Imax Was bought by Gelfond and Welchsler along with Wasserstein Perella Partners from the original owner for $80 million. The new co-CEOs’ tried to reach a different audience from the typical one, attracted by IMAX’s educational documentaries. They tried to do that releasing IMAX’s format of NASCAR and THE POLAR EXPRESS. But still some questions remained: 1. Could IMAX thrive as a niche player that made large format films and systems?
It has bought two music retail chains, two television studios, a company that runs children’s playground, invested $600 million in a bid to buy Paramount communication, and is already in renting video games and virtual reality goggles. Blockbuster is always changing its image that it cannot already delineate itself already. In the same year it signals to everyone that they are a Big-time entertainment company. However in 1993, blockbuster went seeking a new image – that of a multimedia company. This image-changing issues and rapid acquisition of businesses caused a lot of stumbles and lots of criticisms.
The first store was called Thrif D Discount Center, a health and beauty aids store, without a pharmacy. It was an offshoot of Rack Rite Distributors a subsidiary of his father-in law’s Lehrman & Sons which Alex Grass launched in 1958, that rented and stocked racks with health and beauty aids in grocery stores. In 1965 their 23rd store added a pharmacy and the company name was changed to Rite Aid. Through acquisitions and new stores, Rite Aid quickly expanded into 5 northeast states by 1965. The chain was officially named Rite Aid Corporation in 1968 and made its debut on the American Stock Exchange.
“Blockbuster Is Fighting for Survival” Bart Sztykowski Management 3025: Principles of Management, Section 791 5/23/2014 1.) How successful do you predict that Blockbuster’s recent moves (agreements with TiVo and major movie studios) will be? Please explain. Blockbuster is simply too late in its courageous attempts to salvage what is left of its foundation. As is stated in the article, the company used to have a major competitive advantage in terms of movie selection, where, “…customers could browse through thousands of titles…” (Hitt 106).
represented 62 percent of home video rental revenue in 2008–09, analysts have said that this “windowing” of new releases by the three studios may make Redbox’s business model unviable. [25][26] Redbox responded by filing lawsuits, first, against Universal in October 2008,[27] then against 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. in August 2009. [28][29] In these lawsuits, Redbox has asserted three claims against the studios: copyright misuse, tortious interference and antitrust claims. In August 2009, the federal judge hearing the Universal case rejected the first two claims, but allowed the antitrust claim to continue. [30] While the judge found sufficient merit in the antitrust claim to allow the case to continue, some independent observers doubt it can succeed, since Redbox "must show that the studios worked together as a cartel...
It added a second story, a food court and brought the first Nordstrom department store to Sacramento. The old Sears building was demolished to make way for this expansion and Sears was relocated to a new building that finally connected the store to the mall. In 1994, JC Penney opened up as the mall's fourth anchor, replacing a United Artists movie theater that was relocated to Market Square at Arden Fair, an entertainment and retail complex next door to the mall. In 1996, Weinstock's was converted to the present-day Macy's as part of Federated Department Stores' acquisition of Broadway Stores, Inc. in
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS • • • • Situational Analysis Industry Analysis Competitive Environment Analysis Environment Trends SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS • Politics/Legal – Governmental regulation – little regulation – Supplier agreement – start rent DVD after 28 day DVD in market. • Socio-cultural – Changing in customers’ buying behavior – Changing in customers’ watching method – Customers’ perspective about price, time and quality of services. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS cont.. • Technological – VHS to DVD - become one of the companies adapt this technology – Changing to stream online – digital age – Wide-spread in gadgets market – PSP, Blue Rays Player and others • Demographic – Increase world population – 6.1 billion in 2000 to 7.2 billion in 2015 SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS cont.. • Economic – Customers can watch a movies without paying more. • Socio-cultural – Most of the people like to watching movies – Changing customers buying behavior INDUSTRY ANALYSIS • Threat of new entrants/ barriers to entry – low entry barriers – Industry leader – Customer loyalty is weak • Power of suppliers – Suppliers own content that company needs. – Licensing deals – Legal issues INDUSTRY ANALYSIS cont.. • Power of Buyer – Customer loyalty is weak (price changes) – Majority of revenue is from customers • Product Substitutes – Alternative methods of receiving content – On demand, purchasing INDUSTRY ANALYSIS cont.. • Intensity of rivalry among competitors – Many competitor – Few emerging market
In order to find out the relevancy of the project management tools in the filmmaking industry; we are going to compare the different stages of the filmmaking process and the project management process. In the same time we will take the example of a well-known movie and its process: Fight Club. This movie was chosen because of its average budget and process as regards others Hollywood movies (all the data have been found on professional cinema websites such as IMDBpro and Variety, and also in the book by Waxman&Sharon (2005).” Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System.”). Moreover this movie was undertaken without the help of the project management method so we will figure out in the essay the mistakes, which could have been avoided with the using of the proper method. In the project management method, five stages have been discovered; these five stages allow the maximum efficiency in every aspects of the management of project.
Netflix MBA 530 March 15, 2015 Dr. Drew Gold Netflix Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. Originally, the company offered seven day online rentals to its members in DVD format (Nelson & Quick, 2013). By 2007 Netflix introduced stream movies and TV shows from its members personal computers. The convenience of streaming has continued to make Netflix a highly valuable video company. “Netflix is the world’s leading Internet television network with over 57 million members in nearly 50 countries enjoying more than two billion hours of TV shows and movies per month, including original series, documentaries and feature films” (Netflix, 2015).
Following the Beverly Hills, Kerzner built the 450 room Elangeni Hotel, overlooking Durban’s beachfront and, in 1969, in partnership with South African Breweries, he established the chain of Southern Sun Hotels, which by 1983 operated 30 luxury hotels with more than 7000 rooms. In 1975, Kerzner opened his first hotel outside South Africa on the Indian Ocean Island of Mauritius which he named Le Saint Géra. A great success but not enough to calm SIR Kerzner. The construction of Sun City, a complex of hotels and casinos in Bophuthatswana, the only region of South Africa allowing gambling. Again, spas, golf courses, chefs, nothing is too good to wealthy customers who flock from around the world.