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Here’s what’s supposed to happen. The digital transition takes place, new 4G networks spring up all over, tons of VC money is aimed at advanced advertising and personal media consumption devices, audiences fragment into unbelievably small markets, but technological advances in metrics and accountability take the art of marketing to new quantitative levels, by 2020 Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA retained its place at the top of the Box Office this week. The Disney comedy took in roughly $17.5 million dollars, besting the Leonardo DiCaprio-Russell Crowe war film Body of Lies. SOUTH PARK had its best fall Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Dow Jones took another dive yesterday, falling 678.91 points to 8579. Media companies are hurting, as Viacom and News Corp each hit 5 five year lows yesterday. The tech sector is also hurting, with Google closing yesterday at 328 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 →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yesterday the Dow Jones fell under 10000, the lowest its hit since 2003. While the Dow was down as much as 800 points, it ended only down 370. A tough day for stocks, specifically tech stocks like GOOGLE (down 4%, Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube.   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. GOOGLE and YAHOO have delayed their search advertising deal. Both companies, whom agreed to delay implementing the deal until October, have decided to postpone the Continue Reading →

Here’s a knee-slapper: “What did Comcast just say to its broadband customers?” Answer: “250GB of data per month ought to be enough bandwidth for anyone!” Get it? Sorry, it’s an inside joke. In response to getting busted by the FCC for illegally throttling consumer Internet traffic, Comcast put a 250GB per billing cycle cap on Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Despite agreeing to terms, Congress failed to pass the government bailout for the financial sector, which led to the worst-single day drop in Wall Street history. The 777.68 point skid was the largest percentage drop since 9/11 and hammered media Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the biggest banking buyout in United States history. AT&T is switching its satellite-television provider to DIRECTV. Despite signing a one-month extension with the DISH NETWORK last week, AT&T will ditch the struggling provider. Analysts believe that 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 →