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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Twitter is set to begin acknowledging the exact location of where tweets come from. The micro-blogging service will include the latitude and longitude of tweets in real time. Co-Founder Biz Stone said “We have a strong hunch location will be a Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Redbox, the DVD rental kiosk company, is suing 20th Century Fox for delaying distribution of Fox films for a month after DVD release. Redbox President Mitch Lowe claims the studio is “attempting to prohibit timely consumer access to its new release Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The National Football League has banned players from using Twitter. The NFL noted that players who use the micro-blogging network from meetings, coaching sessions or games would be fined. While the league has not adopted an official policy, most teams have Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Universal, Warner Bros, Sony and Paramount, amongst others, have teamed to fight the Pirate Bay. The group of Hollywood studios filed a lawsuit in the Pirate Bay’s native Sweden, claiming that the site should be shut down over copyright issues. While Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. NBCU executive Ben Silverman has left the company in order to pursue a new venture with IAC. Silverman, who came under fire for a lack of hits and his managing for margins style, led NBC to becoming a fourth place network. Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Today marks the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, America’s first manned mission to land on the moon. So many technological innovations came from the Apollo program: from cordless power tools to digital mammography. The list is huge. If you want to Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Nielsen is reporting that over 31 million people viewed Michael Jackson’s funeral on television. While the number is very high, it does not take into account the millions of viewers who streamed the coverage through a variety of streaming sites, nor Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Comcast has teamed up with Clearwire to offer one of the first 4G wireless data networks. Comcast High-Speed 2go will go live today in Portland and with offerings in Atlanta, Chicago and Philadelphia planned by the end of the year. This Continue Reading →

Television, the platform, is having a bad year. There are lots of reasons: the economy, consumer control, audience fragmentation/atomization, etc. On the other hand, Television, the art form, is alive and well with more (albeit different kinds of) projects in production than at any time in history. That being said, the long-term viability of big Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Apple announced that the company sold over one million iPhone 3GS units this past weekend. Apple also reported that more than six million iPhone users have updated to the iPhone 3.0 operating system. While there was less hype than when the Continue Reading →