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Kenneth Li (reuters@telecom-digest.org) Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:17:26 -0600
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By Kenneth Li
AOL is planning moves this year to improve its cash-generating, but
The online division of the world's largest media conglomerate has
It currently has about 20.1 million U.S. subscribers, down from nearly
But Jeffrey Bewkes, chief operating officer of Time Warner, said its
"Growing the subscriber base is not something we should all give up
AOL currently has deals to sell its service together with broadband
"We're going to be working on broadband subscriptions of every kind
Last year, AOL focused on transforming its business to boost its
Although plans to bolster its free Internet properties continue,
Subscribers to AOL services provide a captive audience for ads.
"You can get a lot of benefits in the audience business if you have an
Bewkes said AOL ranked as the second most highly visited Web property
Asked if the company considered splitting the subscription business
ONE-STOP VIDEO SHOP
AOL's purchase of Truveo, which provides them with "Visual Crawling"
Truveo's technology is able to better distinguish videos on a Web site
The company, which will debut In2TV, a free service offering vintage
"2006 is the year we deliver a video search experience that is as good
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