Media & Entertainment

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. CABLE PROGRAMMERS have submitted a letter to Kevin Martin calling his a-la-carte proposal “devastating” for consumers, who will suddenly find themselves missing channels they expect to have with cable service. The letter also questioned the FCC’s legal right to enforce 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. ADOBE launched Adobe Media Player 1.0 and Adobe TV. The media player offers content from CBS, MTV, Universal Music Group, PBS, Scripps and CondeNet. It allows Flash downloads and content subscriptions in 1080p, 720p or 480i. Adobe TV is a 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. 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 →

  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 →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. COMCAST plans an imminent release of the first system that allows television ads to be targeted to the individual household level. The system will reportedly be deployed this June to over 100,000 homes in Baltimore. The technology is being developed Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. SHELLY PALMER analyzes Antigua’s threat to undermine U.S. copyright laws by legalizing piracy. Read this week’s essay to learn about the 1st InfoWar. GOOGLE submitted a letter to the FCC requesting that the “white spaces” between television channels be authorized Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. VERIZON and AT&T were the big winners in the FCC’s 700 MHz wireless spectrum auction. Verizon Wireless will pay $9.4 billion for 109 licenses while AT&T will spend $6.6 billion for 227 licenses. Both companies are expected to use their Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. THE FCC will relax local HD carriage requirements for DirecTV and DISH Network, making the terms less burdensome than those imposed on cable. The satellite operators will be allowed to down-sample local HD television signals to a lower quality, decreasing Continue Reading →