With reduced costs of production and distribution, access to artistic endeavors has never been higher.
The Convention also seeks to strengthen the five inseparable links of cultural expression: their creation, production distribution, access and enjoyment.
The consumer may be king, but how can a manufacturer best serve him if the courtier distribution networks control access to him?
The all-important access to distribution -- once exclusively controlled by publishers -- is now available to all self-publishing authors.
Acquisitions of rice and pasta businesses have increased Ebro's market share but has also given it access to established distribution networks.
Through expansion overseas, they aim to gain access to new distribution channels, international managers, brand recognition and technological expertise in global markets.
The Virtus model is a simple yet timely one: Acquire a diverse group of boutique investment firms that are doing well or have promise, offer these smaller managers liquidity and give them access to broader distribution under a single brand umbrella.
In the old days the downside of small-and-nimble was limited access to resources and distribution.
The deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution will also give LOVEFiLM members access to movies and TV series from the studio's library of much-loved titles, and will add to LOVEFiLM's already extensive TV catalogue.
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ISPs already offer free service in parts of France, such as Groupe Serveur or World Online, Kingfisher has the advantage that Dixons had of access to a trusted distribution network in its Darty chain of household-goods stores, which will give out free starter discs to its numerous customers.
The one thing SinoPac won't get, though, is exclusive access to ICBC's distribution channels in China, Mr. Chang said.
But over the past few years, offbeat smaller-scale works have been taking off, thanks largely to digital-distribution platforms that give a broader audience access to them.
That sort of unbundling will take a while, due to a Byzantine system of contracts, so in the meantime, cable companies can embrace alternative methods of distribution by pushing high-speed internet access, as the Time Warner president said in the article.
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Well besides a company that's losing money like crazy (to the tune of two million dollars a day), they're getting a license to sell handsets under the Siemens brand name for the next five years, as well as access to Siemens' global distribution network and carrier relationships.
Like other local storage technologies, optical storage for content distribution faces new competition from cloud based content access.
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Steger said that some issues -- such as access to nonplayoff bowls and financial distribution -- have not been finalized.
The Australians have been aggressively buying up American wine firms, largely to improve their access to the all-important distribution networks for American supermarkets.
As digital distribution replaces the use of traditional, physical media for content distribution, users of the network will have access to a host of delivery options and resources.
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The company also announced today an expanded partnership with Hortonworks, a commercial vendor of Hadoop, to give customers access to an enterprise-ready distribution of Hadoop with the newly released solutions.
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The elites in any system not only have more political and economic power, they also have more access to information and control the distribution of information in any given system.
Microsoft will announce an expanded partnership with Hortonworks as part of its effort to provide customers with access to an enterprise-ready distribution of Hadoop that is fully compatible with Windows Server and Windows Azure.
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If acquiring overseas companies to gain access to technology, marketing and distribution channels in international markets is such an attractive proposition, why has it taken so long for industrial firms in China to venture abroad?
The real problem with vouchers, for instance, is that they create an even more inequitable distribution of education dollars and, by extension, access to informational resources.
Universal service funds (USF) are set up by levies on telecoms in individual countries, which are then used to increase consumer access based on criteria such as income distribution, rural and urban population ratios, literacy and geography.
"Now they have two giant distribution networks on both sides of the Atlantic and those access points are robust, big and deep, " he said.
There is also a relatively poor access to financial resources due to the unequal distribution of income in South Africa which has left many in poverty.
They not only help fill the capital void but also often give startups access to the business expertise in manufacturing and distribution to take a small company to scale.
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When he began his life 92 years ago, a person would have had to have access to very substantial capital, or the distribution of someone else who did, to be able to share a point of view as broadly as he has done during his lifetime.
For example, food distribution, transportation, telecommuni-cations, medical services and access to clean water and management of sewage would be among those affected almost immediately and for long periods of time.
In a follow-up article, I want to discuss in more detail why there appears to be such a large audience for these films, why they seem to be multiplying and becoming easier to access, and the forces behind their creation and distribution.
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