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 →
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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 →
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 →