As for entertainment, you've got a choice of Radio Disney, Dan Zanes or "Magic Tree House" audiobooks.
While need-based consumers head to Amazon, Google or Wayfair in search of a particular item, impulse buyers browse the daily offerings of flash sales sites as much for entertainment as need.
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Starz Distribution's home video, digital media and worldwide distribution business units distribute original programming content produced by Starz, as well as entertainment content for itself and third parties.
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The shops often have wider aisles for big family groups, as well as more entertainment for children.
Chips that run cooler can run faster, and quiet operation is becoming a design necessity as Intel and Microsoft seek a place for PCs as entertainment centers in the living room.
Other readers were eager to be early adopters, seeing wi-fi as an opportunity for entertainment.
Designed as entertainment for their friends, these larky experiments commanded the same respect from the art market then that they do now: almost none.
And though foreign observers dismiss them as mindless entertainment for children or the uneducated, Natume says they can be as sophisticated a medium as film or literature.
Miss de Paula Hanika, 19, an art history student at Magdalene College, said the all-male drinking society event was "clearly sexist, misogynistic and completely inappropriate as entertainment for 2013".
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Following the market's heyday as a location for entertainment companies from the 1930s through the 1950s, many firms relocated to larger and more modern buildings in Burbank and elsewhere.
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In May Microsoft effectively stopped treating Live like an add-on for a videogame console and started pricing the console as a loss leader for an entertainment platform.
Former president of CBS Network Television Entertainment Group to lead new Los Angeles-based production studio and serve as a key liaison for Microsoft entertainment initiatives.
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Of course, like Nintendo and especially Microsoft, Sony wants to continue branding its console as an entertainment hub for the living room, not just a gaming toy.
Both the Playstation and Xbox, to some degree, made it a priority to establish themselves not just as gaming consoles but as centerpieces for the home entertainment system.
And while that's a fraction of the revenue for entertainment as a whole, PricewaterhouseCoppers predicts that within the next five years nearly half of the total industry growth will be generated through Web and wireless technologies.
The game was birthed in the country in 1930 with the formation of the Lagos Polo Club, which, set on an old British Army Parade ground, served as an entertainment hotspot for colonial officials who had previously played the sport in England.
And, we are launching a Center for Social Responsibility in Entertainment and Performing Arts as a hub for research, curriculum development, distinguished visiting artists and public programming.
But Nelvana was mainly serving as a mere contractor for big entertainment companies.
We identified sports, arts and entertainment as platforms for the strategy.
Stringfellow expects that most non-metropolitan parts of the country will revert to being largely free of lap dancing, with the capital's status as the focal point for adult entertainment remaining unchanged.
Violence as entertainment has existed for thousands of years, from the ancient Egyptians watching re-enactments of the murder of their god Osiris to the Romans' gladiator games, said Bushman.
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's oldest son launched his showbiz career this week with a gig as a guest correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight, " a job his aunt La Toya Jackson arranged.
Sony longs for consumers to see the PS3 as a mature entertainment platform, rather than just a gaming device for the hardcore audience.
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Inflation in the movie business has sharply outpaced real-world inflation in recent years, as returns rise in the entertainment business and as more money competes for a small number of stars.
At Bravo Media, Viles sees Play Live as an way to make entertainment more social for viewers by allowing fans to influence the outcome of the show as it is being recorded.
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The Caliber Advantage utilizes technology that is specifically optimized for games developed by industry leaders such as Epic Games and Epic's ChAIR Entertainment for the ultimate gaming experience.
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"Most consumers use tablets for entertainment purposes such as gaming, viewing multimedia content, browsing the internet and reading e-books, " said Richard Yu, Chairman of Huawei Device.
Easy Handgrip and Portability: Its compact, one-hand grip form factor ensures users can hold comfortably for hours as well as store in a pocket or small bag for reading and entertainment on the go.
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App stores are emerging as major channels for selling software in a range of categories, such as games, entertainment, news and productivity.
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