In response, Blockbuster is testing an online subscription program.
For example, United's Economy Plus subscription program includes roomier seats — when they are available.
The downside of buying through Amazon's subscription program is the lack of predictability, Mr. Wiesel said.
The first subscription program, with the First Piano Concerto, concludes this afternoon in Newark.
When the subscription program at Avery Fisher Hall changed, on Thursday evening, the focus was on the comfortingly familiar.
Publications on Float would get a cut of the revenue after its subscription program starts in the fall.
It represents a departure for Johnson & Johnson, because while it has a product component, it is primarily a subscription program.
The program, with works by Ligeti, Beethoven, Schoenberg and Mozart, was something he might have done on a subscription program.
Customers who sign up for the product subscription program, which covers nearly 20,000 items, typically request multiple products.
It is launching its own online subscription program, with delivery by mail, to compete with businesses like Netflix.
He also asked about the new subscription program, referencing a recent white paper on trends in subscription business models.
