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- November 1996 (Revised December 1996)
- Case
Rogers Communications, Inc.: The Wave
By: John A. Deighton, Karsten Voermann and Reginal Gilyard
Rogers Communications, Inc., Canada's largest cable television provider, is deciding how it should respond to developments that appear to portend the convergence of its industry with the computing and telecommunications industries. In particular, it is investigating... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Innovation and Invention; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Consumer Behavior; Technology Adoption; Telecommunications Industry; Canada
Deighton, John A., Karsten Voermann, and Reginal Gilyard. "Rogers Communications, Inc.: The Wave." Harvard Business School Case 597-050, November 1996. (Revised December 1996.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- November 2000 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
TiVo
TiVo is a digital video recorder that allows viewers to watch what they want, when they want to watch it. Fourteen months into the launch, sales are very disappointing. Brodie Keast, VP of marketing and sales, wants to combine a catchy communications campaign, product... View Details
- January 2011
- Supplement
BBC America Showreel, Fall 2007
By: John A. Quelch
HD-TV ad clips of Fall 2007 television show line up from BBC America. View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Television Entertainment; Brands and Branding; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United Kingdom; United States
Quelch, John A. "BBC America Showreel, Fall 2007." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 511-706, January 2011.
- March 1998 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
BSkyB
By: Debora L. Spar
In 1983, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. bought a floundering two-year-old British company called Satellite Television plc. and renamed it Sky. Without external financing, without having been allocated any space on Britain's existing satellites, and over the opposition of... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Change Management; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Great Britain
Spar, Debora L., and Paula Zakaria. "BSkyB." Harvard Business School Case 798-077, March 1998. (Revised August 1998.)
- Research Summary
Research Questions
By: Anita Elberse
One overarching question drives my research: What are effective marketing strategies for managers in creative industries?
I focus on three sub-questions:
- How can managers in creative industries effectively manage products and product... View Details
- January 2005
- Supplement
Intel Commercials
By: Youngme E. Moon and Christina L. Darwall
Presents 14 Intel television commercials. View Details
Moon, Youngme E., and Christina L. Darwall. "Intel Commercials." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 505-708, January 2005.
- November 1993
- Case
Colonial Broadcasting Co.
Colonial Broadcasting, a major American television network, must determine whether fact-based television movies garner higher Nielsen ratings than movies based on fictional concepts. Furthermore, the network must decide whether to accept a fixed-fee advertising... View Details
Wu, George. "Colonial Broadcasting Co." Harvard Business School Case 894-011, November 1993.
- May 1994 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
STAR TV (A)
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and J. Peter Williamson
Concerns the decision whether or not to launch a satellite television service in Asia in the 1990-1991 period. STAR TV was a joint venture between Hutchison Whampoa and Li-Ka Shing and was established to launch such a service. Li-Ka Shing's son, Richard, was CEO.... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Decisions; Product Launch; Service Delivery; Adaptation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Asia; Europe; United States
Yoshino, Michael Y., and J. Peter Williamson. "STAR TV (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-212, May 1994. (Revised September 1994.)
- December 2009
- Article
Media Markets and Localism: Does Local News en Español Boost Hispanic Voter Turnout?
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Joel Waldfogel
Since the dawn of broadcasting, and especially in the past decade, Americans have turned their attention from local to more distant sources of news and entertainment. While the integration of media markets will raise the private welfare of many consumers, critics of a... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Ethnicity; Behavior; Local Range; Journalism and News Industry; Journalism and News Industry; United States
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Joel Waldfogel. "Media Markets and Localism: Does Local News en Español Boost Hispanic Voter Turnout?" American Economic Review 99, no. 5 (December 2009).
- June 2013
- Supplement
Studio Moderna - Sandi Cesko, CEO, Video Supplement
By: Jim Sharpe
This is the Video Supplement for Studio Moderna - A Venture in Eastern Europe (HBS Case #808110). View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Marketing; Entrepreneurial Organizations; International Entrepreneurship; International Expansion; Consumer Marketing; Consumer Goods; Innovation; Leadership; Organizational Structure; Advertising; Internet; Marketing; General Management; Growth; Organizational Development; Television; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Globalization; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Digital Marketing; Business Startups; Marketing Channels; Media; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Slovenia; Slovakia; Croatia; Macedonia; Bulgaria; Serbia and Montenegro; Poland; Hungary; Bosnia and Hercegovina; Czech Republic; Lithuania; Estonia; Albania; Romania; Central Asia
Sharpe, Jim. "Studio Moderna - Sandi Cesko, CEO, Video Supplement ." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 813-716, June 2013.
