from the end of August 2013‚ as well as VAS such as mobile advertising and payments. Meanwhile‚ in the fixed broadband sector‚ operators continue to target the converged servicesmarket through the provision of triple- and quad-play packages‚ with BSkyB the outperformer in this area since 2010. Key Data? In Q313‚ mobile subscription was 77.269mn with a penetration of 122.4%. This represents a 0.5%increase over the previous quarter. ? Smartphone penetration has continued to rise‚ with operator data
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289 CASE EXAMPLE The Virgin Group Aidan McQuade Introduction The Virgin Group is one of the UK’s largest private companies. The group included‚ in 2006‚ 63 businesses as diverse as airlines‚ health clubs‚ music stores and trains. The group included Virgin Galactic‚ which promised to take paying passengers into sub-orbital space. The personal image and personality of the founder‚ Richard Branson‚ were highly bound up with those of the company. Branson’s taste for publicity has led him to
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Media ownership rules in the UK are intended to both ensure plurality and provide freedom to companies to expand‚ innovate and invest. Plurality is vital in a democracy as it ensures that consumers have access to a diverse range of sources of news‚ information and opinion. At the same time‚ allowing companies to have a certain level of freedom increases competition and thus this freedom provides a basis for delivering higher quality programs‚ greater creativity and more risk-taking. However there
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……..………………………...…………..…14 . Internal Resources & Capabilities Evaluation …………….………...…………………14 External Audit Review 8. PESTEL Analysis.….….….………..………….…………………………..15 . News Corporation’s PESTEL Analysis…...…………………..…………………...15 - 16 . PESTEL Evaluation &
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pdf [Accessed 07.01.14] Wilkinson‚ R. & Pickett‚ R. (2010) The Spirit Level Why Equality is Better for Everyone‚ London: Penguin. Wintour‚ P.‚ Sabbagh‚ D. & Watt‚ N. (2011) Rupert Murdoch Gives Up BSKYB Takeover Bid‚ Available From http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/13/rupert-murdoch-gives-up-bskyb-bid [Accessed 09.01.14]
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television services (Virgin TV)‚ around 4.2 million with broadband internet services and around 4.1 million with fixed-line telephony services.[1] At the same date it had around 3 million mobile telephony customers.[1] Virgin Media competes primarily with BSkyB‚ BT Group‚ EE‚ O2‚ TalkTalk and Vodafone.[1] Virgin Media previously had a primary listing on the NASDAQ Stock Market and was a constituent of the NASDAQ-100 index. It also had a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange.[1] Contents
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decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from The Football League‚ which was originally founded in 1888‚ and take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal. This deal will be worth £3 billion as of 2013–14‚ with BSkyB and BT Group securing the rights to broadcast 116 and 38 games respectively. The Premier League is the most-watched football league in the world‚ broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people In
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Planning through Performancesm Brief PESTEL Analysis Key Points: The PESTEL analysis is a framework for assessing the general or macro environment in which an organization operates. Each dimension of the framework—Political‚ Economic‚ Social-Demographic‚ Technological‚ Environmental and Legal-Regulatory—is designed to provide insight into specific issues affecting organizational performance. To maintain its usefulness as an analytical tool‚ the PESTEL analysis should be updated and reviewed
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P1 - Know the role of marketing in organisations British Sky Broadcasting Group (Public limited Company) The ‘BskyB’ which is commonly known to and referred to as ‘Sky’ is a British based satellite broadcasting‚ broadband and telephone services company. Cadbury Enterprises pte Ltd (private limited) Cadbury Enterprises pte Ltd‚ commonly known as ‘Cadbury’ is a British confectionery company‚ which is best known for their confectionary products such as ‘Dairy Milk’ chocolate‚ ‘Crème Eggs’ and
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to Ryanair. Many models are available in the analysis of economic entities. The question is: Which model is better suited to a certain situation? In analysing the macro-environment of Ryanair‚ the business model of choice would be the PESTEL model. The PESTEL model consists of six categories namely: political‚ economic‚ social-cultural‚ technological‚ environmental‚ and legal. These categories consider the external environment the firm under analysis‚ addressing the macro-environment of Ryanair
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