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 →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. It looks like the transition to digital television is going to be delayed for 90 days. My sources inside the Beltway tell me it’s a done deal. Fearful that an overwhelming crowd at the Inauguration may hinder cell phone service, Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Dow Jones had another rough day yesterday, closing at 9447. The Dow is down over 800 points in the past two days. Let’s hope that bargain hunters swoop in and start buying. YOUTUBE has added a “click to buy” Continue Reading →
The Hollywood Reporter asks: “What makes the Emmy’s Unique?” Seth MacFarlane, answers: “I think what makes the Emmy’s special is that no one watches them anymore.” The AP asked, “Are the TV writers still on strike?” USA Today: “It was hideously awful from start to harried finish, dragged down by five amateurish reality anchors who Continue Reading →
Last week Senator Obama was channeling Aaron Sorkin when he challenged Senator McCain to a debate about which of them had the temperament and judgment to be President of the United States. Parts of his speech read like a page out of Sorkin’s pre-The West Wing movie script, The American President. “John McCain doesn’t get Continue Reading →
I’m not sure what I expected to find here. I haven’t been to this part of China since the early 90’s. Unlike Shenzhen, which is a brand new city, Beijing has a rich history and it is very, very old. But it doesn’t feel old – every other building is under construction, there are public 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 →
SHELLY PALMER offers up some alternative theories for the OSCAR‘s incredibly low ratings this year. It could be that the films were dark and the actors were foreign, but it could also have to do with something much less variable. SAG‘s New York board is urging the Guild to begin contract negotiations with the AMPTP Continue Reading →
THE OSCARS telecast averaged an 18.7 rating and a 29 share. That’s TV-Geek-Speak for the lowest ratings since 1974, about 32 million viewers – a 20% drop from last year. Some pundits are blaming the dismal ratings on the dark nature of the top films. Best picture, “No Country for Old Men” focused on a Continue Reading →
THE OSCARS drew 32 million viewers, the lowest since 1974. That’s a 20% drop from last year’s 40 million viewers. This year’s broadcast averaged an 18.7 rating and a 29 share, compared to last year’s 27.7 rating and 42 share. The falloff is being blamed on the dark nature of the top films, such as Continue Reading →