If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Time Warner’s long awaited spinoff of AOL will happen December 9th. The spin off estimates that AOL is worth approximately $3.4 billion, 1/11th of Time Warner’s total worth. The $3.4 billion valuation is two billion less than the company was estimated Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. CBS is working round the clock to keep David Letterman’s explanation of his extortion case off the Internet. The clip was not posted to either CBS.com nor TV.com and CBS censors have removed many copies of the ten minute clip from Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Motorola unveiled its Google smartphone yesterday. Dubbed the CLIQ, like all Google Android based phones, will only be available on T-Mobile. While the operating system is similar to that of the regular Android desktop, CLIQ’s interface will include a “social networking Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. After a lengthy legal battle, an arbitrator has ruled that Jeremy Piven did not breach his contract when he left the Broadway production of Speed the Plow. The controversial case came to after Piven abruptly left the production, claiming he had Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Global Gaming Factory, the parent company of the Pirate Bay, announced its plans to make the torrent sharing network legit. GGF will add a content management system to the network, giving copyright holders the option of authorizing content for sale, or Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. NBCU, Time Warner, News Corp, Viacom, CBS, Disney and Discovery Communications are teaming to create a rival to the Nielsen metric system. The media conglomerate is also working with major advertisers like AT&T and Proctor & Gamble, as well as ad Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. New York representative Edolphus Towns announced that he plans to introduce a bill to ban file sharing networks on government computers. The goal is to eliminate peer-to-peer networks, which are easily hackable, from networks and computers connected to the government infrastructure. Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Comcast and Time Warner have scheduled a press conference to announce that the two companies will partner to roll out TV Everywhere. TW CEO Jeff Bewkes and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts are expected to note that Time Warner and Comcast will Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Palm’s hotly anticipated Pre is set to go on sale in the first week of June. The smartphone, which has multi-touch capabilities like the iPhone, is expected to make Palm a notable competitor to Apple and Research in Motion. Unfortunately for Continue Reading →