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Spotlight on Television 2.0 Leaders: News Corp.

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Emerging Media Dynamics, Inc.
Published: May 2006
Product Code: R733-9
Description
News Corp. is a major, multinational diversified media company that comprises dozens of top print, motion picture, television, DBS, cable television, magazine and book publishing companies. From its origins as an Australian newspaper company, News Corp. has built a worldwide collection of media assets that generate $25 billion per year in revenue.

Despite its size, News Corp. has experienced erratic growth and faces an uncertain future as its traditional media businesses cope with rapidly rising competition from new digital alternatives. As a consequence, News Corp. has embarked on an ambitious campaign to establish Internet and new media beachheads, spending nearly $2 billion to acquire wide-reaching web-based businesses, including social networking supernova MySpace.

IP Media Monitor and Emerging Media Dynamics are therefore proud to announce the release of our May Spotlight on Television 2.0 Leaders report, which focuses on News Corp. In the hopes of driving greater advertising and premium content revenue, News Corp. is incorporating increasing amounts of not only its own copyrighted content, but also user-generated and advertiser-supplied video, across its vast network of websites, particularly the newly acquired properties such as MySpace.

Our report on News Corp. delivers in concise actionable summaries overviews of the company's history, current business model, financial performance and Television 2.0 efforts. While it's difficult to gauge just how much new revenue -- or profits -- will flow to News Corp. due to its stepped-up Television 2.0 activities, all evidence suggests that the company's new Internet businesses will soon surpass News Corp.'s cable programming business as the faster growing segment of the company.
Table of Contents
Introduction and Executive Summary

I. Short History of News Corp

I. Overview of News Corporation Businesses

A. Overall Financial Performance

B. Filmed Entertainment

C. Television

D. Cable Network Programming

E. Direct Broadcast Satellite Television

F. Magazines and Inserts

G. Newspapers

H. Book Publishing

II. News Corp.’s Television 2.0 Efforts

A. Fox Interactive Media

B. Acquisition of Intermix Media and MySpace

C. Acquisition of Scout Media

D. Acquisition of IGN Entertainment

E. Acquisition of Newroo and Ksolo

F. Video Content Sales via iTunes

G. Fox Moves TV Content Online

H. Mobisodes

I. Possible WiMax Venture with Video Distribution Angle

III. Possible Financial Growth From Television 2.0 Efforts

A. MySpace: Overall Growth

B. Integration of Video Into MySpace

C. Other Sites

D. Financial Growth Due to Video-Enhanced New Web Properties

About the Author

About Emerging Media Dynamics

List of Tables

Table 1 - List of News Corporation Media Properties

Table 2 - News Corp. Annual Revenues, 2005 - 2007

List of Figures

Figure 1 - News Corp. Revenues, Q3 05 to Q3 06

Figure 2 - News Corp. Operating Income, Q3 04 to Q3 06

Figure 3 - News Corp. Net Income Q3 05 to Q3 06

Figure 4 - Filmed Entertainment Revenues, Operating Income, Q3 04 to Q3 06

Figure 5 - News Corp. Television Revenues, Operating Income, Q3 04 to Q3 06

Figure 6 - News Corp. Cable Network Programming Revenues, Operating Income,

Figure 7 - Direct Broadcast Satellite Revenues, Operating Income, Q3 04 to Q3 06

Figure 8 - News Corp. Magazines and Inserts Revenues, Operating Income,

Figure 9 - News Corp. Newspaper Revenues, Operating Income, Q3 04 to Q3 06

Figure 10 - News Corp. Book Publishing Revenues, Operating Income, Q3 04 to Q3 06

Figure 11 - Daily Reach Per Million for MySpace, June 2005 to June 2006

Figure 12 - Screenshot of MySpace Home Page
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