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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purpose of this analysis two separate negotiations will be discussed. Time Warner Cable v CBS Television and Century Link v CWA. This analysis will compare and contrast both negotiations for similarities and differences. Time Warner Cable v CBS Television Time Warner Cable must have an agreement with CBS Television in place in order to air the programs they offer. If an agreement cannot be reached then Time Warner will have no choice but to not air CBS programs. The current negotiations
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the Merger .8 Pros and Cons for the Merger 9 Morale Issues 9 Managing International Acquisitions .10 AOL-Time Warner Merger 10 History of AOL and Time Warner .11 Reasoning‚ Pros‚ and Cons for the Merger 12 Short and Long-Term Financial Strategies 13 Financial Performance ...14
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problem and purpose One of the main purposes for Time Warner Cable is the ability to bring in as many new clients while being able to maintain the satisfaction of the existing clients. A reason why clients are canceling or unsatisfied with the service from Time Warner Cable stems from customers paying for something they expect and may not be getting. The other issues would be how to be able to bring in new clients‚ what types of services can Time Warner Cable offer to the new incoming clients and existing
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known as Time Warner Telecom. As of June‚ 16‚ 2014‚ Level 3‚ a larger telecommunications company serving medium to large enterprise size companies announced its commitment to the take-over of TW Telecom. Although this paper’s primary subject is that of the SWOT analysis of TW Telecom‚ it will on some occasions make reference to Level 3 Telecommunications as it will be assumed at some point to be the parent company. At one point during my career in telecommunications I worked for Time Warner Telecom
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corporations such as General Electric (GE) have experienced success while others such as Time Warner have experienced less success. This paper will compare and contrast Time Warner and GE in terms of size‚ global presence‚ financials and whether or not their diversification strategy was successful or unsuccessful. To begin‚ the Warner Brothers established what is known today‚ after many mergers and acquisitions as Time Warner; the company history can be tracked back to 1922. Today the company is the world’s
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The Time Warner and AOL merger Hélder Salvador de Albuquerque Master of Science in Finance Project Supervisor: Professor Alberta Di Giuli‚ Assistant Professor‚ ISCTE-IUL Business School‚ Finance Department 29th of April‚ 2011 The Time Warner and AOL merger Abstract The corporate world has experienced Merger movements since the beginning of the XX century when the first wave of Mergers & Acquisitions occurred. These Merger movements always represent intent from companies to take
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internet. Amazon.com today is one of the largest online retailers in the world. However‚ when companies try diversification strategies they are not always as successful. Time Warner‚ one of the largest media companies in the world tried to diversify their business by stepping into unknown territory in 2000. When Time Warner purchased AOL at the peak of the dotcom bubble era‚ they had no idea that they were going to lose billions of dollars due to the acquisition. In 1994‚ Jeff Bezos founded
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Cartoon Channels on Television Cartoons were introduced for the first time on Television in 1950 with Jay Ward’s “Crusader Rabbit” in the US. The development of cartoons specifically for Television did not begin till 1960’s as feature films ruled the market‚ but by the 1970’s some of the best known cartoon series were developed. ‘Scooby Doo‚’ ‘The Flintstones‚’ ‘The Jetsons‚’ The Speed Buggy’ and ‘The Snorks’. The leading producers of the cartoon series were Hanna Barbera‚ Filmation and DIC.
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What preliminary recommendations do you have regarding: Q1. Autonomy of the target company within the buyer? AOL and Time Warner merged claiming to be equal. “The transaction was spun to the world as a merger of equals‚ but in reality AOL‚ with its more valuable stock‚ was acquiring Time Warner” (Tim Arango 2010) meaning‚ this transaction can be viewed as AOL acquired TimeWarner. Vancil (1979) describes target autonomy as “the extent to which the acquirer delegates or defers to the expertise
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