Netflix and Chillin’ in the Mile High Club
Will Netflix take chillin’ to cruising altitudes? Netflix claims to be the “world’s leading Internet television network, with over 75 million streaming members in over 190 countries enjoying more than...
View ArticleComcast combats cord-cutting
With the rise of digital streaming options for consuming video content, customers are opting for alternative platforms compared to traditional cable television. The trend of cord-cutting—or foregoing a...
View ArticleKPN: The interesting case of an Internet Service Provider
KPN is the incumbent player in the Dutch telecommunications industry, offering four key products: fixed telephony, mobile telephony, TV, and internet. Given that it owns the physical network that made...
View ArticleDisney’s late move to derail Netflix in direct-to-consumer race
The rise of direct-to-consumer content distribution platforms is the aspect of digitalization megatrend that I want to discuss in this essay. I will analyze this aspect from the perspective of The Walt...
View ArticleNetflix Can’t Afford to Chill: Content Wars in Digital Streaming
Content Wars Netflix is under attack. Earlier this year, Bob Iger, CEO and Chairman of Disney, announced that the company will be launching a standalone streaming platform by 2019; the content lineup...
View ArticleContent Globalization – A Script for Success?
Take 1 – Cut! Foreign governments have taken increasingly defensive tactics to impede the growth of globalization by US domestic firms localizing in their markets. This counter movement is particularly...
View ArticleDisney n Chill
Technology is threatening the movie industry. This was the fear in the 1950’s with the invention of the TV, then again in the 1970’s with the VHS and in the late 1990’s with the DVD. All three...
View ArticleAmazon’s Response to the OTT Universe
The digital transformation of the entertainment industry has given rise to a gamut of Over-the-Top (OTT) streaming services to rival the traditional pay-tv powerhouses. Starting with Netflix in 2007,...
View ArticlePromise and Peril for Machine Learning at Netflix
Business Importance of Machine Learning at Netflix: Since its founding as a mail-based DVD rental business, Netflix has offered subscribers an extensive array of movies and television shows to choose...
View ArticleNetflix & Machine Learning: To what extent should Machine Learning influence...
Netflix’s affection with machine learning and its current dilemma Machine learning has been at the heart of Netflix’s business strategy and catalyst for growth since its inception in 1997. From the...
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