If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. President-elect Barack Obama has joined the Consumers Union in asking congress to delay the digital television transition. Obama noted “inadequate funding” for the program as a prime reason to delay the transition, which is scheduled to happen 28 days after Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Intel’s revenue for the fourth quarter fell 23% over last year. Intel had warned investors that revenue for the fourth quarter would be down, however, the chip manufacturer still fell short of its predicted forecast of $8.7-9.3 billion, down from Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. CBS CEO Les Moonves got Time Warner Cable to pay higher fees to broadcast CBS. Time Warner Cable now will be able to broadcast CBS, as well as its Showtime networks, through 2013. Moonves also told a Citigroup conference that Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Auto sales in December were the worst in 15 years, with sales falling 36%. While US manufacturers are hurting, Toyota actually had the worst sales report, with a 37% decline in sales. With Automotive accounting for as much as a Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is expected to run out of money to promote the Digital Television Transition. The program, which provides subsidies for households affected by the digital transition, estimated it would be able to cover 51.5 million Continue Reading →
Should SAG go on strike? No. Should they be willing to strike unless they get meaningful remuneration for advanced media content? Yes. Solidarity is where collective bargaining begins. Which leaves only one question, “What is meaningful remuneration for advanced media content?” Perhaps the most serious problem SAG is facing is internal. Its executive committee has Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Jeremy Piven left David Mamet’s Speed-the-Plow this week, claiming mercury poisoning. Piven, who eats sushi twice a day, received a doctor’s note after tests showed elevated levels of Mercury. Piven’s role will be taken over by Norbert Leo Butz, who Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Gov. David Paterson wants to solve New York’s debt problem by taxing the sale of digital downloads, including mp3’s from iTunes. The iPod tax, along with 88 other new fees, is part of the “extreme measures” Paterson is using to tackle Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Steve Jobs will not give his usual keynote speech at MacWorld. Not only that but the upcoming conference will be the last Apple will participate in. An Apple spokesperson said “Apple is reaching more people in more ways than ever before, Continue Reading →