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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 →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube NBCU and private equity firms BAIN CAPITAL and BLACKSTONE GROUP have bid $3.5 billion for the WEATHER CHANNEL. The bid, placed a week after the deadline to submit an offer, could be challenged by TIME WARNER, who is reportedly set Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube TIVO reported their first-quarter net income more than quadrupled, taking in $3.6 million over $835,000 last year. The net gain can be attributed to Tivo cutting costs, while also expanding its reach through deals with COX and COMCAST and legal Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube A recent NIELSEN study on digital television shows that 9.4% of TV households, roughly 10 million people, are completely unprepared for the shift from analog to digital. The study also found that nearly 25 million households will have at least Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube Read my commentary, “Chinamerica: An East/West Mashup” on the blog. The FCC is searching for a bidder to provide free broadband service in the 1.9 GHz- 2.1 GHz bands. FCC chair Kevin Martin said Friday that the service would include Continue Reading →

I’m not sure what I expected to find here. I haven’t been to this part of China since the early 90’s. Unlike Shenzhen, which is a brand new city, Beijing has a rich history and it is very, very old. But it doesn’t feel old – every other building is under construction, there are public Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube If you have trouble viewing the above video, please click here to view MediaBytes on YouTube. YAHOO is postponing their annual shareholders meeting. The decision comes as board member Edward Kozel resigned and Yahoo nominated the other 9 directors for Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube If you have trouble viewing the above video, please click here to view MediaBytes on YouTube. SONY plans to distribute concerts, sporting events and other ‘live’ performances in movie theaters. Dubbed ‘The Hot Ticket’, the platform will kick off by Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube If you have trouble viewing the above video, please click here to view MediaBytes on YouTube. RUPERT MURDOCH named ROBERT J. THOMSON head editor at the WALL STREET JOURNAL. The move places one of Murdoch’s top editors in one of Continue Reading →

I spent the afternoon today at CCTV headquarters in Beijing. Standing in Master Control, I could not help thinking that this was some kind of science-fiction fantasy movie. One program on all of the 19 free-over-the-air CCTV channels and a stark, white on black graphic on every paid service or entertainment channel saying that, during Continue Reading →