If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Amazon will begin selling electronic books for the iPhone today. Amazon will make its electronic book software available to iPhone and iPod touch users for free, while e-books will sell for $9.99, the same price as e-books for the Kindle. Amazon Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Adobe and Time Warner are expected to form a video partnership. While plans are unknown, the deal most likely relates to digital rights management, measurement and monetizing content. The deal could spur multi-platform distribution methods Jeff Bewkes hinted at during Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Tiger Woods will return to PGA play this weekend for the first time since June. Back from rehab Woods will participate in the Accenture Match Play Championship and his sponsors and the broadcast networks are particularly excited. While Tiger almost Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Nielsen is reporting that this years Academy Awards show was watched by nearly 36.3 million people. The show’s ratings increased 13% over last year, which was the lowest rated Oscars in the history of the program. While the numbers are Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. As expected, Amazon unveiled the next version of its e-book reader Kindle yesterday. Kindle 2.0 is both faster and thinner than its predecessor, however, it will still cost $359. The new Kindle will begin shipping February 24th. According to Amazon Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on Pioneer closing its unprofitable flat-screen TV business and how this is a sign of the time for the Consumer Electronics industry. President Obama is set to make Melissa Hathaway his head of cyber security. Hathaway, who Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. As expected, the House of Representatives passed the bill to postpone the end of analog television. The Democrats easily got the majority needed to pass the bill, which saw legislators voting on strict party lines. Once President Obama, who is Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Senate has approved a delay of the digital Television transition. The approval, supported by President Obama, now schedules the transition for June 12. Last week the government reported that 1.4 million Americans were on a waiting list for DTV Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. After much debate, President Barack Obama will get to keep his PDA. However, reports are that he won’t be using a BlackBerry, rather a Sectera Edge, “developed for the National Security Agency’s Secure Mobile Environment Portable Electronic Device (SME PED)” Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Nielsen is reporting that nearly 40 million Americans watched the Inauguration of President Barack Obama on television. While the largest television audience recorded during an inauguration came for Ronald Reagan in 1981 (41.8 million viewers), a pure TV rating is Continue Reading →