If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. As expected, Amazon unveiled the next version of its e-book reader Kindle yesterday. Kindle 2.0 is both faster and thinner than its predecessor, however, it will still cost $359. The new Kindle will begin shipping February 24th. According to Amazon Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on Pioneer closing its unprofitable flat-screen TV business and how this is a sign of the time for the Consumer Electronics industry. President Obama is set to make Melissa Hathaway his head of cyber security. Hathaway, who Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. In a letter to the Energy & Commerce Committee, FCC Chairman Michael Copps said that 61% of television stations should be able to turn off their analog signal before June 12 without interference. Copps also believes that many of the additional Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Nielsen is reporting that Sunday’s Super Bowl was viewed by an of average of 95.4 million people. Nielsen says the total audience for the broadcast was 148.3 million. While ratings were down over last year, Super Bowl XLIII will go Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The House of Representatives defeated the bill to delay the DTV transition. For now the transition will still happen on February 17th, 2009. However, an amended bill could be reintroduced as early as next week. The RIAA may be teaming Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Amazon is expected to roll out a new version of the Kindle next month. Jeff Bezos will unveil the second version of the e-book gadget at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York on February 9th. Currently, there is Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Senate has approved a delay of the digital Television transition. The approval, supported by President Obama, now schedules the transition for June 12. Last week the government reported that 1.4 million Americans were on a waiting list for DTV Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Nielsen is reporting that nearly 40 million Americans watched the Inauguration of President Barack Obama on television. While the largest television audience recorded during an inauguration came for Ronald Reagan in 1981 (41.8 million viewers), a pure TV rating is Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Looking for the best ways to follow the Inauguration at work? Hulu will offer a live stream of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, while both CNN and C-Span will offer streams on their websites. Facebook will also log updates Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The season premiere of American Idol was also the coming out party for new judge Kara DioGuardi. DioGuardi, a popular songwriter and producer whose worked with many Idol alums, received mixed reviews from fans and critics, who criticized her for Continue Reading →