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- 04 Sep 2013
- News
From HBO to HBS
media company's relatively unknown cable TV subsidiary, Home Box Office. He took the job at HBO and stayed for 34 years, recently retiring as president of HBO Home Entertainment, the network's DVD and digital program distribution... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right
William Shatner of Star Trek fame starring in a series of quirky radio and TV ads for the company, that decision has proved to be an inspired one. Most recently, Brier has focused on Priceline's plans to expand abroad. Joint ventures,... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Jeffery E. Sagansky: That's Entertainment
the 1950s, Sagansky recalls that TV characters like the Cartwrights in Bonanza "became an important part of my life." In high school, he followed the industry in Variety. After graduating from Harvard College in 1974, he opted to attend... View Details
- Fast Answer
News sources- India
Where can I can find business news specific to India? Daily News Sources:
Bloomberg TV India This YouTube channel features... View Details
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Making Lives Better
Alison Tepper Singer When her daughter was diagnosed with autism, Alison Tepper Singer's life changed both personally and professionally. The 1993 HBS grad had been planning to build on her career as a TV news producer—first at WTKR in... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- News
Phone Fun
demographic’s attention. “TV is where we have to be,” said Braterman. The Adam & Eve advertising agency, which represents Phones 4u, recently arranged large sponsorship deals with a number of youth market shows, including ITV’s “Harry Hill’s View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable
news, classifieds, TV listings, ads, and coupons. They didn’t realize that there were new digital businesses to be built separately from the news bundle. And even if they did realize it, digital was a very different business. It was more... View Details
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
broadband Internet, and the related crisis faced by companies whose business models relied on TV advertising—played to TiVo's unique strengths. Leadership in DVR technology and a TV-centric user interface arguably positioned TiVo to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Baker Bell Dedication Rings in HBS Centennial
Baker Library on August 15, and the monastery bell was sent on its way back home. The remaining replacement bells will arrive at Lowell House next spring after Harvard Commencement, and the originals will be returned to Russia. The mid-August bell swap attracted... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Playing to Win
Seldom, if ever, has global competition been so glamorous, or so passionately beheld. At soccer's World Cup in France this summer, hundreds of thousands of spectators and a cumulative TV audience of 37 billion cheered and wept as 32... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case
part, found himself fielding some unexpected questions. “What’s a soap opera?” one boy asked during a discussion of ad rates for different kinds of TV programming. Mention of a $1.3 million cost provoked the query, “How much money is... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital: Hot Markets and Current Industry Trends
sophisticated understanding of that market, said Wiersma. One reason the TV recorder company TiVo ran into difficulty, she said, was the company didn't understand that consumers don't want to have to get another box for their television.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
in-development wireless TV from Haier; Toyota's plans to make it easier to charge Prius models; and an iPhone charger due out later in 2013. Then there are the wirelessly recharging AA batteries that will hopefully reduce the 40 billion... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Wide Screen Approach
Immersive Media “The single largest revenue stream for sports in North America is media rights. The sports industry is slowly adapting to new formats and platforms, which is having an immediate impact on the acquisition and retention of audiences. The traditional model... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
Lovepop Woos The Sharks
people who were all heavily involved in the company—investors, friends who had helped us in the past, and even some other Shark Tank companies who had been through the experience. So you were able to see the reaction in real-time as the show was airing. We were... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
companies will manage the marketing of e-cigarette brands to maximize profitability for their shareholders” The growing sales of electronic cigarettes also caught the attention of regulators. The products had been completely unregulated—they could be advertised on... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
more appealing since it comprises a higher-than-normal proportion of women (especially when gymnastics and swimming are featured) compared to typical sports programs. The TV tradition of "up-close-and-personal" human interest... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
respect as the TV unit. The sports division had to fight for airtime. Employees regularly went to the press to air grievances, reinforcing the BBC's culture of blame. Invensys: A global conglomerate that was created largely through... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
bucks made renting out its ubiquitous terminals. Or how News Corp.’s film and TV numbers conveniently hide the rounding error that is the Wall Street Journal. One commentator even proposed that the nation’s wealthiest universities set... View Details
- Web
Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
I saw TV as not just an escape, but a window onto other worlds. It has the power to transcend boundaries.” At Disney/ABC, Shilla spent over five years collaborating with its head, Ben Sherwood, in much the same way she had worked with... View Details