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February 2021 (Revised February 2021)
Case

World of Dreams Entertainment Group: Building a Resilient Business

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Endline and Michael Norris

In 2021, Ron DeShay, former American Idol producer, is launching his new business venture: World of Dreams Entertainment Group. World of Dreams rethought the existing TV production model, giving audiences more power to directly influence the creation of shows through a... View Details

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Media; Social Issues; Sports; Business Ventures; Digital Platforms; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; California; Los Angeles

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February 2017
Teaching Note

The Tate's Digital Transformation

By: Jill Avery

John Stack was the visionary Head of Digital Transformation at the Tate, a collection of four major art galleries in the UK, including Tate Modern, the most visited gallery devoted to modern and contemporary art in the world. Stack was the architect of the Tate’s... View Details

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10 May 2015
Blog Post

Brand Strategist Turns Entrepreneur

off last spring. What did you do before coming to HBS? Before HBS I served as a brand strategy and market research consultant for retail, media and technology firms. For about... 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 View Details

06 Jan 2012
Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

January 2017 (Revised May 2020)
Case

Sesame Workshop (A): Bringing Big Bird Back to Health

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ryan Raffaelli and Jonathan Cohen

Sesame Workshop was transforming in 2016. CEO Jeff Dunn had reorganized and shifted the iconic institution to respond to digital disruption and a consensus culture. This case examines his efforts to turn Sesame Workshop around. It notes Sesame's storied history and the... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Information Technology; Education; Media; Strategy; Education Industry

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15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

welfare of many consumers, critics of a globalized information and entertainment industry claim that transnational media undermine civic engagement, transforming locally... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Finding professional purpose: Building an impactful career that reflects your values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

industries like e-commerce, business services, apparel, media, and consumer products. I’m also a Senior Advisor to Katie Couric Media and other... View Details

Lew R. Wasserman

actors, directors and other staff for television programming, but also creating and producing much of the programming itself. MCA went on to buy the Universal City studio and... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

1998
Working Paper

The U.S. Cable Television Industry, 1948-1995: Managerial Capitalism in Eclipse

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann

Keywords: Management Systems; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

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December 1997 (Revised January 1998)
Case

STAR TV (F)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Cate Reavis

Keywords: Media and Broadcasting Industry

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18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

Andrew Banks and Royce Yudkoff were considering raising a 5th fund for their media-focused private equity firm, ABRY Partners. ABRY had a strong track record that the co-founders attributed to their group's deep knowledge of the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

August 1978 (Revised May 1993)
Case

Community Television of Southern California: KCET

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Media and Broadcasting Industry; California

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05 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?

trouble if they don't go well. Perhaps the brand with the most to gain—or lose—is Mother Russia, which paid a record $51 billion to host the Games, and has a rare opportunity to show it has shaken off its economic View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Advertising

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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May 1994 (Revised September 1994)
Case

STAR TV (B)

By: J. Peter Williamson and Michael Y. Yoshino

Keywords: Media and Broadcasting Industry

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06 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707031 Brightcove and the Future of Internet Television Harvard Business School Case 707-457 Brightcove, a technology and services... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace