If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The FCC began its Notice of Inquiry to create a National Broadband Plan. A plan to roll out a nationwide, broadband grid is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which requires the FCC to develop “the most effective and Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Talks between IBM and Sun Microsystems have stalled. Sun, which was set to be acquired by IBM, rejected a formal acquisition by IBM this past weekend as its board was splitting apart. IBM was offering a reported $7 billion for the Continue Reading →
In Metamerica (the data that describes America), we are all a bunch of ones and zeros. Everything about us, our tax id number, social security number, credit card numbers, contact information, financial data, medical history, entertainment preferences, our computer software, the content we own, everything we are, is described by ones and zeros on a magnetic or optical storage device somewhere. Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. NBCU and Sony have announced plans to make NBCU content available for purchase on Playstation systems. Sony will begin selling NBC shows like The Office and 30 Rock the day after they originally air on television. NBCU will also distribute feature Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Amazon will begin selling electronic books for the iPhone today. Amazon will make its electronic book software available to iPhone and iPod touch users for free, while e-books will sell for $9.99, the same price as e-books for the Kindle. Amazon Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Tiger Woods will return to PGA play this weekend for the first time since June. Back from rehab Woods will participate in the Accenture Match Play Championship and his sponsors and the broadcast networks are particularly excited. While Tiger almost Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. 421 television stations are set to switch to digital television today. In total, 641 television stations, roughly 36% of stations, will have already made the switch, despite the government mandated delay. The FCC granted all 10 stations who pleaded financial hardship Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Joanna Pacitti, the controversial American Idol contest, has been kicked off the show. However, Pacitti was not thrown off for her semi-professional status, rather for having personal relationships with two 19 Entertainment insiders. The FCC has ruled that 123 Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. FCC chairman Michael Copps noted that TV stations looking to make the digital transition before June 12th may be barred from doing so. As many as 690 local TV stations want to make the transition now to save thousands of 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 →