Chapter 7 - Managing the Channels (SEM)

Distributing a movie nationally to a thousand or more theaters at the same time

• mass media

• multichannel video programming distributor

• wide release

• broadband

Independent films outside the commercial mainstream of blockbuster films

• art-house movies

• wide release

• mass media

• in-concert movie

All of the businesses through which products or services pass on the way to the consumer

• mass media

• channels of distribution

• multichannel video programming distributor

• logistics

A way of distributing multimedia files over the Internet for later playback

• platforms

• podcasts

• broadband

• logistics

Oval-shaped outdoor theaters with tiered seating around a central staging area

• amphitheaters

• art-house movies

• platforms

• venue

A cable or satellite distributor

• cartel

• venue

• platforms

• multichannel video programming distributor

High-speed Internet service

• broadband

• cartel

• multichannel video programming distributor

• cable bundle

A group of TV channels sold as a package for one monthly price by V subscription service

• broadband

• podcasts

• cable bundle

• multichannel video programming distributor

Businesses involved in making the product or service available to consumers

• disruptive technologies

• intermediaries

• cartels

• multichannel video programming distributor

New technologies that change existing forms of communication channels

• multichannel video programming distributor

• platforms

• disruptive technologies

• logistics