Please find the case study 'Strategic Inflection: TiVo in 2003 from Harvard business school'. Facts of the case:
Question 1: What is Tivo, and how does it fit into someone's living room? (For additional info: If you haven't seen Tivo in action, try finding a friend that has.) What constitutes Tivo's technology?
Question 2: What has been the history of Tivo's subscriber growth? Revenue growth?
Question 3: What is the up-front cost of a Tivo to a new subscriber? On-going cost? How does that compare to cable costs?
Question 4: Who makes the Tivo box, and how has that changed over time?
Question 5: What are the key benefits of Tivo to users?
Question 6: How does Tivo affect the quality of the hours spent viewing television?
Question 7: What is the current state of the U.S. advertising market place, especially mass media?
Question 8: How does television get into the homes of U.S. viewers?
Tivo's Business Model
Question 9: Who are Tivo's customers?
Question 10: How profitable has Tivo been (specific numbers are available in the case)? Why is this?
Question 11: What are Tivo's key strategic options?
Question 12: What are Tivo's key strategic threats?