Media & Entertainment

We are at war. Gas prices are at record highs. There are food shortages, a credit crisis, the financial markets are in hell and we are about to enter a recession. So, it makes total sense that Annie Leibovitz’s photographs of Miley Cyrus are front-page news. The rumor mill is running at 100% capacity and Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. MICROSOFT increased it’s bid for YAHOO from $31 to $32 and change. Yahoo still wants $37 a share, however, with the price within $4, it is likely a deal could come sometime soon. With progress being made, sources say a Continue Reading →

Last week, three of the nation’s largest cable companies quietly pulled the plug on a joint cell-phone venture with Sprint Nextel Corp., called Pivot. The goal of this service offering was to help the cablers compete with the Telco Triple Play (Video, Voice & Data). In theory, a Quadruple Play (Video, Voice, Data plus a Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The MICROSOFT-YAHOO deadline passed in utter silence. Now what? Yesterday, Mortimer Zuckerman of THE DAILY NEWS matched Rupert Murdoch’s $580M bid for NEWSDAY. The New York newspaper man believes his bid will be more attractive for the THE TRIBUNE COMPANY Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. SAMSUNG chairman Lee Kun-hee will step down after being indicted for tax evasion. Lee is the son of Samsung’s founder and has been running the company for the last twenty years. It is hard to determine exactly how Lee’s resignation Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. CABLE PROGRAMMERS have submitted a letter to Kevin Martin calling his a-la-carte proposal “devastating” for consumers, who will suddenly find themselves missing channels they expect to have with cable service. The letter also questioned the FCC’s legal right to enforce Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. SHELLY PALMER discusses the connections between 8 teenagers in Florida, kidnapping, assault and online video. Read this week’s essay, “What We Can Learn From Eight Florida Teens”. GOOGLE will soon open up its beta TV ad-buying service to the general Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. ADOBE launched Adobe Media Player 1.0 and Adobe TV. The media player offers content from CBS, MTV, Universal Music Group, PBS, Scripps and CondeNet. It allows Flash downloads and content subscriptions in 1080p, 720p or 480i. Adobe TV is a Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. ITUNES has surpassed Wal-Mart to become the top music retailer in the United States, according to NPD Group’s MusicWatch survey. The store now sells more music than any other retailer in any format. Since its launch in 2003, iTunes has Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. GOOGLE is using April 1st to roll out a number of exciting new initiatives. The company has unveiled a joint venture with Virgin called Virgle, the first human settlement on Mars. Users can sign up online to be a Virgle Continue Reading →