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  • June 1999 (Revised August 2004)
  • Case

The National Hockey League's New Television Contract for 2004 and Beyond

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth
The National Hockey League (NHL) has negotiated a new television contract at record rights-fee levels for hockey. The NHL will be shifting its principal television partner from Fox to ESPN/ABC. Students are asked to analyze the current and future contracts in terms of... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Television Entertainment; Contracts; Marketing Communications; Agreements and Arrangements; Partners and Partnerships; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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Greyser, Stephen A., and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth. "The National Hockey League's New Television Contract for 2004 and Beyond." Harvard Business School Case 599-108, June 1999. (Revised August 2004.)
  • 04 Jan 2021
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Twofold Effect of Customer Retention in Freemium Settings

Keywords: by Eva Ascarza, Oded Netzer, and Julian Runge; Entertainment & Recreation; Entertainment & Recreation
  • March 2001 (Revised August 2001)
  • Case

Time Warner Inc. vs. The Walt Disney Company (A): Pulling the Plug

Describes negotiation impasse between Time Warner, Inc. and The Walt Disney Co. over the retransmission of the ABC Network over Time Warner's cable systems. More broadly, the case depicts the shifting balance of power between content creators and distributors in the... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Process; Internet and the Web; Television Entertainment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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Watkins, Michael D., and Cate Reavis. "Time Warner Inc. vs. The Walt Disney Company (A): Pulling the Plug." Harvard Business School Case 801-186, March 2001. (Revised August 2001.)
  • March 2025
  • Case

YouTube: Bidding for NFL Sunday Ticket

By: Anita Elberse and Crystal Yao
In December 2022, Erin Teague, a senior director and the global head of sports, movies and shows at YouTube, technology giant Alphabet Inc.’s video- sharing platform, received the news that Sundar Pichai, the chief executive officer of Alphabet and its subsidiary... View Details
Keywords: General Management; Entertainment; Media; Sports; Marketing; Management; Business Strategy; Bids and Bidding; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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Elberse, Anita, and Crystal Yao. "YouTube: Bidding for NFL Sunday Ticket." Harvard Business School Case 525-045, March 2025.
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

Good Luck Charm

corporate giving in the city,” New York’s cultural affairs commissioner Kate Levin told the New York Times (November 12, 2007). Time Warner believes that such philanthropy can help build audiences and spur creative innovation, all of which benefits the media and View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Jun 2004
  • News

Media, VC Discussed at WSA Conference

The media and entertainment business can be a bit of a roller-coaster ride — particularly in today’s climate of tight margins and consolidation. But that state of flux creates opportunity, agreed panelists at the Women’s Student... View Details
Keywords: women in business; women's student association; Arts, Entertainment

    Dick Griffey

    Initially a co-owner of a black nightclub in Los Angeles, Griffey moved into music producing and built one of the most important black entertainment enterprises. A firm proponent of black culture and community, Griffey started a record... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
    • November 2002 (Revised November 2006)
    • Case

    Tax-Motivated Film Financing at Rexford Studios

    By: Mihir A. Desai, Gabriel J. Loeb and Mark Veblen
    The head of production for Rexford Studios must analyze the terms and value consequences of an international financing involving a German film fund. The financing involves a sale-leaseback structure where international tax rules give rise to a sizable economic pie that... View Details
    Keywords: International Finance; Financing and Loans; Taxation; Cash Flow; Financial Strategy; Financial Management; Competition; Film Entertainment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Germany
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    Desai, Mihir A., Gabriel J. Loeb, and Mark Veblen. "Tax-Motivated Film Financing at Rexford Studios." Harvard Business School Case 203-005, November 2002. (Revised November 2006.)

