These areoffered to customers through an ongoing subscription model, just like in thetraditional publishing world.
Only NetFlix and Amazon offer an all-you-can-eat subscription model for streaming, the rest are individual rentals.
Napster's subscription model has been criticised by some because users do not "own" the music.
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The problem is, once WoW goes away, the paid subscription model may go along with it.
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And more than anything else, it's the collapse of the subscription model that's done it to us.
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Rental prices are fashioned per game, and there is not a monthly subscription model as with Gamefly.
That said, the subscription model is not the best way for content owners to maximize their profits.
The shift to a subscription model is going to make reported revenues messy for some time to come.
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This week they announced Twitch Turbo, a new subscription model that allows players to watch streams ad free.
Sirius on the other hand uses a subscription model that offers advertisement-free satellite radio services and exclusive content.
Choosing a subscription model makes revenue more predictable, but reduces revenue up front.
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Evidently the problem is that access to new movies via a subscription model is already spoken for by cable operators.
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The monthly subscription model is more attractive because it forces viewers to make only one decision: what movie to watch.
Four panicky days later, Jirbo junked the subscription model and turned to advertising--on the Jirbo site and embedded in games--for revenue.
Additionally, Apple has not really followed a subscription model that Netflix does and seems to be happy selling movies via iTunes.
Operating on a ad-supported or paid subscription model, the streaming music product has been in the works and rumors have been swirling.
We will move to a subscription model if that's our only recourse.
Those who think so point to the inconsistency of closing down in some countries while moving to a subscription model in others.
Educational and professional publishers have long seen the value of the subscription model for professional education (see: Safari Books Online, for one).
Additionally, they attempted a monthly subscription model that was fast becoming painfully out of style with the skyrocketing popularity of free to play.
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At first, these companies started with a subscription model, but then changed to free to play, but charging money for weapons and magic powers.
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Eventually the company could add a subscription model as well as paid services for music companies or bands to use Cull as a promotional channel.
Unlike a subscription model, F2P players have no initial buy-in to keep them playing, no nagging guilt over not making use of that monthly fee.
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VMWare has a monthly subscription model and should show an increasing return on investment as it spreads its costs over a growing number of customers.
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For Spotify, the deal is the first collaboration with a carmaker and will be seen as a win for backers of the multi-platform subscription model.
The Mag shares a bundled subscription model with the latter three.
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It has moved squarely onto Mr Murdoch's turf, offering Hollywood films as well as football, and shifting from a pay-per-view strategy to a subscription model.
Expect to see the subscription model already common with antivirus programs: Click on a button and automatically upgrade your insecure operating system--provided you pay up regularly.
Or was the old-fashioned subscription model always a snare and a delusion, an easy-money honeypot that seduced growth-happy companies into losing sight of their artistic missions?
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If you look at this in the same vane as a wireless subscription model, you can give away Zunes for free with a 24-month ZunePass subscription.
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