The channel still lacks major distributors like Comcast, Time Warner and DirecTV, and its not yet clear how many of its 30 million potential customers will sign up.
RadioShack is one of the major distributors for Cingular Wireless, though it's unlikely that the association with Cingular, Apple's iPhone partner, will get RadioShack in on the iPhone launch.
"We've had major distributors call up some of our processors who have been working with them for years, generations, and they've basically said, 'We don't want Gulf product, '" Barber said.
And deals with those online distributors are a major source of new revenues for Viacom, just as they are for Disney, Time Warner and other programmers.
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Through Groupe Danone's painful experience, Kraft learned that building up a local management team to maintain solid connections with the Chinese distributors is a major part of doing retail business in China.
The company has partly backtracked on its platform-only model by acquiring land in major cities to build warehouse space for distributors.
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An investment in Dell could help stabilize one of the software giant's key distributors and ensure that Microsoft has a major channel for Windows.
Legitimate Bollywood film distributors have hailed the conviction as "a major boost".
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They assumed they had a lock on local advertising to individuals with their papers' classified ad departments, and on major advertisers like auto manufacturers, auto dealers and movie distributors and theaters with their display ads.
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Through relationships with every major US movie studio and more than 40 independent studios and distributors, VUDU offers a vast array of on-demand choices at the highest quality.
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As the accredited port of entry for Iraqi food supplies, Aqaba is now a major trading centre attracting foreign companies such as rice and wheat distributors from Australia.
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