MTV Networks: The Arabian Challenge 1. Question 1 Experts felt that one of the biggest challenges faced by MTV while launching MTV Arabia was the prevalent culture in the Arab world. Discuss the Arab culture. How is it expected to pose a challenge to MTV? First of all‚ it is impossible to talk about groups of people without generalizing. At this point it must be emphasized that there is not just “one” Arab culture or society. The Arab world is full of rich and diverse communities‚ groups and
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Case Study: MTV Network: The Arabian Challenge Miguel Iglesias PID: 3966924 International Management (MAN4600) Professor Khosravi September 27‚ 2012 “Case Study: MTV Network‚ The Arabian Challenge” Abstract MTV Networks‚ known as the biggest music television channel in the world set a new challenge of introducing their channel to Middle East or to the Arab countries. Even tough MTV had spread almost through the whole world they had this challenge as one of biggest challenge they could
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Case Analysis: MTV Arabic Introduction: Music Television or MTV is the pioneer of the concept of a cable music channel. It started in 1981 in United States. This was a mark of the commencement of the cable TV revolution in the history. The primary audience for MTV is those in the 12 to 24 age group. Later on‚ MTV launched many sister channel‚ this includes VH1 (video hit one) which shows light popular music‚ Rhythm and blues which shows R&B‚ jazz‚ classics and country music‚ and lastly Nickelodeon
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ICMR Case Collection Co p y Icfai Center for Management Research MTV Networks: The Arabian Challenge o D . N ot BSTR294 - Teaching Note 2009‚ Icfai Center for Management Research. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ used in a spreadsheet‚ or transmitted in any form or by any means- electronic or mechanical‚ without permission. To order copies‚ call +91-40-2343-0462/63 or write to Icfai Center for Management
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Alumno: Raúl Rengifo Lozano MTV Networks: The Arabian Challenge 1. Experts felt that one of the biggest challenges faced by MTV while launching MTV Arabia was the prevalent culture in the Arab world. Discuss the Arab culture. How is it expected to pose a challenge to MTV? The Arab culture is known for reacting‚ and some think over reacting negatively to controversial content. The Middle East offered a huge population of youth with a rich and diverse culture. In an effort to adopt the strategy
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Unemployment‚ and challenges in Saudi Arabia Is it not strange to hear of the unemployment problem from the largest oil exporter in the world? The problem of unemployment in Saudi Arabia began to appear at the beginning of the last century. In 1975‚ "Saudization" was launched as a way of replacing expatriate with Saudi workers for localization jobs‚ but after 37 years of unemployment is still one of the important topics of concern to citizen. The causes of the problem are education system‚ labor
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strategic management process by creating and starting a the MTV channel in 1981 targeted teens and young adults‚ then then in 1992 they created the TV show The Real World about seven strangers living together and was filmed on a daily basis. The show and channel did so well that it had massive audience which was over 2.1 million subscribers. When the audience increased the process allowed them to grow which lead them owning numerous amount of MTV TV channels and show as well in which lead them to go digital
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MGMT2102 Case Study: MTV Networks- The Arabian Challenge MTV (Music Television)‚ launched in 1981‚ pioneered the concept of a cable music channel. MTV’s global expansion strategy since the mid-1990s was to “Think globally‚ act locally‚” where they aim to adapt to local conditions by really reflecting the youth culture‚ and adhering to local taste and culture. In this case‚ analysts felt that the Middle East would prove to be MTVN’s most ambitious and challenging venture‚ however MTV still decided to
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companies have their reasons for extending their business overseas‚ they have to determine the right strategy to enter the new foreign market‚ which is the hardiest work. In this report we will explain and show through the example of the famous company MTV‚ how important and crucial is the strategy choice to succeed in international business. The report will make the reader understand that domestic strategy won’t automatically work in foreign countries. Even if today‚ globalisation is spreading a standardized
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13000069 CRST1 ESSAY – OPTION 1 (MTV) MTV can be defined as “a cable and satellite television channel which broadcasts popular music and promotional music videos.” (oxforddictionaries.com.n.d.). Launched on August 1st 1981‚ MTV’s programme started out by helping musicians gain exposure through music videos. This helped TV audiences connect with music by new means. As MTV became more recognised‚ the network branched out by creating new means of entertainment. MTV has remained relevant by continuously
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