Shelly Palmer Radio Report – May 4, 2011

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A recent Neilsen report reveals that for the first time in twenty years, fewer Americans own TVs. While there were only about one million less television households this year, Neilsen believes it represents a larger trend. Internet video consumption will continue to cut into television use. In other news, the Seoul police recently raided Google’s office in South Korea over suspicions of data collections. Authorities said that Google’s advertising arm AdMob was collecting information without the consent of the Korean Communication Commission. South Korea previously challenged Google over its Street View cars and local Internet portals have filed multiple antitrust complaints. And finally, Microsoft recently partnered with Research in Motion to bring Bing to all BlackBerry devices. The company is trying to compete with Google’s search integration on mobile devices and Bing is slowly gaining ground. Will partnering with RIM make Microsoft’s search experience compete with Google?

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).