1. Analyze the situation from the consumer’s standpoint? What is TiVo? What factors facilitate adoption? Who is TiVo best suited for (Target audience)? TiVo is an innovative personal digital video recording device introduced in 1999. TiVo makes it possible to save TV programs on hard drive and replay them if required. TiVo possesses several advanced features such as‚ pausing and replaying live TV‚ recording without DVD‚ VCD or video cassettes‚ Electronic Program Guide (interface)‚ “thumbs up”; “thumbs
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STRATEGIC INFLECTION: TiVo in 2003 TiVo and Digital Video Recorder (DVR) Industry Since the first time of the new DVR (Digital Video Recorder) industry‚ TiVo was clearly the leader in this new field. The first commercial broadcast quality video recorder was released Betamax video system by Sony in 1975. Two years later‚ JVC released the competing standard VHS (Video Home System). JVC formed early alliances with Matshushita Electric which had a large global distribution network. As a result
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TiVo in 2005 Analysis Introduction: TiVo is a personal TV provider for DVR technology (Software/service and Hardware). Incorporated in 1997‚ TiVo created an interactive television system with the idea of recording digital video on a hard disk. TiVo gives an opportunity to consumers to select what they wanted and when they wanted‚ by recording‚ playing back‚ and pausing live television. It has managed to gain over 3M subscribers as of 31st Jan 2005 along with a brand name for itself. TiVo converged
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TiVo Case Analysis | Team Report – Team C | Andres GalindoTracey Keiter Mike MacIntyre Kristan King Nevins Martin Penagos Raghu Ramaiah | 10/14/2012 10/14/2012 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 The Three C’s 3 Customer 3 Competitor 3 Collaborator 4 Segmentation 4 Targeting 4 Positioning 4 Marketing Mix 4 Price 4 Product 5 Promotion 5 Place 5 Recommendation 5 Conclusion 5 References……………………………………………………………………………………………………. Format for case write-up
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Weaknesses * Lackluster sales because it’s the first in digital video recorder category. * Functions were difficult and confusing to explain to customers. * Ineffective communication with its consumers. * The manufacturers ’reps couldn’t give TiVo the amount of support it required. * Expensive product with additional service fee for recording and no reference point * Restricted promotional activities Threats * Traditional markets will implement defensive strategies to protect
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TiVo is definitely an innovation to television. It is unique‚ and solves many consumer problems. It changes consumer behavior towards TV and allows individuals to be more efficient and flexible in when and how they view. After being on the market a few short years‚ it has attracted a certain demographic‚ and has a large reach into the markets. That being said it isn’t the growth that was expected‚ and there are a few hurtles TiVo will need to overcome to continue to drive success and growth. The
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TiVo Case Study 1. Draw a supply chain (or value net) that traces the various stakeholders involved in the TiVo value chain and their respective interactions. From this‚ what insights do you get about the relative value that each stakeholder adds in this process? TiVo struggles with finding ways to decrease the overall cost of customer acquisition. Costly components and services to assist customers with set-up combined with marketing costs to educate potential customers on the value and benefits
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1. Analyze the situation from the consumer’s standpoint. What is TiVo? What factors facilitate its adoption? What factors make adoption difficult? Who is TiVo best suited for? TiVo is a form of television recording technology used to record shows based on the users preferences. It can store a vast amount of recorded shows and play them back with out the interruption of commercials. It has added features such as pause and fast-forward‚ which can enhance and improve the television viewing pleasure
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Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research‚ Vol. 16‚ No. 1‚ February 2011 Factors Affecting the Adoption of E-commerce for the Tourism Industry in Taiwan Yu-Chung Hung1∗ ‚ Yung-Lu Yang2‚ Hao-Erl Yang3 and Ya-Hsueh Chuang1 1 Department of Accounting and Information Technology‚ National Chung Cheng University‚ 168 University Rd‚ Min-Hsiung‚ Chiayi 621‚ Taiwan‚ ROC 2 Graduate School of Information Management‚ Tatung University‚ No. 40‚ Sec. 3‚ Jhongshan N. Rd‚ Jhongshan District‚ Taipei City 104‚ Taiwan
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DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM: TiVo was launched in March 1999 and aimed at transferring control from TV networks to consumers. Currently (May 2000) TiVo has a low market penetration (0.04%) but current customers highly satisfied.Experts predicted that the customer base would reach 35000- 80000 by 2000 yearend. PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION: To increase product awareness‚ customer acquisition and sales by modifying the current marketing strategy and also address the emerging competition. SITUATION ANALYSIS:
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