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                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Disney mega-star Miley Cyrus gets racy for Annie Lebowitz and Vanity Fair, or does she? Check out my commentary on the Shelly Palmer blog. MICROSOFT walked away from its bid to acquire YAHOO. Not willing to go hostile, the software Continue Reading →

Last week, three of the nation’s largest cable companies quietly pulled the plug on a joint cell-phone venture with Sprint Nextel Corp., called Pivot. The goal of this service offering was to help the cablers compete with the Telco Triple Play (Video, Voice & Data). In theory, a Quadruple Play (Video, Voice, Data plus a Continue Reading →

“They’ll be tried as adults for kidnapping (a first degree felony) and battery,” said Chip Thullbery, a spokesman for the Polk County state attorney. Three of them will also be charged with tampering with a witness. If convicted, they could be sentenced to life in prison.   This story has been all over the news Continue Reading →

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) held their annual convention in Las Vegas this week and, aside from the usual angst about the digital transition next February, there was a moderate buzz about mobile TV.   In his opening keynote address, David K. Rehr, president of the NAB, opined about a time, in the very Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. SAG has signed an interim pact with indie producers that will keep actors working on their productions in the event of a strike. While this may simply be a negotiating tactic to scare the AMPTP, it does raise the ominous Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. SHELLY PALMER discusses the connections between 8 teenagers in Florida, kidnapping, assault and online video. Read this week’s essay, “What We Can Learn From Eight Florida Teens”. GOOGLE will soon open up its beta TV ad-buying service to the general Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. YAHOO and AOL are reportedly close to reaching a merger agreement that would include a search ad deal with Google. Yahoo and Google are already planning a two-week test of such an arrangement, during which Google will serve 3% of Continue Reading →

You walk into a retail store a few blocks from home and see something you’ve been eying for a while on sale. You pick it up, talk to the salesperson, put it down, walk around, think. When the salesperson is not looking, you text the UPC code to 262966, that spells “Amazon” on your mobile Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. NBC has a new idea that’s been around since the 50’s. The network will begin involving certain sponsors in show development. One deal will be a two-movie partnership with Liberty Mutual focusing on the excitement of insurance policies, responsibility and Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. GOOGLE is using April 1st to roll out a number of exciting new initiatives. The company has unveiled a joint venture with Virgin called Virgle, the first human settlement on Mars. Users can sign up online to be a Virgle Continue Reading →