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                   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. SAG has signed an interim pact with indie producers that will keep actors working on their productions in the event of a strike. While this may simply be a negotiating tactic to scare the AMPTP, it does raise the ominous 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. YAHOO and AOL are reportedly close to reaching a merger agreement that would include a search ad deal with Google. Yahoo and Google are already planning a two-week test of such an arrangement, during which Google will serve 3% of Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. NBC unveiled a 65-week schedule of new programming during a new “infront” presentation, offering advertisers an early glimpse of spread-out premieres and a longer timeline to facilitate the planning of national ad campaigns. The schedule includes a new Office spin-off, 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 →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. YOUTUBE has added Insight, a new feature that tracks when and where videos are being watched. Insight breaks down views by both geography and time, giving video publishers some powerful new performance data. The tool has a number of practical Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. SHELLY PALMER analyzes Antigua’s threat to undermine U.S. copyright laws by legalizing piracy. Read this week’s essay to learn about the 1st InfoWar. GOOGLE submitted a letter to the FCC requesting that the “white spaces” between television channels be authorized Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. SHELLY PALMER analyzes Antigua’s threat to undermine U.S. copyright laws by legalizing piracy. Read this week’s essay to learn about the 1st InfoWar. MARCH MADNESS streamed 2.8 million hours of video during Round 1 alone, compared to last year’s total Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. THE FCC will relax local HD carriage requirements for DirecTV and DISH Network, making the terms less burdensome than those imposed on cable. The satellite operators will be allowed to down-sample local HD television signals to a lower quality, decreasing Continue Reading →