MediaBytes

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on PANDORA’s lifespan and how the record industry will ultimately kill webcasting with high royalty rates. ELECTRONIC ARTS (NASD: ERTS) will not extend its bid to acquire TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE (NASD: TTWO) for the sixth time. After learning Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s commentary “How Technology Is Costing Companies Millions . . . Maybe Billions” on the blog. Watch Shelly’s commentary on NBC’s (NYSE: GE) Olympic numbers for Broadband and Mobile. BUSINESS WEEK (NYSE: MHP) is set to bring topic pages Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on T-MOBILE becoming the first to offer a phone withGOOGLE’s (NASD: GOOG) Android software and how it will affect mobile communication. APPLE (NASD: AAPL) is working on a software repair that will help fix the 3G iPhone’s Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on NBC’s (NYSE: GE) Olympic TAMI ratings and the future of mobile coverage. MGM (NYSE: MGM) CEO Harry Sloan wants to bring TOM CRUISE’s UNITED ARTISTS under the control of MGM’s Mary Parent. Sources close to Sloan Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on BEST BUY (NYSE: BBY) becoming the first national retailer to sell APPLE’s (NASD: AAPL) 3G iPhone. CNN is set to double the number of journalists in domestic cities. The journalists will work from borrowed office space, Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the Georgian cyber-attacks and the future of cyber-warfare. GOOGLE’s (NASD: GOOG) GMail service crashed for a few hours yesterday leaving users unable to access their accounts. The temporary errors were widely reported on TWITTER, which had Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s commentary on the DISH NETWORKS (NASD: DISH) loss of subscribers, “Mortgage Crisis Causes DISH Network To Fall Off The Roof” on the blog. Watch Shelly’s commentary on NBC’s (NYSE: GE) decade high Olympic ratings and their success streaming Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on NBC’s (NYSE: GE) coverage of the Beijing Olympics and whether or not the ratings will prove to be worth the investment. WARNER MUSIC GROUP (NYSE: WMG) CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. wants to increase the licensing fees Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on TIME WARNER CABLE’s (NYSE: TWC) large increase in subscribers and the ongoing broadband battle between cable company’s and teleco’s. TIME WARNER’s (NYSE: TWX) second quarter earnings are down 26% due to declining AOL subscribers and lower Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on GOOGLE (NASD: GOOG) launching “Insights for Search.” SONY (NYSE: SNE) has agreed to re-purchase 50% of BERTELSMANN’s stake in SONY BMG for $1.2 billion. The four year old super record company will now go by Sony Continue Reading →