HBO Under Pressure: How They are Competing and Staying Relevant

According to a recent article in the Economist (“The winning streak: HBO and the future of pay TV”), HBO (Home Box Office) is facing a complex, ever-changing climate, with more innovative competitors than ever before. Even though HBO is critically acclaimed, wildly popular and highly profitable (104 Emmy nominations in 2011, 28 million subscribers, $4…

3 Lessons to Learn From Netflix and its Recent Business Decisions

I cannot help but continue to write about Netflix and their business decisions –  maybe that’s because Netflix keeps making extremely dubious decisions. First, Netflix angered its customers with an out-of-nowhere price hike that was clumsily communicated (and resulted in 1 million customers cancelling their subscriptions). Now, Netflix has decided to split itself up into two companies with…