The results reflected a continued strategy on the part of both companies, also mirrored by some rivals, to appeal to what DirecTV in its earnings report called "higher-quality subscribers" — that is, customers who will stick around longer and pay more for monthly services.
First-quarter wireless margins reflected increased operating costs associated with strong smartphone sales, high customer upgrade levels and the Alltel and Centennial merger costs, offset in part by improved operating efficiencies and further revenue growth from the company's base of high-quality smartphone subscribers.
Besides bringing high-quality signals to subscribers, the systems provide additional television channels.
Some Webzine workers take comfort in a comparison of their industry with the cable television business in the 1970's -- a new medium that struggled at first because it lacked enough unique, high-quality content to attract subscribers.
"To ensure a high-quality experience for its entire subscriber base, XOHM may use various tools and techniques designed to limit the bandwidth available for certain bandwidth intensive applications or protocols, such as file sharing".
Like HBO, which has spent the last two decades winning over subscribers with really high-quality original content that can only be seen on its network (or, if you're willing to wait, packaged for DVD and Blu-ray sale), Netflix is hoping that it too will soon be defined by shows that users can only see by paying $8 a month for its streaming service.
Subscribers should focus on high-quality growers with unique products or market positions.
The company, known for its high-quality network, is locked in a battle for subscribers with competitors in the saturated US wireless market.
Subscribers pay $14.95 for the featured book of the month, a high-quality, hardcover.
But subscribers would stay only if Netflix mimics its pay-cable competitors with high-quality original series and exclusive movies, analysts said.
