Senator Ted “Tubes” Stevens Indictment is Appropriate Metaphor for U.S. Communication Power Shift

Sen Ted Stevens
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska is facing a seven-count indictment accusing him of accepting more than $250,000 in unreported gifts. The Washington Post reported that many Alaskans "greeted the news of Stevens's indictment on corruption charges as if they were condemned to a pauper's death, fearful that they will no longer be able to depend on the largess of "Uncle Ted." Continue Reading →

Will You Be Affected By The Transition to Digital Television?: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer, July 7, 2008

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch and read Shelly’s commentary “The End of Analog Television”, which sheds light on the transition from Analog to Digital Television. NBC will use TAMI, a total audience measurement index, to gauge ratings during the Olympics. NBC is using TAMI Continue Reading →

Obama Changes Stance on Telecom Immunity: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer, July 3, 2008

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on Obama’s shifting stance regarding Telecom immunity and his understanding of the broadband environment. After MICROSOFT (NASD: MSFT) began talks seeking partners for a YAHOO deal, YAHOO (NASD: YHOO) has decided to strike back by pursuing the Continue Reading →

2008 06-09 MediaBytes: APPLE – WIMAX – ICAHN – YAHOO – MICROSOFT – COMCAST- BIT TORRENT – MPAA – FCC

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s commentary on the first networked, broadband election and how Senator’s Obama and McCain shape up against each other. Watch Shelly’s commentary on APPLE’s (NASD: AAPL) 3G iPhone, which is expected to be unveiled today at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Continue Reading →

Obama vs. McCain – The First Networked Campaign

Barack Obama and John McCain
Back in 1960 the skills required to become President of the United States changed forever.  That was the year that John F. Kennedy debated Richard M. Nixon on national network television for the first time.  When reminiscing about Kennedy’s win, pundits love to cite that he was tanned, good looking, had great hair and had Continue Reading →

2008 06-04 MediaBytes: OBAMA – YAHOO – ICAHN – YANG – SONY – IGA – PS3 – NBC – BEIJING OLYMPICS – COMCAST

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube Congratulations to SENATOR OBAMA, the Democratic party’s presumptive nominee for President of the United States. Watch Shelly’s Video Commentary on Senator Obama’s nomination and how technology may inevitably influence the race. Activist investor CARL ICAHN vowed to remove JERRY YANG Continue Reading →