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 →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. House Democrats have proposed injecting an additional $650 million into the digital TV coupon program. The government mandated program, which is set to run out of money, was originally given $1.34 billion for the coupon program. While the Bush administration Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Paid Content is reporting that CBS will re-launch TV.com to compete with Hulu. Originally the domain, secured in its $1.85 billion acquisition of CNet, was more of a “water cooler site” rather than an online video or IPTV destination. CBS head Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The House Energy and Commerce Committee released a scathing 110 page report titled “Deception and Distrust: The Federal Communications Commission under Kevin J. Martin.” The report claims Martin manipulated findings on FCC reports on “a la carte” channels, as well as Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. AT&T plans to layoff 12,000 employees. The telco giant claims that a decline in landlines and a lack of growth in broadband subscribers has significantly cut into their business. An analyst at UBS believes that AT&T will cut spending in Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Cyber Monday will follow a robust Black Friday. While dim reports on the state of retail are all the rage, if analysts and the media continue to spin the doom and gloom, they will only become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Over the Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. General Motors ended its seven year relationship with Tiger Woods yesterday. GM, who is trying to drastically cut costs, ended the contact with the world’s most famous Golfer a year head of schedule. Analysts value Tiger’s contract with GM to be Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Sumner Redstone repeated his promise that he will not sell anymore stock in either CBS or Viacom. Redstone assured investors he has more than enough assets to cover the $1.6 billion debt. Shares in both companies were up on the news, Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” took home the top spot at the Box Office this week. The DreamWorks-Paramount production took in $63.5 million at 4,056 theaters nationwide, besting runner-up Role Models by over $40 million. Madagascar helped increase Box Office earnings Continue Reading →
“Television is no gimmick, and nobody will ever be elected to major office again without presenting themselves well on it.” -Television producer and Nixon campaign consultant, Roger Ailes, 1968 When Barack Obama purchased nearly $4 million dollars worth of Primetime to convey a 30-minute message, what was he trying to accomplish? He admitted it was Continue Reading →