Techno-politics

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 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 →

                   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 →

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 →

If you have trouble viewing the above video, please click here to view MediaBytes on YouTube. MICROSOFT’s recent search ads proposal would split YAHOO’s assets and fracture the company. The deal would break up Yahoo’s Asian assets and give Microsoft a minority share in what was left of Yahoo. Yahoo executives are weary of the Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube Read my commentary on China’s copyright-free tech world on the blog. MICROSOFT is looking to revive a deal with YAHOO. However, the transaction is likely not be a total acquisition, rather a deal that could bring Microsoft search ads alongside Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube CARL ICAHN is launching a proxy contest to replace YAHOO’s board of directors. Icahn plans to nominate 10 directors including former Viacom Inc. Chief Executive FRANK BIONDI. Icahn’s board will push to reopen negotiations with MICROSOFT, however, sources say Icahn Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube WiMax and the future of broadband. Check out my commentary on the blog. NBC will officially name Jimmy Fallon as the future host of Late Night. Fallon will takeover for Conan O’Brien beginning June of 2009, when O’Brien will begin Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube MICROSOFT informally approached FACEBOOK about a possible merger. A meeting with the social networking site comes just days after Microsoft backed away from its bid to secure YAHOO. Like the failed Yahoo bid, a merger with Facebook would seriously improve Continue Reading →