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  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Intel’s revenue for the fourth quarter fell 23% over last year. Intel had warned investors that revenue for the fourth quarter would be down, however, the chip manufacturer still fell short of its predicted forecast of $8.7-9.3 billion, down from Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. CBS CEO Les Moonves got Time Warner Cable to pay higher fees to broadcast CBS. Time Warner Cable now will be able to broadcast CBS, as well as its Showtime networks, through 2013. Moonves also told a Citigroup conference that Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Auto sales in December were the worst in 15 years, with sales falling 36%. While US manufacturers are hurting, Toyota actually had the worst sales report, with a 37% decline in sales. With Automotive accounting for as much as a Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is expected to run out of money to promote the Digital Television Transition. The program, which provides subsidies for households affected by the digital transition, estimated it would be able to cover 51.5 million Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Jeremy Piven left David Mamet’s Speed-the-Plow this week, claiming mercury poisoning. Piven, who eats sushi twice a day, received a doctor’s note after tests showed elevated levels of Mercury. Piven’s role will be taken over by Norbert Leo Butz, who Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Gov. David Paterson wants to solve New York’s debt problem by taxing the sale of digital downloads, including mp3’s from iTunes. The iPod tax, along with 88 other new fees, is part of the “extreme measures” Paterson is using to tackle Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Steve Jobs will not give his usual keynote speech at MacWorld. Not only that but the upcoming conference will be the last Apple will participate in. An Apple spokesperson said “Apple is reaching more people in more ways than ever before, Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Paid Content is reporting that CBS will re-launch TV.com to compete with Hulu. Originally the domain, secured in its $1.85 billion acquisition of CNet, was more of a “water cooler site” rather than an online video or IPTV destination. CBS head Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The FCC has canceled their December 18th meeting meant to discuss the future of Chairman Kevin Martin’s proposed free nationwide Wi-Fi. After receiving letters from Senator Jay Rockefeller and Congressman Henry Waxman, the FCC lacked a consensus to move forward Continue Reading →

The Bush Administration is opposing FCC Chair Kevin Martin’s proposed free nationwide Wi-Fi network. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said a national Wi-Fi network “would likely lead to congested and inefficiently used broadband, and it would be inconsistent with the Administration’s view that spectrum should be allocated by markets rather than governments.” Time Warner CEO Jeff Continue Reading →