Live streaming television, advertising-backed programmes from networks and Hulu, legal downloadable nuggets of episodes or complete movies (both paid and free), or pirated peer-to-peer files are all becoming alternatives to channel-based, real-time delivery of television over a wire to the home.
If would be great if Google decides to open-source On2's VP7 and VP8 video codecs and free them up as the worldwide video codec standards, thus becoming alternatives to the proprietary and licenced H264 codecs.
Resting state fMRI (rs-fMRI) and Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) techniques are becoming alternatives to more traditional task fMRI and structural MRI scans to demonstrate functional and structural connectivity in the brain, particularly in pediatric patients who may be challenged by participating in task based fMRI studies.
Whether or not hybrids become truly common, they are surely becoming an alternative to the conventional car.
For Milford, becoming an alternative to Fairfield County has produced some problems.
Steven Koonin, president at Turner Entertainment Networks, was making a point during his company's presentation about how cable is increasing becoming an alternative to broadcast TV.
And that, of course, is a crucial ingredient in becoming an alternative to the online app stores of, most notably, Apple and Google.
The city is becoming an alternative to Iraq's southern provinces to tap into the country's oil wealth and other business opportunities.
Now, because of improvements in the light-emitting microchips, white L.E.D.'s show signs of becoming an alternative to fluorescent lights as a replacement for the staggeringly inefficient but cheap incandescent bulb in other uses.
In an exchange with the treasury minister that went right over my head, Price promised transparency in return for effectively becoming an alternative central bank, funded by the Chinese state.
