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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. TV Week’s will cease to exist as a print publication after this week. With ad revenue down, among other things, Crain’s will continue TV Week as a web-only destination. While some may toil over the loss, the move begs to ask Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. ABC’s Nightline is launching a Twitter-centric web show. Dubbed NighTline, the thirty minute web show will feature real time tweets and questions from users. Set to debut Wednesday at 12:30 PM Et, Nightline Executive Producer James Goldston noted that “This new Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Samsung is set to introduce the second Google Android based phone. Unlike Apple’s iPhone and Palm’s Pre, Samsung’s I7500 does not include multi-touch controls, a feature that many consider the lifeblood of next generation handheld devices. Like the G1, the Samsung Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yahoo is set to officially shut down GeoCities by the end of 2009. The free personal web-page host, which Yahoo acquired in 1999, is a relic from the Web 1.0 era, which cost Yahoo an estimated $4.6 billion. The service will Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Apple’s iTunes Application Store for the iPhone and iTouch is set to hit a billion downloads. Launched in June 2008, the App Store, which offers free apps as well as for purchase apps, has more downloads than the iTunes music store Continue Reading →

The following is an excerpt from a White Paper I recently wrote for Cisco. You can download the entire document here. There’s a short video presentation as well. The idea behind this paper was to explore some of the issues that will face service providers (like cable and IPTV) as the world becomes more broadband-centric. Continue Reading →

This past week the first of America’s major metropolitan newspapers has made the decision to cease print operations and transform itself into an online only news organization. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer RIP, long live www.seattlepi.com — if only it could be true. If you’re interested in the details, you can read a very thorough article in Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. President Barack Obama made a special appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night. Obama used the platform to pitch a change in economic ethics and values, much of it centered on the recent AIG bonuses scandal. President Obama Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. NBC launched New York Nonstop, its pioneering effort in multi-platform media, this morning.  NY Nonstop is anchored on the digital tier of WNBC, but it is also carried by every MSO in the tri-state area, passing through roughly 6 million Continue Reading →

I have been thinking a lot lately about the future of newspapers and radio and television broadcast news; to put it another way, traditional media vs. new media. So, just for fun, I decided to see how my week would go if I didn’t get any news from traditional media. Would I be better served Continue Reading →