...country’s infrastructure to meet those needs. Retrieved from Federal Communication Commission. (2010). Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan The article referred to broadband infrastructure and networks of deployed telecommunication equipment and technologies necessary to provide high speed internet access and other advance telecommunications services for private homes, business, commercial establishments, schools and public institutions. In the United States, broadband infrastructure is constructed, and maintained primary by the private sector including telephone, cable, satellite, wireless, fiber optics and other information technologies including cable modem, DSL (copper wire) wireless system, fiber and satellite. Although broadband is deployed by private-sector providers, Federal and State regulation of the telecommunication industry as well as the government financial assistance programs can have a significant impact on private sector decision to invest in and deploy broadband infrastructure to particularly in underserved and underserved areas of the nation. Retrieved from Federal Communication Commission. (2013). Getting Broadband. The article describes five of the most common internet access technologies currently being used. It describes Digital subscriber line (DSL) uses telephone lines but does not stop the use of the same line...
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...Business Description Rogers Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications and media company engaged in the telecom and media businesses. Rogers Communications Inc. is engaged in four primary lines of business through its four principal operating segments: Rogers Wireless, Rogers Cable, Rogers Business Solutions and Rogers Media. Rogers Wireless is Canada’s largest wireless voice and data communications services provider and the country’s only national carrier operating on the combined world standard GSM/HSPA+/LTE technology platforms. Rogers Cable is a leading Canadian cable services provider, offering cable television, high-speed Internet access, and telephony products, and together with Rogers Business Solutions, provides business telecom, data networking and IP solutions to small, medium and large enterprise, government and carrier customers. Rogers Media is Canada’s premier group of category-leading broadcast, specialty, print and online media assets, with businesses in radio and television broadcasting, televised shopping, sports entertainment, magazine and trade journal publishing and digital media. We are publicly traded on both the TSX and NYSE stock exchanges and are included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index of the largest publicly traded companies in Canada. Canada Telecommunications Mobile SWOT Analysis Strengths * Locally owned mobile operators have invested heavily in the market. * Low penetration rate means ample scope for continued growth...
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...Client Issue Rogers Communications Inc. is a Canadian Telecommunications company operating in the fields of Wireless, Cable (Internet, Television and Phone), as well as Media services. Over the past few years, the competition in the Telecommunications industry in Canada has intensified. Not only have existing major competitors, the so called “Big Three” operators of Rogers, Bell and Telus, begun to clash more intensively, the market place is attracting many fast growing new entrants as well. To achieve its growth goals, Rogers need to determine an optimal set of corporate level strategy and business level guiding policies to maintain its market leader position in the long term. Rogers need to seek ways to leveraging its resource strength and improving upon its weaknesses to develop a long-term sustainable competitive advantage in this highly competitive industry. Evaluation Criteria With growth in mind, the strategic decision must take into account the following criteria: 1. Leads to sustainable long-term competitive advantage 2. Growth forecast (Industry and Segment conditions, Market Trends) 3. Competitive viability (Barriers to Entry, Substitutes) 4. Achieves competitive cost structure Strategic Recommendation: Integrated LTE (4G) Wireless Technology The advanced LTE network boasts higher efficiency, faster speeds, and broader bandwidth capabilities. As wireless devices continual to demand for better network performance, the upgrade to the more sophisticated...
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...community programs such as NBA Cares, NFL PLAY 60, NFL Green Team, and A Crucial Catch. Unfortunately, major legal and ethical situations have arisen which adversely affect each league in different ways. This paper details such social responsibility efforts mentioned above, as well as others, and aims to present the ethical and legal issues surrounding former Baltimore Ravens running-back, Ray Rice, and former Los Angeles Clippers owner, Donald Sterling. NFL Issues: Over the years, many professional athletes have had legal issues. Some have been banned from professional sports, while others went to jail or got away with murder. At some point, however, a business needs to consider ethics. Even though it may not be the best financial decision, doing what is right is paramount. On February 15, 2014, at the Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, pro-bowl running-back, Ray Rice, was arrested with his fiancée, Janay, on simple assault charges. On February 19th, a video emerged of Rice dragging his unconscious fiancée out of an elevator by her shoulders. The Ravens’ organization was quick to defend Rice, affirming that he is a man of good character. Rice married Janay Palmer on March 28th, just one day “after being indicted by an Atlantic County grand jury for third-degree aggravated assault”. He later pleaded not guilty to the charge and was admitted into a diversionary program. On May 23rd, the Ravens held a press conference, and for the first time since the...
