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                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on MICROSOFT’s (NASD: MSFT) decision to cut the price of the Xbox 360. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin ruled that COMCAST (NASD: CMCSA) illegally blocked specific file transfers earlier in the year. Martin wants Comcast to stop blocking Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the future of targeted online advertisements. NBCU (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Zucker is expected to be a popular man at the Allen & Co. media conference this week in Sun Valley, Idaho. One source noted that Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch and read Shelly’s commentary “The End of Analog Television”, which sheds light on the transition from Analog to Digital Television. NBC will use TAMI, a total audience measurement index, to gauge ratings during the Olympics. NBC is using TAMI Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on MICROSOFT’s (NASD: MSFT) ever evolving pursuit of YAHOO (NASD: YHOO). The Justice Department has upgraded its review of the GOOGLE (NASD: GOOG)-YAHOO (NASD: YHOO) search deal to a formal investigation. Currently, anti-trust issues plague the deal, Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on AT&T’s (NYSE: T) decision to back away from its marketing deal with the Dish Network (NASD: DISH). VERIZON (NYSE: VZ) will boost the speed of its FiOS service. The telco announced that it will now offer Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on DREAMWORKS deal with Indian media conglomerate RELIANCE and the evolution of the Hollywood economy. LINKEDIN, the preferred social network of the professional set, will receive a $53 million infusion of capital. LinkedIn, whose average user is Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s commentary “Of iPhones and Androids: A Tale of Two Business Models” on the blog. Watch Shelly’s commentary on AT&T’s (NYSE: T) plan to charge extra for “abnormally high usage.” TIME WARNER (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes is looking Continue Reading →

Unless you lead a very sheltered life, you have probably read all kinds of stuff about Apple’s new 3G iPhone. Yes, the retail price will be $199 for the 8 GB model. Yes, that makes people who bought an iPhone on May 15th for $399 really mad. But they shouldn’t be. A new 3G iPhone Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on APPLE’s (NASD:AAPL) pricing plan for the new 3G iPhone and the iPhone application store. The proposed XM (NASD: XMSR), SIRIUS (NASD: SIRI) merger is facing more regulatory hurdles. Sen. Sam Brownback (R.,Kan.) wants an unredacted copy Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the SAG – AMPTP negotiations. APPLE (NASD: AAPL) finally unveiled the 3G iphone, available July 11. Steve Jobs presented the mobile smart phone at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference and as expected the phone comes equipped with Continue Reading →