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  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the Georgian cyber-attacks and the future of cyber-warfare. GOOGLE’s (NASD: GOOG) GMail service crashed for a few hours yesterday leaving users unable to access their accounts. The temporary errors were widely reported on TWITTER, which had Continue Reading →

DISH Networks Q2 profits were up. Unfortunately, 25,000 subscribers went missing. The company blamed the drop in subs on weak economic conditions, aggressive promotional offerings by their competition, the heavy marketing of HD service by their competition, the growth of fiber-based pay TV providers, signal theft and other forms of fraud, and operational inefficiencies at Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s commentary “Senator Ted ‘Tubes’ Stevens Indictment is Appropriate Metaphor for U.S. Communication Power Shift” on the blog. Watch Shelly’s commentary on TIME WARNER’s decision to spin off AOL. VERIZON is beginning to bring web video to the television Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on LG’s new Blu-ray player with NETFLIX (NASD: NFLX) streaming capability. The INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE failed to secure unfettered Internet access from the Chinese government. Instead, travelers will be forced to rely on the IOC’s wireless network, Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on VERIZON’s (NYSE: VZ) slowed FiOS growth and how it may be a reflection of the struggling economy. AT&T (NYSE: T) has banned subscribers from using file sharing programs on their mobile devices. Subscribers caught using P2P Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on GOOGLE (NASD: GOOG) launching Knol and the culture of Mountain View. The NEW YORK TIMES (NYSE: NYT) reported a net income of $21.1 million for the second quarter, down from $118.4 million from the second quarter Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on YAHOO’s (NASD: YHOO)slumping stock price and its future with Carl Icahn. TechCrunch is reporting that GOOGLE (NASD: GOOG) is once again in negotiations to buy DIGG. Google will reportedly pay roughly $200 million for the social Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. SAG has officially rejected the AMPTP’s contract offer from June 30th. In a letter to Guild members, national executive director Doug Allen said the offer “snuffs out residuals” for new media projects. SAG believes that recent investments in VOD and Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on TIME WARNER (NYSE: TWX) trying to deal AOL and how it will affect the future of the search ads business. In Washington D.C., GOOGLE (NASD: GOOG) and MICROSOFT (NASD: MSFT) took their YAHOO (NASD: YHOO) battle Continue Reading →

Just a few weeks ago, the GAO joined the tragic chorus singing a parodos of unpreparedness. "Without a comprehensive plan that also addresses managing risks and mitigating against potential problems, tens of millions of consumers could be adversely affected and this important transition put needlessly in jeopardy," said Democratic Rep. Edward Markey, of Massachusetts, the Coryphaeus of this Modern Greek Tragedy. Continue Reading →