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...also known as, “NCAA” provides allowance for expenses pertaining to travel and equipment. Therefore, further compensation seems irrelevant or let’s say redundant,” Is it”? Or maybe a five hundred to one thousand dollar a month cut to each player is the answer; they are generating large amounts of income for someone. This sounds like a job to me. For decades the following conference: Southeastern Conference, Pac 10, Big Ten, Atlantic coast, Big East, and Big 12, have been big TV deals for ESPN, CBS, NBC, and Fox sports networks. These networks provide millions of dollar in revenue to the schools each year, to broadcast there game. On top of the TV networks, many of the conferences have their own TV networks. The conference provides the cable company with exclusive gaming, that customer pay for per event. This fills the pockets of the coaches and the conference, leaves little incentives for the players and their families. The NCAA is the organization that governs and set the rules for the college athletics. NCAA is made of three divisions, division one being the largest schools the top ten the money makers. Division two and three consist of the smaller...
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...Roberts bid successfully for cable franchises in Philadelphia. After this success he decided to expand the company’s operations further and in 1972 they took the company public due to the stagnation of subscriber rates. Comcast decided to move into the telephone business in 1988 when they purchased Amcell, this was the first time a cable company was able to offer their customers telephone service from another source other than the telephone providers. Ralph Roberts named his son, Brian L. Roberts to be the next president of the company which took everyone by surprise but he turned out to be a very efficient manager. In the mid-1990s there was an increase in activity for the cable and telecommunications industries due to deregulation which brought the cable and telephone companies into competition with one another, an increase of mergers and acquisitions were seen since many companies wanted to build more efficient networks. Microsoft Corporation decided to invest one billion dollars into Comcast so they would have a cable partner that could test “ interactive television and high-speed computer services,” (Funding Universe) they decided to choose Comcast due to them having the most advanced cable systems in the country at the time. Around the same time Microsoft invested, Comcast converted to a new fiber-coaxial technology which in turn made it more efficient by improving its reliability and the overall signal quality. Comcast went to being solely a cable company to a giant in the...
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...the extraordinary costs that are required by tax payers to maintain the system. Another concern is the long wait times required by patients due to the ease of access to healthcare. I have some suggestions to not only save money, but also to reduce wait times. My first suggestion is to increase the budget for homecare and senior care. Senior citizens make up a very large portion of healthcare patients. Increasing financial support of homecare could reduce the number of hospitalized seniors by providing in home support in the form of Personal Support Workers, Registered Practical Nurse’s, Registered Nurse’s and visiting doctors. The average cost of a hospitalization for one day is $7,000. By providing visiting nursing/ doctors we could reduce that cost to $25-$500 per day depending on the care needed. A second suggestion would be to introduce the very much debated 2-tier system (allowing private hospitals, in addition to the public hospitals currently in place). By introducing this system, all patients would benefit. Patients with the financial means, or benefits have the option to seek out private care, reducing the wait times and costs. Another key concern is the growing costs of social welfare systems, like Ontario Works, Unemployment Insurance, and Disability Programs. My suggestion to help relieve the pressure caused by the enormous cost of these programs is to change the overall goal of the...
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... Ramsey commented; “Wow, you know, you can pause live television – isn’t that a cool thing?” (J. David Hunger, 2012) This idea is appealing to consumers because it gives the average TV viewer the ability to watch what they want at their own leisure, more control for viewers. Strategic Posture Their mission for the company is to “redefine home entertainment by providing consumers with an easy and intuitive way to record, watch, and control television and receive videos, pictures, and movies from cable, broadcast, and broadband sources.” (TiVo Strategic-Paper)The objectives planned out by Ramsey and Barton were to create a home network-based multimedia server in which content to “thin” clients would be streamed throughout the home. Also other characteristics that were important to the founders were: flawless operations, reliability, and the ability to handle power failure gracefully. The best marketing strategy used by TiVo was word of mouth, when the product was first created the company started by sending famous celebrities, such as Oprah, TiVo boxes. These celebrity testimonies, paired with...
