SiriusXM is making a new cost-conscious play for students.

Just as students are headed back to campus, the satellite radio service is offering its first-ever student plan, which for $4 monthly lets you stream all of its hundreds of music channels and a vast catalog of on-demand content.

That new student rate is a discount compared to the $12.99 monthly Premier Streaming plan. Streamers can choose from more than 200 music channels including personalized stations – possible through SiriusXM's acquisition last year of internet radio pioneer Pandora – and more than 100 special SiriusXM Xtra channels tuned to moods and activities – Diplo’s Revolution, The Garth Channel, Pop2K, Hip Hop Nation, and the new Pandora NOW channel among them – with skippable songs.

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Also included in the new Student Premier Package: a large collection of news (Bloomberg, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, NPR Now), talk radio channels, and sports (ESPN, Fox Sports, Barstool Radio). There's also several college sports channels including ESPNU Radio and SiriusXM stations for conferences including ACC Radio, SEC Radio, Big Ten Radio, Big 12 Radio, Pac-12 Radio, plus other exclusives such as SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio, SiriusXM NBA Radio, and NHL channels.

The package lets subscribers stream the SiriusXM app on devices including smartphones and tablets, smart speakers including Amazon Echo and Sonos speakers, net TV devices including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, video game systems (Xbox One and PlayStation 4) and listen on computers.

For more information about the student plan, visit the SiriusXM website.

SiriusXM, which also offers subscriptions for listening in the car and on home radios, recently added streaming to all vehicle subscribers. Last month, the company reported more than 34.3 million subscribers at June 30, 2019, the end of its financial second quarter, with revenue of more than $1.5 billion, up 7% from a year ago.

Pandora had 64.9 million monthly active users – down from 71.4 million a year ago – and 7 million paying subscribers (an addition of 64,000 in the quarter). Total revenue for Pandora grew 15% to $441 million.

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