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Here’s what you already know: 1) NBC’s going to put Jay Leno on five nights a week in the fall. 2) This will save them a great deal of money. 3) Jeff Zucker, Ben Silverman, and to a lesser extent, Marc Graboff are being mercilessly chastised in the blogosphere. 4) Les Moonves is delighted by Continue Reading →

It is with profound sadness that I write to tell you of my father’s passing. Lon T. Palmer, age 79. Beloved husband of 56 years to Roberta Boyer Palmer, devoted father to sons Jason and Shelly Palmer and his wife, Debbie, adoring grandfather of Brent and Jared Palmer and Alexis and Andrew Zinberg and great-grandfather Continue Reading →

The Bush Administration is opposing FCC Chair Kevin Martin’s proposed free nationwide Wi-Fi network. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said a national Wi-Fi network “would likely lead to congested and inefficiently used broadband, and it would be inconsistent with the Administration’s view that spectrum should be allocated by markets rather than governments.” Time Warner CEO Jeff Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. In reaction to Jeff Zucker’s comment that the old TV business is dying, CBS exec Les Moonves is adamant that “the model ain’t broken. The model works.” Moonves also harped on the importance of local television, saying “We do not Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The House Energy and Commerce Committee released a scathing 110 page report titled “Deception and Distrust: The Federal Communications Commission under Kevin J. Martin.” The report claims Martin manipulated findings on FCC reports on “a la carte” channels, as well as Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. After Conan O’Brien takes over the Tonight Show in May, Jay Leno will begin hosting a show at 10pm on NBC. The move coincides with Jeff Zucker’s plan to cut the amount of programming hours with entertainment division fare. Keeping Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. President-elect Barack Obama announced that broadband availability would be a major part of his public works project. In a video distributed over the Internet, Obama declared “It is unacceptable that the United States ranks 15th in the world in broadband Continue Reading →

It’s official; we’re in a recession. Which is incredibly bad news to get at the opening of the holiday shopping season. Not that anyone needed the National Bureau of Economic Research (the private organization charged with making such determinations) to tell us that times are tough. We all know it too well. No matter what Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. AT&T plans to layoff 12,000 employees. The telco giant claims that a decline in landlines and a lack of growth in broadband subscribers has significantly cut into their business. An analyst at UBS believes that AT&T will cut spending in Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Cyber Monday sales increased 15% year over year. The increase, which is credited to overwhelming deals and free shipping offers, brought in roughly $846 million dollars for online retailers on Monday. Wall Street responded promptly with the Dow up 172.60 Continue Reading →