Shelly Palmer is a consultant and the host of MediaBytes a daily show featuring news you can use about technology, media & entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group LLC and the author of Television Disrupted: The Transition from Network to Networked TV (2008, York House Press).   Shelly is also President of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, NY (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).  You can join the MediaBytes mailing list here. Shelly can be reached at shelly@palmer.net

Blog Entries by Shelly Palmer

A $78 Blu-Ray Player @ Wal*Mart: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 23, 2009

Posted November 23, 2009 | 08:23 AM (EST)


Walmart continues to roll out holiday specials including a $78 Blu-ray player sale on Black Friday. In addition to the low price Blu-ray consoles, Walmart will also be selling $10 Blu-ray movies on Black Friday. With low price players and...

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Oprah Will End the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2011: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 20, 2009

1 Comments | Posted November 20, 2009 | 09:03 AM (EST)


It's official: Oprah Winfrey will end her famous talk show in 2011. The much speculated rumor was made official yesterday and will come at the end of next year as Oprah readies the new OWN channel for launch. While The...

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Vevo Music Venture to Launch December 8: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 19, 2009

Posted November 19, 2009 | 08:50 AM (EST)


The music industry video portal Vevo will launch December 8th. The site, associated with both Sony and Universal, uses YouTube's platform to host and stream high quality, official music videos from artists. Vevo's goal is to reclaim the "premium luster"...

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New ShopSavvy App Identifies Items by Pictures, Locates Better Deals: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 18, 2009

Posted November 18, 2009 | 09:14 AM (EST)


The new ShopSavvy app for the iPhone allows shoppers to photograph bar codes and identify them. ShopSavvy not only identifies the item, but provides information on the product, while locating other retailers and prices. The app could save you a...

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AOL Worth an Estimated $3.4 Billion in Spin Off: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 17, 2009

Posted November 17, 2009 | 08:46 AM (EST)


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...

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YouTube's HD Gets Better : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 16, 2009

Posted November 16, 2009 | 08:59 AM (EST)


YouTube is updating its site to make way for 1080p HD. The online video destination will make the update live this week, with YouTube working on re-encoding the current set of 720p HD videos to the new format. The upgrade...

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Comcast Weeks Away from Launching On-Demand Online : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 13, 2009

Posted November 13, 2009 | 08:48 AM (EST)


Comcast is getting ready to launch its On-demand Online service. During the NewTeeVee Live conference, Interactive Media president Amy Banse announced that the service will launch before Hanukkah, which begins December 11th. Banse also stated that the company wants users...

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A Million XBox Live Users Could Be Banned From the Service : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 12, 2009

1 Comments | Posted November 12, 2009 | 09:08 AM (EST)



Microsoft may ban as many as one million XBox Live users for modifying their consoles or playing illegal games.
The company believes that between 600,000 and a million users have played pirated games on their system, or modified...

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Google Brings Location History to Latitude App, Wi-Fi to Airports: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 11, 2009

Posted November 11, 2009 | 09:13 AM (EST)


Google is stepping up its mobile tracking services. The company added a Location History feature to its Google Latitude application, which specifies locations users have visited, as well as a Google Map which outlines where users can receive flu shots....

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NFL Star Larry Johnson Released After Twitter Outrage: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 10, 2009

Posted November 10, 2009 | 08:56 AM (EST)


The Kansas City Chiefs released star running back Larry Johnson after the athlete repeatedly slammed coaches and fans on Twitter. Due to the incident, Johnson, who had recently been suspended for misconduct, is no longer apart of the organization and...

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Highly Anticipated New Call of Duty Game Hits Stores Tomorrow: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 9, 2009

Posted November 9, 2009 | 09:18 AM (EST)


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will hit stores tomorrow. The new game in the popular Activision series has been lauded by gaming critics and is one of the highest profile entertainment releases of the year. The new Call of...

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Oprah to Move Her Show to Her OWN Channel?: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 6, 2009

Posted November 6, 2009 | 09:16 AM (EST)



Oprah announced that she will exclusively air her flagship program on the Oprah Winfrey Network beginning 2011.
The move finds Oprah walking away from her massive syndication deals, in an attempt to flesh out the programming of her...

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Walmart to sell $300 H-P Laptop: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 5, 2009

Posted November 5, 2009 | 08:52 AM (EST)



Walmart and Hewlett-Packard have teamed for a $300 computer.
The computer, which is priced like a netbook but built like a full-fledged laptop, features a 250GB hard drive, 3 GB of RAM, a DVD burner, a 15.6 inch...

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T-Mobile Users Ending Texts with 'X' are Metrotextuals: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 4, 2009

Posted November 4, 2009 | 08:37 AM (EST)


According to T-Mobile, about 22% of male texters end their sms messages to their male friends with hugs and kisses. Lower case x's, which denote little kisses, and even upper case x's or multiple x's which denote big kisses. If...

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Apple Reportedly Pitching $30/month Apple TV Subscription: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 3, 2009

Posted November 3, 2009 | 09:18 AM (EST)



According to many reports, Apple is currently working on a subscription television service for iTunes.
Apple is currently shopping the deal, which would cost consumers an estimated $30 a month, with all major networks. While details...

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Twitter Lists Now Available to All Users: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 2, 2009

1 Comments | Posted November 2, 2009 | 09:03 AM (EST)


After introducing a new Lists feature to select users last week, Twitter has now made Lists available to all Twitter users. Lists give Twitter users the ability to organize tweets into different categories, helping to ease the following and viewing...

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Netflix Bringing Watch Instantly to Nintendo Wii: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 30, 2009

1 Comments | Posted October 30, 2009 | 09:09 AM (EST)


Netflix wll begin offering its Watch Instantly service through Nintendo's Wii. While rumors have been circulating, especially after Netflix reached a deal with Sony to include Watch Instantly with the PS3, sources say the Wii could be packaged with the...

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Google Brings Turn-By-Burn GPS Navigation Exclusively to Android: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 29, 2009

Posted October 29, 2009 | 09:12 AM (EST)



Google will allow Android phone users the ability to get turn-by-turn directions when using Google Maps on their phone.
The feature update to the application also includes voice-powered search and will be exclusively available on phones running Android....

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Government Agency says H1N1 Epidemic Could Strain Broadband Networks: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 28, 2009

Posted October 28, 2009 | 09:06 AM (EST)


The US Government is scared that a swine flu epidemic could crash the countries broadband infrastructure. A report released by the US Accountability Office said that if 40% of employees and students were at home sick, there is...

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Internet Domains To Be Available in Foreign Language Characters: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 27, 2009

Posted October 27, 2009 | 09:12 AM (EST)


For the first time in its existence, web domain names will be able to be written in languages besides English. Peter Dengate, chairman of ICANN, the group who presides over domain names, believes it "is the biggest change technically to...

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