The PFA, which receives funding from television and subscription fees, also helps players to get qualifications in other areas.
The strength of subscription television has encouraged media firms to try charging for other products.
The a la carte rental plan follows an abandoned effort to create a subscription television service, said two of the people.
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And it was recently approved - 321 to 101, I think, was the exact numbers - to allow telephone companies to no enter into this subscription television market.
Although he is chairman of BSkyB, his son James is CEO of the firm, which operates Sky Digital, the most popular subscription television service in the UK and Ireland.
Cable still owns 87% of the subscription-television market in America, down from 89% in September 1996.
The Old Firm's decision to block the SPL's plan for its own, subscription-based television channel.
At the same time, Apple pitched media companies on a "best of TV" subscription service to television networks under which customers would pay a monthly fee for on-demand access to programs from a bundle of participating TV networks, giving consumers another way to readily access television content.
In addition, Sky has entered a separate agreement with Universal Networks International (UNI) to extend the availability of UNI's television channels on Sky's subscription TV packages.
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Just under 10 million homes now have a flatscreen TV capable of receiving HD broadcasts but most don't have the receiver or subscription needed to watch television in the new format.
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Over the past 12 months, we successfully demonstrated the value of our intellectual property, continued to attract the interest of operators around the globe to TiVo's advanced television solutions and TiVo's total subscription number moved to a strong positive trajectory.
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The increase in popularity for streaming and subscription services has created a culture of television binge-watching.
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Unlike music and film, nearly all television is free at the margin: once a household has paid its subscription, it costs nothing to watch another show.
In corporate news, Gannett (GCI) announced better-than-expected revenue and higher profit due to strong television advertising revenue from the Olympics and the presidential election, as well as online subscription revenue.
Subscription has proved by far the best way of paying for high-quality television.
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