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  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. TV Stations are up in arms over the delayed winter Sweeps. The sweeps, which were bumped to March due to the eventually botched DTV transition, are being called a “waste of time”, as “there will be nothing to compare these Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner at last nights Academy Awards. The Indian coming of age tale took home 8 Oscars last night, including Best Picture and Best Director. Other notable winners include Kate Winslett for Best Actress Continue Reading →

Hulu, the PR-darling video portal owned by NBCU and News Corp, pulled all of its content from CBS’s newly re-launched TV.com. They also removed their programming from the Boxee application (an open source social media player and content management platform). Everyone seems to think they know why this is a good idea or a bad Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. NBCU and News Corp, the conglomerates behind Hulu, have pulled all TV content from competitor TV.com. The recently relaunched site, which is owned by CBS, had a deal with the Hulu-founders when TV.com was owned by CNET, however, since CNET 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 →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Looking for the best ways to follow the Inauguration at work? Hulu will offer a live stream of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, while both CNN and C-Span will offer streams on their websites. Facebook will also log updates Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Slumdog Millionaire and HBO lead the way at the Golden Globes last night. Danny Boyle’s film about a game show contestant from Mumbai took home four Golden Globes, while HBO took home seven for shows like John Adams, In Treatment and Continue Reading →

Should SAG go on strike? No. Should they be willing to strike unless they get meaningful remuneration for advanced media content? Yes. Solidarity is where collective bargaining begins. Which leaves only one question, “What is meaningful remuneration for advanced media content?” Perhaps the most serious problem SAG is facing is internal. Its executive committee has 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. Cyber Monday will follow a robust Black Friday. While dim reports on the state of retail are all the rage, if analysts and the media continue to spin the doom and gloom, they will only become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Over the Continue Reading →