E N E T ® Paramount Communications Inc.–1993 Steven N. Kaplan University Of Chicago A t the end of August 1993‚ Sumner Redstone‚ Chairman of the Board of Directors of Viacom‚ sat back and wondered what to do about Paramount Communications. He had been pursuing the acquisition of Paramount for some time but seemed to have reached a road block. Beginning in 1989‚ Redstone and Martin S. Davis‚ Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount‚ had held informal discussions
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PARAMOUNT 1994 CASES IN CORPORATE FINANCE July 12‚ 2013 Board of Directors Paramount Re: Acquisition Dear Board of Directors: In order to make our recommendation to the Board‚ we must address the following questions: Acquiring Paramount Communications‚ Inc (PCI) was important for Redstone as it would enable Viacom to obtain a stronger position in the communications industry. His initial offer was designed to show that Viacom was a better strategic
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Paramount 1994 1.) On December 14‚ Paramount’s board dropped the merger agreement with Viacom and agreed to hold an auction for control of Paramount. The implication of this move was that although Paramount would endorse one of the two bids‚ the shareholders’ tender decisions ultimately would decide the winner. 2) 3.) (Refer Chart “Stock Price Movements” in appendix.) Before the announcement‚ (on September 7)‚ Paramount stock traded at $55.875 per share. From that point‚ Paramount stock reached
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Case Study Questions –Paramount Communications Inc. 1993- Why a paramount is a takeover target? Several Strategic Reasons - Cost reduction: through combinations of similar business and economy of scales - Sales increase: a) cross-promotions of each company’s brand and utilization of each company’s channels‚ and b) cooperation in international businesses. 2. Which of the two firms (Viacom or QVC) would make a better fit with Paramount? -Viacom: Overlap in the business creates
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Paramount Communications Inc. Question 1 Paramount is a takeover target because other firms see synergy value associated with combining Paramount’s assets and operations with their own. Specifically‚ Paramount has several assets that complement other media companies. Value in the media is generated through several different channels. As a media company‚ Paramount has a presence in most of the entertainment sectors (see Exhibit 2). There seems to be a drive toward consolidation and several industry
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Title : INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT AFFECTS SMART COMMUNICATIONS INC. Contents CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND ...................................................................................... 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 1 Background of the Study..........................................................................................
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Desert Communication Inc. Desert Communications Inc. is a contracted customer-service call center. Due to changes in the communications industry‚ to include a reduced demand for communication products‚ net profits have declined. A strategic movement has been implemented to reallocate resources in order to capitalize on the added services of the communications industry. Team B has been tasked to assist by integrating strategies that would help generate the profit needed‚ creating an action plan
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Quasar Communications Inc. There are four divisions in this group and every division has different issues. The essential reason is the absence of coordination. The R&D project management has two main issues. The first one is lacking of communications between different divisions. It must work with each division and make the integration and no divisions are independent. The root cause of the problem is that processing program about the project is not systematic. The vice president should project
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PARAMOUNT AS A TARGET WHO IS INTERESTED MORE ? BIG DIVERSIFIED MATURED BRANDED 1 BACKGROUND PARAMOUNT COMMUNICATIONS ESTABLISHED PRESENCE: TYPE OF BUSINESS: • Entertainment/Motion Picture production and distribution 1934 Worldwide Gulf & Western previously‚ name changed after acquisition of Paramount Pictures TYPE: HQ: Public NYC‚ New York‚ US • Publishing 2 BACKGROUND VIACOM ESTABLISHED PRESENCE: TYPE OF BUSINESS: • Networks • Cable Television • Entertainment
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Rogers Communications INC. Industry overview The Canadian cellular service’s industry is comprised of approximately 15 cellular providers. These operators employ approximately 16‚000 individuals and generate more than CAN$10B in revenues annually‚ which represents almost 30 percent of the Canadian telecommunications market. The Canadian wireless industry has been experiencing an annual growth rate three times that of any other Canadian telecommunications sector. This is very significant as
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