THE FUTURE OF TV 1. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) - which takes place in Las Vegas every January - was this year dominated by one particular technology: the humble television. High-definition LCD TVs are quickly becoming yesterday's news, soon to be as out-of-date as the boxy TV that dominated our lounges a decade ago. Incoming is a scrum of new innovations. Manufacturers such as Samsung, LG, Sony, Toshiba, Sharp, Haier and Panasonic showed off Ultra Definition TVs, 4K Super HD resolution
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Health Hazards in the IT profession When you tell someone you are in the IT profession they usually come back with something like “oh so you get to sit around all day playing on a computer!” The truth is there are lots of risks with “sitting around playing on a computer”. Being at a desk and in front of a computer can be just as hazardous as being a construction worker or a mover for a moving company. There are health hazards that go along with sitting all day. Blood clots from lack of movement
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Summary The movie rental industry is a living industry; there are constant changes with advances in technology, rights management, and the slow, but steady, move away from physical Media. Companies such as Netflix, Hulu, RedBox, and Blockbuster are being forced to look at new business models and try to keep up with these changes. Assignment Questions 1. How strong are the competitive forces in the movie rental marketplace? Do a five-forces analysis to support your answer. Threat of New Competition:
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I n t r o d u c t i o n t o M a r k e t i n g B u s i n e s s 1 2 0 4 / 1 3 / 2 0 0 8 A marketing plan focusing on Sony’s Playstation 3. Marketing Plan: Sony Playstation 3 2 Executive Summary This marketing plan is looking at Sony’s Playstation 3 (PS3). This powerful piece of hardware is the cutting edge of gaming entertainment. The PS3 has been out for a little over a year, and in that time, it has proved to be a hardcore gamers dream. Sony got into the console gaming market in late
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BLU-RAY DISCS Anuja Neve Nupur Menghwani SE (Comp) SE (Comp) menghwani@gmail.com SSBT COET, Bambhori. SSBT COET, Bhambhori. ABSTRACT: Blue - ray disc have major part among the secondary storage devices. Blu-ray disc is a next generation optical disc format. Blu-ray disc is an optical disc storage media designed to supersede the standard DVD format. Its main
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The four P's are part of what is known as "The Marketing Mix". The four P's represent the rules of what makes for a successful product. The Four P’s are: Product, Place, Price, and Promotion. In terms of a retail product, these principles are fairly straight forward and are self-explanatory. But in terms of a service, where there is no traditional tangible product but rather a result of services rendered, you have to ask how you would apply these principles. A specific service that I
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k resident Obama is risking default by not having a conversation with us," said House Speaker John Boehner. FULL STORY * Cruz: Use debt ceiling as 'leverage' * What is the debt ceiling? * Lew: 'Congress is playing with fire' * GOP floats 6-week plan | 10 views * Pentagon to call back civilians THE LATEST * Chemical weapons destruction begins * NEW Dario Franchitti in serious wreck * 7 killed in monster truck crash * Cops: Biker stomped SUV driver * New charges
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Case Study 4 2) What forces are driving changes in the movie rental industry and are the combined impacts of these driving forces likely to be favorable or unfavorable in term of their effects on competitive intensity and future industry profitability? The forces driving the changes in the movie rental industry can be boiled down to the booms we have seen in technology. The cost of HDTV’s has been dropping and has now become more practical for each person to obtain. This leads to the desire to
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Reed Hastings founded Netflix in 1997 as a home movie service that used the U.S. Postal Service to deliver DVD’s to subscribers. This alternative to the local movie rental store was inspired by Reed’s own experience with extended rental and late fees typically imposed by retail movie rental outlets. While Netflix initially used a similar pricing model, the easily mailed DVD’s appealed to customers at a time when DVD players were gaining popularity and movie rental outlets were still primarily renting
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E-Waste is the growing and a serious problem. The amount of e-waste is growing at an estimated 40 million tons each year. Any improperly disposed electronics can be classified as e-waste. INTRODUCTION– "Electronic waste" also known as E-Waste are the discarded electronics such as computers, office electronic equipment, entertainment device, mobile phones, television sets, refrigerators just to name a few. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) refers to e-waste as "electronic products that
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