On June 17‚ 1985‚ The Discovery Channel was launched with $5 million in start-up capital from several investors (including BBC‚ Allen & Company and Venture America). It was initially available to 156‚000 households and broadcasted for 12 hours between 3 p.m. and 3 a.m. About 75 percent of its content had never before aired on U.S. TV. John Hendricks founded the channel and its parent company‚ Cable Educational Network Inc.‚ in 1982. In its early years‚ the channel broadcast some Soviet programming
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Category – Basketball Shoes Definition (Dictionary.com) Basketball - a game played by two teams of usually five players each on a rectangular court having a raised basket or goal at each end‚ points being scored by tossing the ball through the opponent’s basket. Shoe - an external covering for the human foot‚ usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above‚ at‚ or below the ankle. Basketball shoes are used when playing
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Cartoon Channels on Television Cartoons were introduced for the first time on Television in 1950 with Jay Ward’s “Crusader Rabbit” in the US. The development of cartoons specifically for Television did not begin till 1960’s as feature films ruled the market‚ but by the 1970’s some of the best known cartoon series were developed. ‘Scooby Doo‚’ ‘The Flintstones‚’ ‘The Jetsons‚’ The Speed Buggy’ and ‘The Snorks’. The leading producers of the cartoon series were Hanna Barbera‚ Filmation and DIC.
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The Binomial Distribution October 20‚ 2010 The Binomial Distribution Bernoulli Trials Definition A Bernoulli trial is a random experiment in which there are only two possible outcomes - success and failure. 1 Tossing a coin and considering heads as success and tails as failure. The Binomial Distribution Bernoulli Trials Definition A Bernoulli trial is a random experiment in which there are only two possible outcomes - success and failure. 1 Tossing a coin and considering
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Distribution channel of LIC Child Fortune plus ANAND.G MOULAN.S MANOJ.K RAVEE KUMAR.M.S Primary objective of the distribution is to increase the customer base who have a disposable income level of more than 2 lakhs per annum. Price: The price of a life insurance depends upon the period by which premium is bieng paid. Specifications of LIC child fortune plus is given below Specifications | LIC Child Fortune plus | Age (Male) | 35 years | Premium | 1‚00‚000 | Sum Assured | 5‚00
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DISTRIBUTION IN BANKING BUSINESS Distribution in financial services marketing is concerned with how the service is delivered to the customer‚ making sure that it is available in a place‚ at a time and in a format that is appropriate and convenient for the customer. In a growing number of countries‚ the expansion of the financial services sector has been accompanied by a significant blurring of lines between different institutional types with‚ for instance‚ retail banks offering insurance products
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The Fashion Channel (TFC) is a stand-alone cable channel‚ which was started in 1996. It known to be the only “fashion only” channel‚ with fashion related content 24/7. The majority audience for TFC was women aged 35-54. TFC had done well in 2006 with revenue of 310 million‚ way above their expected revenue. But in 2006 more competitors had popped up on the scene and offered fashion related content. These channels‚ CNN and Lifetime‚ were not fashion only channels‚ but they had segments in their broadcast
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Chapter 158 Distributions to Shareholders: Dividends and Repurchases ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 158-1 a. The optimal distribution policy is one that strikes a balance between dividend yield and capital gains so that the firm’s stock price is maximized. b. The dividend irrelevance theory holds that dividend policy has no effect on either the price of a firm’s stock or its cost of capital. The principal proponents of this view are Merton Miller and Franco Modigliani (MM). They
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perspective of special interest tourism and gives theoretical background of sustainable tourism management in order to analyse the factors determining it as a successful destination. It is beyond doubt that Venice is an exotic location which allures countless trippers. Some share identical special interests. For instance‚ tourists who are culture enthusiasts in Venice would visit St. Mark’s square and St. Mark’s Cathedral. This certain part of tourism is coined special interest tourism (SIT) (Norman
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gradually built a customer base throughout Texas. A distribution center was established in Ft. Worth‚ Texas later‚ as business expanded to the north; a second distribution center was established in Santa Fe‚ New Mexico. The El Paso plant was expanded when the company began marketing its meters in Arizona‚ California‚ Nevada‚ and Utah. With the growth of the West Coast business‚ the Darby Company opened a third distribution center in Las Vegas and just two years ago opened a second production plant in San
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