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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. NBCU, Time Warner, News Corp, Viacom, CBS, Disney and Discovery Communications are teaming to create a rival to the Nielsen metric system. The media conglomerate is also working with major advertisers like AT&T and Proctor & Gamble, as well as ad 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. Twitter was the victim of another denial of service attack yesterday. The attack, similar to the one experienced last week, crippled the site for many users, although it did not last for long. Twitter noted that they were “responding to a Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Despite ABC being optimistic that the new version of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire would be a success, the debut of the revival finished fourth place in its opening Sunday night slot. The program, which, for the first time in Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. GM is now selling new cars on eBay. The move comes after the government approved the cash for clunkers program and finds many California based GM dealerships auctioning off brand new cars, including Buick, Chevrolet, Pontiac and GMC trucks. Analysts believe Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The major media companies are wrapping up the upfronts and the numbers are down approximately 15%. As a whole, business is down due to lower prices. Interestingly, the big broadcast networks are holding back more inventory than usual, which is what Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Sources say the Pirate Bay’s new owner, Global Gaming Factory, wants to take the company public. Global Gaming Factory CEO Hans Pandeya noted that most of the company’s investors are based in the US, and with the deal expected to close Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Marine Corps has banned social networking sites including, Twitter, Facebook and MySpace because they create a larger attack and exploitation window, expose unnecessary information to adversaries and provide an easy conduit for information leakage that puts security and personnel at 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. Now that Yahoo is leasing Microsoft search technology, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said that the company will focus on developing other properties. Bartz noted that the former search company will invest their split of the search money in display ads and Continue Reading →