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...Netflix Domestic Strategy Prepared for: Netflix Senior Management Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO Kelly Bennett, Chief Marketing Officer Jonathan Friedland, Chief Communications Officer Bill Holmes, Chief Business Development Officer Neil Hunt, Chief Product Officer David Hyman, General Counsel Patty McCord, Chief Talent Officer Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer David Wells, Chief Financial Officer August 4, 2012 Through this report, our consulting team has taken the opportunity to analyze and provide recommendations for future domestic business strategy of Netflix. As expressed in the company’s founder’s conference last October, we would like to help you build upon your stated vision for the future including: • Becoming the best global entertainment distribution service • Licensing entertainment content around the world • Creating markets that are accessible to film makers • Helping content creators around the world to find a global audience We would also like to follow the nine values you use to guide your company: • Judgment • Productivity • Creativity • Intelligence • Honesty • Communication • Selflessness • Reliability • Passion In this report, we will address the following issues to provide a foundation for overcoming Netflix’s domestic challenges: I. Competitive Dynamics A. Key Competitors B. Competitive Response II. Strategic Management/Competitive Issues A. Key Strategic Issues B. Strategic...
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...1/22/07 3:37 PM Page i RP OS T ElletFM.qxp THE DO N OT C OP YO CASE STUDY HANDBOOK 1/22/07 3:37 PM Page ii DO N OT C OP YO RP OS T ElletFM.qxp 1/22/07 3:37 PM Page iii RP OS T ElletFM.qxp YO THE OP CASE STUDY HANDBOOK How to Read, Discuss, and OT C Write Persuasively About Cases DO N William Ellet Harvard Business School Press Boston, Massachusetts 1/22/07 3:37 PM Page iv RP OS T ElletFM.qxp Copyright 2007 William Ellet YO All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 OP No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to Permissions, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02163. The copyright on each case in this book unless otherwise noted is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and they are published herein by express permission. Permission requests to use individual Harvard copyrighted cases should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to the Permissions Editor, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163. OT C Case material of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration is made possible by the...
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...THE ON OT C OP YO CASE STUDY HANDBOOK RP OS T ON OP YO RP OT C OS T THE ON OT C Write Persuasively About Cases OP CASE STUDY HANDBOOK How to Read, Discuss, and William Ellet Harvard Business School Press Boston, Massachusetts YO RP OS T Copyright 2007 William Ellet All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to Permissions, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02163. The copyright on each case in this book unless otherwise noted is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and they are published herein by express permission. Permission requests to use individual Harvard copyrighted cases should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to the Permissions Editor, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163. ON OT C Case material of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration is made possible by the cooperation of business firms and other organizations which may wish to remain anonymous by having names, quantities, and other...
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...Television and Media Violence – Affect on Children Exposure to Violent Television Causes Aggressive Behavior in Children Prepared for Mrs. Martha Jagel, Professor Rogers State University Prepared by Ashton Duncan, Student Rogers State University June 20th 2013 Television is the most powerful medium the world has ever seen. Never before has it been possible to communicate and so strongly influence millions of people at the same moment right in their own homes. But its misuse has been felonious, and society is paying an increasing price (Langone, 1984). Almost weekly the press carries some story about the harmful effects of television on children. Parent-teacher lobbyists wring their hands about the violence depicted on Saturday morning children''s programs. Nutritionists decry commercials that tout sugar-laden junk food to youngsters. Consumer advocates clamor against the deceptive marketing of children's toys. In Washington, D. C., politicians anxiously express their regrets, then turn to more pressing business (Landesman, 1995). This paper intends to address the behavioral effects that violent television has on children. Violence and television has been the subject of numerous controversial studies for the past thirty years. The most persistent questions have concerned aggressive, anti-social, or delinquent behavior and their link, if any, to violent television entertainment (Paik & Comstock, 1994). Numerous articles, written on almost...
