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  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on TIME WARNER (NYSE: TWX) trying to deal AOL and how it will affect the future of the search ads business. In Washington D.C., GOOGLE (NASD: GOOG) and MICROSOFT (NASD: MSFT) took their YAHOO (NASD: YHOO) battle Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on eBay’s (NASD: EBAY) legal victory over TIFFANY (NYSE: TIF) and how its blown deal with BUY.com will affect its brand. MICROSOFT (NASD: MSFT) announced a deal with NETFLIX (NASD: NFLX) that will make the Xbox 360 Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on MICROSOFT’s (NASD: MSFT) decision to cut the price of the Xbox 360. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin ruled that COMCAST (NASD: CMCSA) illegally blocked specific file transfers earlier in the year. Martin wants Comcast to stop blocking Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s commentary “What Does Quality Online Video Look Like?” on the blog. Watch Shelly’s commentary on GOOGLE (NASD: GOOG) blocking several Anti-Obama blogs. EBAY (NASD: EBAY) has been fined $63.2 million for selling counterfeit Louis Vuitton items on the Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. SAMSUNG chairman Lee Kun-hee will step down after being indicted for tax evasion. Lee is the son of Samsung’s founder and has been running the company for the last twenty years. It is hard to determine exactly how Lee’s resignation Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. ITUNES has surpassed Wal-Mart to become the top music retailer in the United States, according to NPD Group’s MusicWatch survey. The store now sells more music than any other retailer in any format. Since its launch in 2003, iTunes has Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. SHELLY PALMER probes several issues surrounding digital rights. What are your rights as Digital Citizens of the United States? Do we have a national broadband policy? What is it? What should it be? Read about digital deficiency and how it Continue Reading →

BILL GATES opened CES with a clear statement of purpose, declaring that “All media will be software driven.” Gates handed the stage over to Microsoft president of Entertainment & Devices Robbie Bach to describe the company’s digital media initiatives. Bach announced that Xbox Live will gain content from MGM, Showtime, The Disney Channel and ABC. Continue Reading →

THE TVB announced that ePort is now live, allowing media-buying agencies to place electronic orders with TV stations. 644 stations are participating in 186 markets, reaching 97.8 percent of the country. The system can currently handle orders, confirmations and makegoods. A full range of features will be rolled out in the coming months. THE NTIA Continue Reading →

VIACOM and MICROSOFT have signed an extensive multi-platform partnership. Viacom content will be distributed on Xbox Live and MSN with the two companies splitting revenue. Microsoft will sell and serve display advertising for Viacom sites and purchase advertising on Viacom’s TV and web properties. Lastly, Viacom will produce casual games for MSN and Windows and Continue Reading →