Movie Rental Industry in 2008: Netflix and Blockbuster Battle for Market Leadership Although the corporate strategies implemented by Netflix and Blockbuster have allowed them to become leaders of competitive advantage in the movie rental industry‚ they sometimes encounter strategic issues that slow down their product and services process. My research of Netflix and Blockbuster will enable me to present a SWOT analysis and recommendations for each company. Netflix‚ founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings
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Netflix’s Timing of Entry Netflix was founded in 2007. The company was created by Reed Hastings. Netflix was a DVD rental delivery company. Netflix utilized the USPS to deliver videos to customers. When created it was the first company of its kind that provided that kind of service. The timing into this industry was perfect. One major advantage was the only other major competitors at the time of creation was blockbuster. Blockbuster and Netflix were both in the business of offering DVD rentals.
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AND TV EPISODES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Netflix is the largest subscription service for sending DVD’s by mail and streaming movies and TV episodes over the internet. Netflix’s revenues grew from $500 million in 2004 to $519.8 million in 2010. Company’s net income increased from $21.6 million in 2004 to $141-156 million in 2010. It attracted 1.6 million subscribers in 2004 and had to 15 million subscribers by 2010. Reed Hastings founder and CEO of Netflix have pushed the company to outcompete
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rent. • Policies and fees (if any) regarding how long the renter can keep the DVD (or view the movie if it is downloaded or rented online). • Advertising and promotion—Much of the advertising is being done online in the case of both Blockbuster and Netflix; however‚ Blockbuster utilizes in-store promotions on a regular basis. But the DVD rental business is not one that is a heavy user of TV‚ radio‚ and newspaper advertising on a regular basis. • Image and reputation. Most movie rental competitors pursue
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competitor is Blockbuster‚ as it remained the global leader in the industry in 2010 c-99). However‚ the firm faces intense competition in the home entertainment industry due to the broad range of technologies and channels of distribution (Appendix B-4). Netflix is in direct competition with cable companies and VOD streaming services such as Wal-Mart’s acquisition of Vudu‚ which enabled the delivery of entertainment content directly to Internet-connected TVs imposes a threat. The competition is further intensified
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Gabriela Sotelo Reece Timmermann Table of Contents SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY TO DATE 4 SECTION 2: THE ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT OPPORTUNITY PROFILE (ETOP) 6 Industry Analysis 6 Competitive Analysis Error! Bookmark not defined. Netflix Error! Bookmark not defined. Movie Gallery Error! Bookmark not defined. Time Warner Error! Bookmark not defined. Hastings Error! Bookmark not defined. Customer Analysis Error! Bookmark not defined. External Threats and Opportunities Error! Bookmark
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loyal customers. Netflix has many of competitors which they have to be aware of. Two of the main competitors of Netflix would be Amazon and Hulu. Each has its own content‚ streaming movies as well as Tv shows. As Amazon is a big competition‚ they even have a set subscription price that’s lower than Netflix. With a their subscription being $8.99 a month that’s a $1 lower than Netflix’s prices. When it comes to Hulu‚ there is one big difference that lead people more towards Netflix. Hulu has many of
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Competition in the Movie Rental Industry in 2008: Netflix and Blockbuster Battle for Market Leadership 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 economy is one of the reasons why rental industry went down. Less people are able to rent a lot of movies. -Second and main reason that drives
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growth in any industry comes the inevitable competitiveness that we see between Netflix and Blockbuster. I would not be surprised to see Redbox throw their hat into the ring with online offerings in the future. 5) What is Netflix’s strategy? Which of the five generic competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 5 most closely fit the competitive approaches that Netflix is taking? What type of competitive advantage is Netflix trying to achieve? Netflix’s strategy was a “six-pronged” one: 1. Providing
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Background Netflix is an American provider of on-demand internet streaming media and flat rate DVD-by-mail that was established in 1997 in Scotts Valley‚ California by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings. The concept of Netflix came to fruition when Hastings was strong armed into paying $40 in late fees after returning a movie well past its due date. Hastings’ initial investment of $ 2.5 million was to be used as start up cash for Netflix. The Netflix website was launched in April of 1998‚ employing
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