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...Energy 6 Rogers 7 BlackBerry 8 Google 9 Why each stock in the portfolio increased or decreased in price 10 BMO 10 Husky Energy 10 Rogers Communication 10 BlackBerry Limited 11 Google 11 Final value of each stock and compare to your original cost per share. Holding period return 11 BMO 11 Husky Energy 12 Rogers Communications Inc. 12 BlackBerry Ltd 13 Google 13 Weekly price table and a graph for each. 14 BMO 14 Husky Energy 14 Rogers Communications 14 Total return for group’s portfolio. 16 Bibliography 18 Portfolio Portfolio as date of purchase of February 5th, 2015 Company Name | Stock Symbol | # of Shares | Exchange Rate | Price | Price in CDN | Commission | Total Cost | Bank of Montreal | BMO.TO | 259 | 1 | $76.91 | $76.91 | $20.00 | $19,939.69 | Husky Energy | HSE.TO | 710 | 1 | $28.13 | $28.13 | $20.00 | $19,992.30 | Rogers Communication Ltd | RCI-B.TO | 444 | 1 | $45.00 | $45.00 | $20.00 | $20,000.00 | BlackBerry | BB.TO | 1595 | 1 | $12.52 | $12.52 | $20.00 | $19,989.40 | Google | GOOG.Q | 47 | 0.80 | $527.58 | $422.06 | $20.00 | $19,857.01 | | | | | | | | | Portfolio Total | | | | | | | $99,778.40 | Date of sale of portfolio as of April 2nd, 2015 Company Name | Stock Symbol | # of Shares | Exchange Rate | Price | Price in CDN | Commission | Total Cost | Bank of Montreal | BMO.TO | 259 | 1 | $76.40 | $76.40 | $20.00 | $19,807.60 | Husky Energy | HSE.TO | 710 | 1 | $26.62 | $26.62 | $20.00 | $18,920.20 | Rogers Communication...
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...ELECTRONIC ASSIGNMENT COVERSHEET | | Student’s Declaration: * Except where indicated, the work I am submitting in this assignment is my own work and has not been submitted for assessment in another unit. * This submission complies with Murdoch University's academic integrity commitments. I am aware that information about plagiarism and associated penalties can be found at http://www.murdoch.edu.au/teach/plagiarism/. If I have any doubts or queries about this, I am further aware that I can contact my Unit Coordinator prior to submitting the assignment. * I acknowledge that the assessor of this assignment may, for the purpose of assessing this assignment: * reproduce this assignment and provide a copy to another academic staff member; and/or * Submit a copy of this assignment to a plagiarism-checking service. This web-based service may retain a copy of this work for the sole purpose of subsequent plagiarism checking, but has a legal agreement with the University that it will not share or reproduce it in any form. * I have retained a copy of this assignment. * I will retain a copy of the notification of receipt of this assignment. If you have not received a receipt within three days, please check with your Unit Coordinator. | I am aware that I am making this declaration by submitting this document electronically and by using my Murdoch ID and password it is deemed equivalent to executing this declaration with my written signature. | Optional...
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... ISRAEL OGBOLE M.SC/SOC-SOC/11352/2011-2012 DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. COURSE CODE: MCOM801 COURSE TITLE: BROADCAST MEDIA COURSE LECTURER: LADI ADAMU JUNE 2012 Introduction The international network of computers popularly called the internet has redefined virtually every aspect of human endeavour since its inception shrinking out time and space and as well, enhancing communication at a speed level unprecedented to man prior to the 21st Century. Everything right from home entertainment to corporate organization, to communication, broadcasting, and digitization took a whole new dimension, giving credence to Marshall Mc Luhan prophecies. Life got miniaturized and communication broke all human boarders. This paper seeks to explore the outcome of the internet and the trends that ensued and the consequential effects it had on software developers, internet users, media organizations, regulatory bodies, stakeholders and other parties involved. The benefits shall be discussed and limitations pointed out. Thus, it shall be addressing questions like: What are the internet trends? How have these trends fared, What are the issues arising from...
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