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  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on VIACOM’s (NYSE: VIA-B) decision to add shows to HULU, an NBC (NYSE: GE) – FOX (NYSE: NWS) joint venture. VERIZON (NYSE: VZ), TIME WARNER CABLE (NYSE: TWC) and SPRINT NEXTEL (NYSE: S) agreed to implement systems Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the SAG – AMPTP negotiations. APPLE (NASD: AAPL) finally unveiled the 3G iphone, available July 11. Steve Jobs presented the mobile smart phone at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference and as expected the phone comes equipped with Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s commentary on the first networked, broadband election and how Senator’s Obama and McCain shape up against each other. Watch Shelly’s commentary on APPLE’s (NASD: AAPL) 3G iPhone, which is expected to be unveiled today at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Continue Reading →

Back in 1960 the skills required to become President of the United States changed forever.  That was the year that John F. Kennedy debated Richard M. Nixon on national network television for the first time.  When reminiscing about Kennedy’s win, pundits love to cite that he was tanned, good looking, had great hair and had Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on COMCAST’s (NASD: CMCSA) plan to provide 100Mbps to subscribers. TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE’s (NASD:TTWO) profit soared due to the release of Grand Theft Auto 4. The company posted a net income of $98.2 million for the second-quarter, compared Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube Carl Icahn invokes Ian Fleming and doomsday in a letter to YAHOO (NASD: YHOO). Watch Shelly’s commentary to hear the latest on Icahn’s quest to get the Microsoft-Yahoo deal done. Advertisers are abuzz about the possibilities of APPLE’s (NASD: AAPL) Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube Congratulations to SENATOR OBAMA, the Democratic party’s presumptive nominee for President of the United States. Watch Shelly’s Video Commentary on Senator Obama’s nomination and how technology may inevitably influence the race. Activist investor CARL ICAHN vowed to remove JERRY YANG Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube NBCU has reached a deal with NIELSEN to develop sales metrics via Nielsen’s Fusion product. Through Fusion, NBCU will be able to relate advertisers to specific viewing habits. The goal is to accurately analyze metrics in hopes of creating “high-value Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube Shelly Palmer writes about the FCC’s new auction and how free wireless broadband may impact our lives. TURNER (NYSE: TWX) is uniting its web properties to form a brand- friendly ad network. The media conglomerate will offer advertisers a choice Continue Reading →

This week, FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin put some new spectrum up for auction. But there’s a catch. The winner will be required to provide free wireless broadband access to 50% of America within four years and, cover 95% of the country within 10.   First, I want to offer a tip of the cap to Continue Reading →