ad-supported

Another way around the pricing problem is an ad-supported, or at least partially ad-funded, model.

And that, in turn, helps preserve the no-cost nature of the Net by making ad-supported Web sites more profitable.

To switch to an ad-supported model, it would have to partner with a company that already has a huge inventory of interactive ads.

Everyone realizes now that free ad-supported content is not the exclusive model of the future; it's just one part of it.

DeNA did not break out revenue from sales of in-game advertising, ad-supported games and paid game sales.

A basic, ad-supported service is free; the upgraded version, with no ads and higher-quality audio, is $36 a year.

The standard ad supported WCF site as you see it today will remain the same.

Hulu CEO Jason Kilar has said the site's ad-supported model is profitable on a cash-flow basis.

Its Web-based, ad-supported service, Gmail, wasn't much more than a basic inbox with a great search feature.

Michael Hill, who runs the service, expects hundreds of smaller ad-supported and community radio stations to join in the next few weeks.

However, in the case of social networking, that advice comes via a tangible, traceable, ad-supported medium.

Other models have gained traction among users elsewhere, like London-based ad-supported streaming music service Spotify Ltd. has in Europe.

By comparison, Spotify's free version is ad supported, restricted to desktop usage and caps the number of song plays after six months.

That would make driving directions the latest form of information to shift from being a paid service to one that is ad-supported.

To put your pricepoint so high, you're forcing all content producers into the free, ad-supported model.

In August, it was reported that Microsoft will offer a free, ad supported version of Microsoft Works, its 'lite' office suite.

Also important to Ek was that free, ad-supported tier.

Its free, ad-supported streaming music service and a paid, ad-free service.

The trend lines for the open ad-supported side of the commercial content Web are not encouraging . . .

The main ad-supported content business is running at a substantial loss.

Google aside, most companies are seeing disquieting limits to the standard ad-supported model.

Ad-supported streaming competes well on both counts.

The MySpace widget, like several others, will be ad-supported.

The ad- supported model limits your revenues.

SpiralFrog is doing the ad-supported thing, too (if you can get to it).

That's because at the same time, Microsoft will also offer free, ad-supported Web versions of Office applications.

PIX could end up ad-supported on one carrier while free of commercials on another that will charge an extra fee.

We may find out soon, as free, ad-supported applications gain momentum.

Only in 2009 did Google introduce a free, ad-supported music service in China, in conjunction with music labels.

The paid plans range from $5. 99 to $19. 99 a month, but don't be alarmed: many of the most useful features are ad-supported and free.

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"The online audience is getting bigger and bigger, but the ad-supported model doesn't always fit the needs of filmmakers, " she says