CASE STUDY ANALYSES UTV and Disney: A Strategic Alliance Case Overview This case is about the United Television and Software Company Limited (UTV) leadership team considering an alliance with the Walt Disney Company (Disney) in 2006. This alliance would include the acquisition by Disney of Hungama TV‚ India’s leading television channel for kids‚ created in 2004 and owned by Ronnie Screwvala‚ CEO of UTV (51%) and UTV (49%). Also‚ as part of this alliance‚ Disney would purchase an equity stake
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UTV AND DISNEY: A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE The Global Opportunities UTV Software Communications Ltd. is considering the proposal for an alliance with The Walt Disney Company that want to acquire 100 per cent of UTV’s channel‚ the Hungama TV. In general‚ the UTV’s opportunities to expand globally include several scenarios. One scenario is to expand the base of UTV in the Indian market and scale up operations in an existing vertical or start a new vertical. A different opportunity is to expand in international
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Investment Case – UTV Software Communications – Delisting Dated March 06‚ 2012 * On 25th Jul’11‚ Walt Disney Company which owns a 50.4% stake in UTV Software Communications has decided to delist the company from stock exchanges and also plans to buy out the 19.8% stake held by promoter group (Rohinton Screwvala‚ Unilazer Exports and Management Consultants‚ Unilazer (Hong Kong)) at the same price as discovered through the delisting process. * In order for the stock to get delisited through
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Have you ever wondered what vehicle to zoom through the wood in? People do this with and ATV or a UTV. Despite bearing some minor similarities the differences between ATVs and UTVs are striking. One similarity between ATVs and UTVs is they both have four wheels. The differences between them is that the UTV has bigger wheels. With bigger wheels people go through mud better than ATVs. But with smaller wheels the ATV can go faster than the UTV. Therefore the wheels are a big factor in the ability of
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UTV and Disney Strategy Case Analysis As a publicly-traded‚ multinational media company striving to penetrate the global market‚ UTV is analyzing the best means to pursue this strategy and continue to deliver value to its shareholders without jeopardizing managerial control. Specifically‚ UTV seeks to become one of the largest global M&E companies and to reach Rs 10 billion by 2010. UTV’s core competencies lie in its business-to-consumer model‚ which is highly scalable and grants the
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Stake in UTV A CASE STUDY UTV’s Ronnie Screwvala to stay on as MD of the firm‚ which will now be renamed ‘The Walt Disney Co. India’ Mumbai: Walt Disney Co. acquired a controlling interest in UTV Software Communications Ltd‚ one of India’s leading media and entertainment companies‚ through a buyout that will enable the US company to further establish itself in the South Asian country’s television and movie business. The acquisition is being made through a subsidiary and UTV will be delisted
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How has Tesco profit grown over the last 6 years? Since 1992‚ Tesco has undergone considerable growth and has seen its market share in the UK rise from 10.4% to 15.2%. This in turn has led to increases in both turnover and profit. The changes in the company’s financial fortunes are shown below: Year Turnover (£m) Group operating profit (£m) Market share 1992-3 7‚581 496 10.4% 1993-4 8‚600 521 10.7% 1994-5 10‚101 617 12.0% 1995-6 12‚094 724 13.7% 1996-7 13‚887 774 14.5% 1997-8 17‚400
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whyWhy Succesful Companies Fail ? Ex : This article examines the internal and external factors that contributed to the decline of Dunlop. For much of its history Dunlop operated in a protected home market or instigated strategies to restrict competition. This enabled Dunlop to dominate the British tyre industry. The complacency and inertia of management was exposed by a number of external jolts that produced radical environmental changes. Management failed to develop appropriate strategies which
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Internal and external analysis Case: Markkinointi Pakkaset Oy Tia-Maria Pakkanen Degree Thesis International Förnamn Efternamn Business 2012 DEGREE THESIS Arcada Degree Programme: International Business Identification number: Author: Title: Tia-Maria Pakkanen Supervisor (Arcada): Sveinn Eldon Commissioned by: Markkinointi Pakkaset Oy This thesis was commissioned by Markkinointi Pakkaset Oy‚ owner of five HTH Kitchenforum showrooms in Helsinki‚ Vantaa‚ Lahti
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COMM 200 Strategic Company Assessment Company: AAPL – Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation specializing in consumer electronics‚ and computer software. Some of its most popular products include the line of Mac computers‚ the iPod‚ the iPhone‚ and the iPad tablet. Apple offers various software programs including the OS X and iOS operating systems‚ the iTunes media browser‚ and the Safari web browser. Apple is one of the world’s largest technology companies by revenue and
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