But swampy sell-through is definitely surprising financial analysts, some of whom are cutting Microsoft's revenue forecasts.
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However, until qualifications are completed, we cannot accurately project what the sell-through of these products will be.
Expect a fourth quarter beat on continued iPad2 strength, iPhone sell-through, and Asian demand, the analysts explain.
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While the company may be anticipating improving PlayBook sell-through in coming months, our latest sell-through checks indicate the opposite.
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We think THQ will likely be on the hook for significant price protection as a result of the weak sell-through.
Despite the weak sell-through and supply disruptions, we reduced channel inventory by 3 percent and internal inventory by 10 percent sequentially.
Now the big chains are getting kicked around, thanks to video-on-demand technology, online-delivery services like Netflix and "sell-through" pricing straight to consumers.
Fox will take an 8% distribution fee like Paramount did in traditional markets and a 6% fee for digital distribution and electronic sell-through.
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Blu-ray Disc and EST continued to perform remarkably well with consumer spending on Blu-ray sell-through up 20 percent and EST up nine percent for the year.
The service also will provide electronic sell-through and video on demand versions of new releases from Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Relativity and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
"For the second consecutive quarter, Android handsets have shown strong, but slowing, sell-through market share gains among U.S. consumers, " says Ross Rubin, executive director of industry analysis for NPD.
"For the second consecutive quarter, Android handsets have shown strong but slowing sell-through market share gains among U.S. consumers, " said Ross Rubin, executive director of industry analysis for NPD.
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"Since we implemented a 28-day window for subscription and kiosk, we have seen very positive results with regard to our sell-through business, " said Mark Horak, president, Warner Home Video North America.
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Revenue will be sustained by resilient iPhone 4 sell-through ahead of iPhone 4S, with something like 19.5 million units shipped in the fourth quarter, a 16% increase over the fourth quarter of 2010.
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Armstrong attributed much of the increase to the higher ad prices and sell-through rates generated by Project Devil, a new ad format the company developed that features larger ad sizes and richer media.
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The RBC analysts are already looking ahead to results from the current quarter, when potential factors like a global launch of the iPhone 5, international iPad sell-through, and an iPad HD launch could have a positive benefit.
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They highlight the release of iOS5 and iCloud as features that will enhance iPhone user experience and differentiation, noting the impressive strength of iPhone 4S pre-orders (reached 1 million within days and is expected to hit 3 million first week sell-through).
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In the absence of easy access to all their purchased content across all their proliferating number of screens, consumers have been cutting back on buying discs, while the growing electronic sell-through (EST) market is simply too small to make up the difference.
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According to the research firm DisplaySearch, overall TV shipments in the first quarter were up just 1% from a year ago, and fell 29% from the fourth quarter, in a sharper-than-seasonal drop that reflected very high Q4 shipments that were stronger than sell-through.
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You can also call health insurance companies directly to ask about their child-only coverage, because in some states, health insurance companies may not sell child-only plans through agents.
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His first big move was to broaden the company's distribution methods and sell through stand-alone agents, call centers and the Internet.
Product Supplies: Many companies rely on the massive, steady volume they sell through Wal-Mart in order to drive their product costs lower.
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Meantime, local phone companies are starting to sell high-speed Internet access through digital subscriber lines.
Prudential said it would quit taking applications for policies sold to individuals as of March 30, but would continue to sell the coverage through employer-sponsored benefit programs.
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It has a time-tested way to do this through its open market operations-sell bonds from its portfolio, which will soak up excess cash used to pay for those bonds.
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