      David Sarnoff

      Trained as an engineer, Sarnoff predicted that radio, and later, television, would transform the way people interacted with the world around them. Sarnoff lead RCA to become the leader in radio programming, offering services from news, sports, View Details
      Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

        Sumner M. Redstone

        Beginning his career as a lawyer, Redstone joined the entertainment industry in the 1960’s with the formation of National Amusements. As Chairman of Viacom, he guided the company’s successful post-theatrical and syndication activities and... View Details
        Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
        • 03 Nov 2003
        • Research & Ideas

        Making Money Making Movies

        What makes a movie click with an audience? How important is buzz in the success or failure of an entertainment product? Should worldwide releases of movies be done over time, or all at once? Those are the kinds of questions that interest... View Details
        Keywords: by Manda Salls; Entertainment & Recreation; Entertainment & Recreation
        • 01 Apr 2001
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        Rewriting the Script: Social Enterprise Start-ups Expand Business Plan Contest's Parameters

        The story of how nonprofit start-up Montage Entertainment came about would be familiar to many past participants in the HBS Business Plan Contest. “Some friends and I were sitting in the café at Shad, discussing film and the way women and... View Details
        Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment
        • March 2021
        • Supplement

        Sky Deutschland - Bidding for Sports Rights (B)

        By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Sascha L. Schmidt and Sebastian Koppers
        Carsten Schmidt, CEO of Sky Deutschland, needs to prepare for the auction of German soccer rights. Much was at stake. Not only was soccer the most widely watched sport in Germany, the company had long advertised that only Sky showed “every game, every goal.” In... View Details
        Keywords: Sports; Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Intellectual Property; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Sports Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Germany
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        Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Koppers. "Sky Deutschland - Bidding for Sports Rights (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-441, March 2021.
        • May 2023
        • Supplement

        Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats Video Supplement Playlist

        By: Boris Groysberg
        Keywords: Entertainment; Music Entertainment; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Goals and Objectives; Power and Influence; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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        Groysberg, Boris. "Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats Video Supplement Playlist." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 422-701, May 2023.
        • October 2019 (Revised December 2019)
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        Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys: A Power Couple

        By: Boris Groysberg, Annelena Lobb and Sarah Mehta
        Set in 2018, this case follows married couple and music industry titans Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys as they consider how best to use their platforms to achieve their goals. Since achieving professional success in the music industry early in their lives, Swizz and Keys... View Details
        Keywords: Entertainment; Music Entertainment; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Goals and Objectives; Power and Influence; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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        Groysberg, Boris, Annelena Lobb, and Sarah Mehta. "Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys: A Power Couple." Harvard Business School Case 420-035, October 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
        • January 2012 (Revised September 2014)
        • Supplement

        Hip Hop (B): Can't Stop, Won't Stop

        By: Mukti Khaire and Kerry Herman
        Keywords: Music Entertainment; Music Industry
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        Khaire, Mukti, and Kerry Herman. "Hip Hop (B): Can't Stop, Won't Stop." Harvard Business School Supplement 812-116, January 2012. (Revised September 2014.)
        • September 2003 (Revised January 2004)
        • Case

        Giant Cinema

        By: Malcolm P. Baker, Richard S. Ruback, Erik Stafford and Kathleen Luchs
        The owner of Giant Cinema must decide whether to invest in a digital projector, a new technology for screening films, or purchase a traditional projector. The impact of the new technology is uncertain, and the case describes probabilities for different outcomes that... View Details
        Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Film Entertainment; Technology Adoption; Financial Strategy; Investment; Outcome or Result; Risk and Uncertainty; Technology; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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        Baker, Malcolm P., Richard S. Ruback, Erik Stafford, and Kathleen Luchs. "Giant Cinema." Harvard Business School Case 204-052, September 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
        • November 1983
        • Case

        Cablevision of Boston

        By: Howard H. Stevenson
        Keywords: Television Entertainment; Business and Government Relations; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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        Stevenson, Howard H. "Cablevision of Boston." Harvard Business School Case 384-130, November 1983.
        • August 2000 (Revised August 2005)
        • Case

        STAR TV in 1993

        Describes STAR TV, a pan-Asian satellite network that has standardized its strategy across its target markets. STAR's acquisition by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation provides an opportune point to analyze whether the viability of this strategy is likely to increase or... View Details
        Keywords: Integration; Adaptation; Globalization; Television Entertainment; Telecommunications Industry
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        Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Timothy J. Keohane. "STAR TV in 1993." Harvard Business School Case 701-012, August 2000. (Revised August 2005.)
        • 01 Dec 2013
        • News

        Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits

        presidential skybox for her research into the entertainment industry's most successful stars and products. Her brand-new book, Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment... View Details
        Keywords: Patrick Kirchner; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment
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