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Consumers have demonstrated a preference for three basic types of online video experiences over the past few months: Video Snacking, Download-to-Own and Online Television. Each of these three consumer behaviors has a specific value chain associated with it. Video Snacks are hard to directly monetize. Download-to-Own files are hard to protect. But, Online Television is, Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on SONY’s (NYSE: SNE) decision to offer movie downloads on a multitude of electronic consoles. YAHOO (NASD: YHOO) is shifting their product development strategy. Yahoo President Susan Decker aligned the strategy, which seeks to centralize development in Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on EMI’s attempt to trim the fat and get back in the black. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is considering expanding the amount of URL suffixes. The new guidelines could create new suffixes Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS (NASD: CHTR) decision to drop plans to track users viewing habits. NOKIA (NYSE: NOK) will purchase mobile software company SYMBIAN for $411 million. After acquiring the Symbian, whose software runs two-thirds of the world’s Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on GOOGLE (NASD: GOOG) search data being used in an obscenity trial. GOOGLE News is showing little growth. The news site recorded 11.4 million hits in May, far behind number one ranked YAHOO News, which received 35.8 Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s open letter to Senator Barack Obama entitled “Please Don’t Trade Space Exploration For Education” on the blog. Watch Shelly’s commentary on GOOGLE’s (NASD: GOOG) Android mobile platform, which has been pushed back to a fourth quarter release. MICROSOFT Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on YAHOO’s (NASD: YHOO) executive exodus and it’s potential impact on the search business. MOZILLA released its new FIREFOX 3.0 browser the other day to record downloads. The browser was downloaded 8,290, 545 times in 24 hours. Continue Reading →

“The early education plan will be paid for by delaying the NASA Constellation Program for five years …” So opines a document entitled, “Barack Obama’s Plan For Life Success Through Education.” This is not a new thought. The Obama Camp has been saying this for a while, but it just became the focus of an Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on AT&T’s (NYSE: T) decision to back away from its marketing deal with the Dish Network (NASD: DISH). VERIZON (NYSE: VZ) will boost the speed of its FiOS service. The telco announced that it will now offer Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on DREAMWORKS deal with Indian media conglomerate RELIANCE and the evolution of the Hollywood economy. LINKEDIN, the preferred social network of the professional set, will receive a $53 million infusion of capital. LinkedIn, whose average user is Continue Reading →