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  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yahoo’s stock rose sharply yesterday after rumors that Microsoft was once again interested purchasing it. Yahoo’s stock was up over 20%, bring it to $12.99. However, a spokesperson from Redmond said “Our position hasn’t changed. Microsoft has no interest in 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 →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on APPLE’s (NASD: AAPL) music-related keynote and what Jobs could be introducing. The first reviews are in for GOOGLE’s (NASD: GOOG) new Chrome browser. Generally, the reviews have been positive for the minimalist browser, which features drag Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on T-MOBILE releasing the G1, GOOGLE’s (NASD: GOOG) first Android phone. APPLE’s(NASD: AAPL) 3G iPhone has now outsold its predecessor. Despite 3G issues and a class action lawsuit looming, Apple has managed to sell 6 million 3G Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s commentary on APPLE’s (NASD: AAPL) recent woes and the future of its brand on the blog. Watch Shelly’s commentary on NBC’s (NYSE: GE) failure to successfully monetize online video. NBCOlympics.com received over 1.2 billion hits, and 72 million Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on AMAZON’s (NASD: AMZN) boost in revenue and how the numbers don’t exactly reflect the company’s performance. MICROSOFT (NASD: MSFT) is expanding its search ads deal with FACEBOOK. Under the new deal, Microsoft will provide web search Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch and read Shelly’s commentary “The End of Analog Television”, which sheds light on the transition from Analog to Digital Television. NBC will use TAMI, a total audience measurement index, to gauge ratings during the Olympics. NBC is using TAMI Continue Reading →

Back in 1960 the skills required to become President of the United States changed forever.  That was the year that John F. Kennedy debated Richard M. Nixon on national network television for the first time.  When reminiscing about Kennedy’s win, pundits love to cite that he was tanned, good looking, had great hair and had Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube NBCU has reached a deal with NIELSEN to develop sales metrics via Nielsen’s Fusion product. Through Fusion, NBCU will be able to relate advertisers to specific viewing habits. The goal is to accurately analyze metrics in hopes of creating “high-value Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube TIVO reported their first-quarter net income more than quadrupled, taking in $3.6 million over $835,000 last year. The net gain can be attributed to Tivo cutting costs, while also expanding its reach through deals with COX and COMCAST and legal Continue Reading →