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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To the extent applicable, Corporate Subscription billing cycles and terms of cancellations may differ and would be governed by the terms set forth in the Corporate Subscription Purchase Order.
For example, if a student gets a subsidised subscription (as The Times used to offer) is this the same as a full price subscription for ad purposes?
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However, a subscription to one network of hotspots does not entitle you to use others, so you may need one subscription in the airport, and another in the coffee shop.
In addition to the foregoing, we respectfully advise the Staff that several similar subscription services, including Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Charter, do not report churn, indicating that investors do not necessarily consider churn an important metric for measuring the performance of a subscription business.
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We'd also point out that MMOs aren't typically the most stable of sectors in the game industry -- outside of Blizzard juggernaut World of Warcraft, few are competitive if at all successful -- and playing one through OnLive would mean paying both for an OnLive subscription and a game subscription.
While Microsoft might not best Apple at every point of audio ecosystem -- and the glaring lack of an iPod Touch or iPhone competitor makes much of this irrelevant for many people -- Apple's refusal to build a subscription service makes Zune Pass one of our few choices for a well-integrated player and subscription software combo.
Most economists would agree that the ability for subscribers to avoid directed advertising increases the cost to all subscribers because the value of that subscription list has been reduced because it now consists of a smaller population of persons who may be interested in a product based on their interest in the contents of a subscription.
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Last year, the company packaged its popular Creative Suite software into a subscription bundle.
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The subscription includes software for up to 5 devices, including Windows PCs and tablets and Macs.
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The success of two-year old subscription sample service Birchbox was not lost on Walmart.
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You can also give a Quarterly subscription as a gift, tons of fun (and easy).
For an additional subscription fee, users can also access many thousands more customizable recipes.
The Old Firm's decision to block the SPL's plan for its own, subscription-based television channel.
Is Sirius XM (SIRI) planning to hike its subscription rates later this year?
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There has also been much talk of creating new subscription models for newspapers and magazines.
These areoffered to customers through an ongoing subscription model, just like in thetraditional publishing world.
The increase in popularity for streaming and subscription services has created a culture of television binge-watching.
But whether those will be the channels that demand subscription fees is unclear right now.
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After that you will have to pay a monthly subscription to continue making recordings.
Usage of the Spotify feature on BeoSound 5 will require a Spotify Premium subscription.
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This commitment is smaller than a dollar subscription, but still separates the curious from the customers.
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The strength of subscription television has encouraged media firms to try charging for other products.
The mobile app (currently only offered for iPhone and iPad users) runs on a subscription basis.
But even within subscription revenues, we can see that online video is important to Live.
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That supported its claim to be the most popular subscription-based title of its kind.
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Philips Park in Manchester opened a year earlier but was funded by public subscription.
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