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- April 2011
- HBS Case Collection
Samsung and Google TV
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Prithvi Raj and Crystal Jean Marrie
Abstract
This case describes Samsung's decision on how to pursue the growing market opportunity for internet-connected televisions, which enable consumers to access a range of web-based content including basic information (e.g. stock quotes, weather, news headlines, RSS feeds, etc.) and video media (e.g. YouTube videos, television episodes, movies) that is available on the internet. By late 2010, this market had exploded with a number of different players; while Samsung was the market leader with its Internet@TV solution, Google had also entered the space with Google TV, a software platform that would enable internet access from the TV, which could be licensed by TV and device manufacturers to include in their products. Key industry players, such as Sony, had thrown their support behind Google TV and had already begun releasing Google TV devices. Samsung needed to decide whether they would double down on their existing Internet@TV efforts, abandon Internet@TV and instead focus on Google TV, or try to pursue both in parallel.
Keywords
Competitive Strategy; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Decision Choices and Conditions; Electronics Industry
Citation
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Prithvi Raj, and Crystal Jean Marrie. "Samsung and Google TV." Harvard Business School Case 711-505, April 2011.