If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. A report by the Yankee Group believes that smartphone users will have downloaded over 7 billion applications by 2013. The research group estimates that in the next 4 years smartphone users will quadruple, effectively bringing sales of apps to $4.2 billion Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The FCC has four principles that serve as guidelines to preserve and promote the open and interconnected nature of the Public Internet, commonly referred to as, Net Neutrality. 1. Consumers are entitled to access the lawful Internet content of their choice; 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. Web sites are rapidly preparing for a big day today, as coverage of Michael Jackson’s funeral is expected to strain servers. The ceremony is expected to start at 9:30 am PST at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. AEG will offer ticket holders for Michael Jackson’s sold-out This Is It tour a full refund. The concert promoter was responsible for the 50 sold out shows Jackson was to perform at London’s O2 Arena. While AEG sold approximately one million Continue Reading →
Last week I wrote a short missive about a problem I was having with a very vocal minority of my daily MediaBytes video viewers regarding a pre-roll ad. Apparently, making money with online video is a very hot topic, as evidenced by the several thousand email responses to the article. (You can read last week’s Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the mom who was caught file-sharing by the RIAA, has been charged with infringing 24 copyright laws during a retrial. Thomas will be forced to pay the recorded music company’s a total of $1.92 million, roughly $80,000 per song Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Google is set to introduce a micro-blog search engine. The company reported on its blog that the users will soon be able to search Twitter and other micro-blog services through a channel similar to its Google blog and Google news search Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Hulu claims that Nielsen miscalculated its streams for April. Nielsen reported that Hulu served 373 million streams. However, citing analytics from comScore, Hulu claims the number of streams served during the month of April was actually 397 million. News Corp announced Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Disney has officially become an equity-owning partner in NBCU-Fox venture Hulu. The deal ensures that programming from both ABC and the Disney Channel, amongst other Disney owned networks, will air on the popular streaming site. CEO Robert Iger noted that “Disney Continue Reading →