I wish Showtime and other networks would give you an option to pay or subscribe directly to episodes through their Web sites.
The business decision by Mr. Beck's company, Mercury Radio Arts, hinges on an expectation that more and more people will figure out how to view online shows on their TV sets through set-top boxes and video game consoles — and that they will subscribe directly to their favorite brands.
You can see those items from friends of your friends, even if you don't subscribe directly to their feeds.
"We're testing ways for people to subscribe directly to topics in News Feed so they can see more stories about topics they like.
If you subscribed directly from Amazon on the Kindle Fire, you may have access if you entered an e-mail address and created a password for additional benefits when you purchased your subscription.
Who's to say that subscribing directly to your favourite author's output is not a better bet than waiting for it to appear in hefty chunks; or that an audience should have no input into what gets written next, rather than simply waiting to be told?
Today it officially released the Subscribe button, noting that when clicked "The subscribe action is also shared — allowing others to subscribe directly via the News Feed stories, and further increasing viral distribution".
"That's why in addition to iOS, Android, Windows 8 and Web, we've enabled less tech-savvy family members to subscribe directly via email only and even integrated with a digital photo frame so that family members can enjoy the photo content even without a computer," he says.
For more cost-conscious drivers who want to try out different types of vehicles from various brands, third-party car subscription apps ― as opposed to subscribing directly from an automaker itself ― can be a good option.
A simple popup informing me that I can save $x by subscribing directly with HBO would allow me to downgrade in a heartbeat and switch to a handy one-click subscription based on my Apple ID.
Unlike Netflix or Hulu Plus, which you can subscribe to directly through those companies, HBO Go is only available to those who subscribe to HBO through a TV provider.
