mays
   -------------------------------
Name:  Randall T. Mays
Title: Executive Vice President

HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

By: /s/ Patrick T. Doyle
   -------------------------------
Name:  Patrick T. Doyle
Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Controller

AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.

By:   Thomas G. Elliot
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Name: Thomas G. Elliot
Title: Executive Vice President

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AEA XM INVESTORS I LLC                                    AEA XM INVESTORS II LLC
By XM Investors I LP, its Sole Member                     By XM Investors II LP, its Sole Member
By AEA XM Investors Inc., its General Partner             By AEA XM Investors Inc., its General Partner
                                                          By: /s/ Christine J. Smith
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                                                          Name: Christine J. Smith
By: /s/ Christine J. Smith                                Title: Vice President
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Name: Christine J. Smith
Title: Vice President

AEA XM INVESTORS IA LLC                                   AEA XM INVESTORS IIA LLC
By XM Investors IA LP, its Sole Member                    By XM Investors IIA LP, its Sole Member
By AEA XM Investors Inc., its General Partner             By AEA XM Investors Inc., its General Partner
                                                          By: /s/ Christine J. Smith
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                                                          Name: Christine J. Smith
By: /s/ Christine J. Smith                                Title: Vice President
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Name: Christine J. Smith
Title: Vice President

COLUMBIA XM RADIO PARTNERS, LLC                           COLUMBIA XM SATELLITE PARTNERS III, LLC
By Columbia Capital LLC, its Managing Member              By: Columbia Capital L.L.C., its Managing Member

By:   James B. Fleming, Jr.                               By:   James B. Fleming, Jr.
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Name: James B. Fleming, Jr.                               Name: James B. Fleming, Jr.
Title: Vice President                                     Title: Vice President

COLUMBIA CAPITAL EQUITY PARTNERS III (QP), L.P.,          COLUMBIA CAPITAL EQUITY PARTNERS II (QP), L.P.,
By: Columbia Capital Equity Partners III, L.P., its       By: Columbia Capital Equity Partners III, L.P., its
General Partner                                           General Partner

By:   James B. Fleming, Jr.                               By:   James B. Fleming, Jr.
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Name: James B. Fleming, Jr.                               Name: James B. Fleming, Jr.
Title: Vice President                                     Title: Vice President
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MADISON DEARBORN CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P.               MADISON DEARBORN SPECIAL EQUITY III, L.P.
                                                          By Madison Dearborn Partners III, L.P., its general
By Madison Dearborn Partners III, L.P., its               partner
general partner                                           By Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, its general
By Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, its general             partner
partner

By:   James N. Perry, Jr.                                 By:   James N. Perry, Jr.
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Name: James N. Perry, Jr.                                 Name: James N. Perry, Jr.
Title: Managing Director                                  Title: Managing Director

SPECIAL ADVISORS FUND I, LLC
By Madison Dearborn Partners III, L.P., its
manager
By Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, its general
partner

By:   James N. Perry, Jr.
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Name: James N. Perry, Jr.
Title: Managing Director
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                                   SCHEDULE I

                NAMES, ADDRESSES AND FACSIMILE NUMBERS OF PARTIES

The Company:         XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.               202-380-4500
                     1500 Eckington Place, N.E.
                     Washington, DC 20002
                     Attention: Joseph M. Titlebaum, Esq.

Clear Channel:       Clear Channel Investments, Inc.                210-822-2299
                     200 E. Basse Road
                     San Antonio, TX 78209
                     Attention: Ken Wyker, Esq.

AEA XM:              AEA Investors Inc.                             212-888-1459
                     65 E. 55th Street
                     New York, New York 10022
                     Attention: General Counsel

Columbia:            Columbia XM Radio Partners, L.L.C.             703-519-3904
                     201 North Union Street, Suite 300
                     Alexandria, Virginia 22314
                     Attention: Mr. James B. Fleming

Honda:               America Honda Motor Co., Inc.                  310-783-2210
                     1919 Torrance Boulevard
                     Torrance, California 90501-2746
                     Attention: Shinichi Sakamoto

                     Honda North America, Inc.                      310-781-4970
                     700 Van Ness Avenue
                     Torrance, California 90501
                     Attention: Law Department

Hughes:              200 N. Sepulveda Boulevard                     310-640-1734
                     El Segundo, California 90245

Madison:             Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc.                312-895-1221
                     Three First National Plaza
                     Chicago, Illinois 60602
                     Attention: Mr. James N. Perry

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