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Maren Quezada
change in the business of home entertainment. Sales of DVDs and Blu-Rays were declining; I learned how to manage change during a stressful time.” Building pipelines – and emotional connections Six years of experience at Fox gave Maren her... View Details
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
Television (both owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.), paid in excess of $22 million to acquire the film's global distribution rights. Students are asked to make some of the same cost-to-benefit analyses considered by Singh and his team: Should the mass-market price... View Details
- 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 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
R-rated film has trouble with the box office because the audience is limited and will often wait for the DVD release. Consumers are not stupid. They know that the time between the theatrical release of a film and the View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
My Real Career
hallowed halls of Aldrich to face the inevitable, “Hi! What are you doing these days?” I spent the entire plane ride to Boston blissfully reading instead of juggling apple juice, thumping dead DVD players, and brokering peace among my... View Details
- 10 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Long-Tail Economics? Give Me Blockbusters!
and five companion movies. Adding DVD and merchandise sales, theme parks, etc., Advertising Age valued the Potter economy at $15 billion. Sizzle. A blockbuster does not just address an important need. It does so in an exciting and... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
share my healthy tips and inspirational stories on major media outlets like Good Morning Texas, Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In online community, and on Greatist.com. In addition to the blog, I have also launched my signature fitness method and View Details
- 02 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories 2007
versus items they should buy (salad). In their research on online grocery-buying habits and DVD rentals, Harvard Business School's Katy Milkman and Todd Rogers, along with Professor Max Bazerman, provide insights on the want-should... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Prita Kumar
wellness growing up,” she said, referring to Booya Fitness, her nascent startup venture. From the age of 12, when the scorching Houston summers kept her indoors, Kumar started working out to fitness DVDs such as Billy Blanks Tae Bo... View Details
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Brittani Rettig
blogging has led to other opportunities to share my healthy tips and inspirational stories on major media outlets like Good Morning Texas, Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In online community, and on Greatist.com. In addition to the blog, I have also launched my signature... View Details
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
Netflix and Blockbuster in the DVD rental market and, later, Netflix's subsequent growth (and strategic challenges) in video streaming. The case is set in September 2011, after Netflix announced the unbundling of its View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2015
- News
Lights! Camera... Market!
us,” says Simon. “That was the content we were able to share with our consumers via social media, and share with our retailers as well, to tell how our food comes to market.” Beneath the Harvest Sky was released on DVD late last year, and... View Details
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
videogame consoles are no longer just gaming platforms, they are gateways to a variety of digital content, including DVD movies and Internet video for the gamer and advertising and other promotional opportunities for the advertiser.... View Details
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Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
HBO Home Entertainment, the digital and DVD program distribution division of Home Box Office. He joined the HBS faculty in 2013 and he co-designed and teaches the courses Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship, and Scaling Minority... View Details
- 14 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 14
Disney or Pixar. Instead, anime producers are locked into a highly fragmented domestic market, dominated by content distributors (TV stations and DVD companies) and advertising agencies. We argue that Japan has to adopt legislation in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
won't incur costs for less popular videos until a customer actually purchases the title. They can produce a copy on demand, doing away with the need to store inventory in the warehouse that may or may not sell. Life In The Tail Elberse and Oberholzer-Gee also analyzed... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
example, the current battle over the next-generation format for DVD. Will it be Blu-ray (Sony) or HD DVD (Toshiba)? Without an accepted standard in this case, and one does not appear likely, consumers will be forced to buy one format or... View Details
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
first started out, it was really theatrical, was king. Home video was a big deal. DVDs were a big deal in really propping up the market. And now DVDs are not really that relevant. And it's all online and... View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
10 percent, in these early weeks. Q: Do your findings have implications for the video market? A: The video window, particularly DVD sales in recent years, has developed into a significant additional source of revenue for movie studios.... View Details
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
color television) were still the leading sectors in 1970. By then RCA and the two Japanese leaders had already entered the recording industry, the one long-existing preelectronic sector, based on the vinyl disk. By 1990 the VCR, the CD (and CD-ROM), and the View Details