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Disney and 21st Century Fox: Reshaping Disney's Strategy for the Digital Age
By Guillaume Roels, Anne-Marie Carrick
At the end of 2017, Disney announced it would acquire the majority of 21st Century Fox's assets including its movie studio, TV production company, cable channels and regional sports networks. If approved, the deal would give Disney the scale and content to develop its own streaming service by 2019, when its contract with Netflix expired.
Topic Operations
Industry Entertainment, Media Production
A Maestro without Borders: How André Rieu Created the Classical Music Market for the Masses
By W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, Mi Ji
For several decades, the classical music industry has been in decline with demand down, costs up and profits shrinking as many orchestras struggle for survival. Against this backdrop, André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra stand apart.
Industry Entertainment, Music
The Evolution of the Circus Industry (A)
By W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, Ben M. Bensaou, Matt Williamson
This is the first of a two-case series. The first Case (A) discusses the evolution of the circus industry up until the emergence of Cirque du Soleil. This case provides a detailed discussion on the structure of the circus industry to make possible a rich analysis of how its industry attractiveness has changed over time and the challenges the industry now confronts.
Even a Clown Can Do It (B): Cirque du Soleil Recreates Live Entertainment
By W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, Ben M. Bensaou
This is the second of a two-case series. Cirque du Soleil very successfully entered a structurally unattractive circus industry. It was able to reinvent the industry and created a new market space by challenging the conventional assumptions about how to compete.