- May 2013
- Supplement
Studio Moderna—A Venture in Eastern Europe
By: Jim Sharpe
This is the Spreadsheet Supplement for Studio Moderna—A Venture in Eastern Europe (HBS Case #808110). Includes Exhibit 3a, Exhibit 3b, Exhibit 5, and Exhibit 6. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Marketing; Entrepreneurial Organizations; International Entrepreneurship; International Expansion; Consumer Marketing; Consumer Goods; Innovation; Leadership; Organizational Structure; Advertising; Internet; Marketing; General Management; Growth; Organizational Development; Television; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Globalization; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Digital Marketing; Business Strategy; Marketing Channels; Media; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Slovenia; Slovakia; Croatia; Macedonia; Bulgaria; Serbia and Montenegro; Poland; Hungary; Bosnia and Hercegovina; Czech Republic; Lithuania; Albania; Romania; Central Asia
- September 1992
- Case
Star Cablevision Group (A): Harvesting in a Bull Market
First case in a series of six cases that follow the experience of a cable television company as it adjusts to the rapid rise and precipitous decline of the stock market in the late 1980s. In this case Don Jones, the company's founder and owner, sees the rise in public... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Finance; Financial Markets; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; SWOT Analysis; Wealth; Business Cycles; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Star Cablevision Group (A): Harvesting in a Bull Market." Harvard Business School Case 293-036, September 1992.
- April 2019 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Raksul
By: Scott Duke Kominers, Masahiro Kotosaka, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
Raksul, 2018 Forbes Japan "Startup of the Year," ran an e-commerce platform drawing upon thousands of individual suppliers. Launched as a business-to-business printing services marketplace, Raksul had recently expanded to operate both a logistics/delivery marketplace... View Details
- May 2001 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
Frasier (A)
By: Guhan Subramanian and Michelle Kalka
In 2001, NBC entered into contract negotiations with Paramount Television Group to keep the hit show "Frasier" on the network. Paramount, the studio that produced the show, threatened to move "Frasier" to CBS, Paramount's sister network, if NBC did not agree to a... View Details
Subramanian, Guhan, and Michelle Kalka. "Frasier (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-447, May 2001. (Revised June 2002.)
- November 2001 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
International Management Group (IMG)
By: Bharat N. Anand and Kate Attea
In 2001, International Management Group (IMG) is the dominant company in the sports management industry. Its founder and CEO, Mark McCormack, is credited with having created the industry of sports management in the early 1960s. Over the next 40 years, IMG's expansion... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Finance; Organizational Structure; Planning; Relationships; Conflict of Interests; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Sports Industry
Anand, Bharat N., and Kate Attea. "International Management Group (IMG)." Harvard Business School Case 702-409, November 2001. (Revised September 2002.)
- October 1988 (Revised May 1989)
- Case
General Electric: Consumer Electronics Group
By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
Highlights the General Electric takeover of RCA and the consolidation of the two companies' consumer electronic groups. Starting first with a history of the television industry in the United States, Europe, and Japan, and then a brief discussion of the main competitors... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Markets; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "General Electric: Consumer Electronics Group." Harvard Business School Case 389-048, October 1988. (Revised May 1989.)
- June 2015 (Revised August 2016)
- Case
Apple's Future: Apple Watch, Apple TV, and/or Apple Car?
By: David B. Yoffie and Eric Baldwin
In 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook knew that Apple, despite its phenomenal success, needed to continue to innovate in new product areas in order to continue its momentum into the future. This case explores three new (actual or potential) product offerings from Apple: the... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Electronics; Innovation; Technology; Technological Innovation; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Emerging Markets; Growth and Development Strategy; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Computer Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Eric Baldwin. "Apple's Future: Apple Watch, Apple TV, and/or Apple Car?" Harvard Business School Case 716-401, June 2015. (Revised August 2016.)
- November 2010
- Case
Spudnik, Inc.
By: William A. Sahlman and Elizabeth A. Kind
This case describes the plan to finance a revolutionary new television set manufacturing business in late 2009. Yatin Mundkur, a venture capitalist at Artiman Ventures, has recruited a team of veteran eecutives from the optical disk drive business, to design large... View Details
- August 2008
- Supplement
Charles Schwab & Co. "Talk to Chuck" Advertising Campaign Ad Clips
By: John A. Quelch
A series of advertising clips that were prepared for television advertising to accompany the "Talk to Chuck" advertising campaign of Charles Schwab and Co. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Business or Company Management; Advertising Campaigns; Financial Services Industry
Quelch, John A. Charles Schwab & Co. "Talk to Chuck" Advertising Campaign Ad Clips. Harvard Business School Video Supplement 509-701, August 2008.
- April 1998
- Case
E! Online (A): www.eonline.com
E! Online is the on-line brand extension of the cable-TV channel dedicated to entertainment news. E! Online must compete with other entertainment sites on the web, as well as create synergy between E! Online and E! Entertainment Television in order to build a... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Internet and the Web; Service Operations; Television Entertainment; Brands and Branding; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Carrie Ardito, and Dickson Louie. "E! Online (A): www.eonline.com." Harvard Business School Case 898-010, April 1998.