Word: stream
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...these days. Consumers shelled out more than $2 billion last year to purchase DVDs of shows ranging from Seinfeld to The Simpsons to Sex and the City. And the TV industry is loving it. Historically beholden to fickle ratings and ad spending, studios are reveling in a new revenue stream for which costs are low (old show, new box) and profit margins high--as much as 50%, according to Merrill Lynch analyst Jessica Reif Cohen. By 2008, Cohen projects, the business will grow to $3.9 billion annually. The biggest beneficiaries: Time Warner, which owns HBO, Warner Bros. and New Line...
...frames-per-sec. video and high- quality stereo music to the cell phone. LG'S VX8000 will support VCAST at launch, and three more phones, from Samsung, UTStarcom and Motorola, are expected. For $15 a month on top of a standard calling plan, customers can download an unlimited stream of files to the phones or pay extra for premium content. Highlights will include music videos, Doppler weather radar, 3-D games and video clips as much as five minutes or longer, among them "webisodes" from 20th Century Fox based on the show...
Students working on the computers were immediately evacuated as Facilities Maintenance Operations (FMO) workers were called to address the situation, plugging the stream of water and organizing the clean...
...judges supplied a stream of feedback, but relied on the audience for the final verdict...
...channeling government funds, providing infrastructure and slashing red tape for new resorts, business centers and port facilities. The sheik's tax-free policies have helped attract global brands like Microsoft to set up in Internet City, a free-trade zone for ebusinesses. Some 5 million tourists a year stream to Dubai's beach resorts, anchored by the superluxe Burj al Arab. The sheik's latest projects are a series of man-made islands featuring luxury hotels, and purportedly the world's tallest building. Dubai's GDP has rocketed from $8 billion to $20 billion since 1995. Says Osama Gargash, senior...