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Because the [itvt] editorial team has been on the road the past few weeks--as well as working on our second annual TVOT NYC Intensive event--we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. We anticipate that it will take us a few more days to catch up with all the recent news: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

[itvt] is pleased to present a video of "Understanding the Interactive Consumer," a panel session at The TV of Tomorrow Show 2011 (took place May 17th-18th in San Francisco). The panelists for the session were:

Due to the large volume of news being generated this week by the Cable Show, we are covering today's stories in abbreviated round-up/summary form:

Because the [itvt] editorial team was busy last week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. We anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us. Our regular daily news coverage will return shortly.

Here is the first of two round-ups of interactive TV-related news stories that we didn't have room for in this issue.

Due to the large volume of news generated by the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which took place last week in Las Vegas, we are covering stories in this issue in summary/round-up form. Our regular news coverage will return shortly.

Due to the huge volume of interactive TV-related news generated over the past few days by the IBC, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up format. We anticipate that it will take a couple of days for us to catch up with all the recent news: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us. Our regular news coverage will return shortly.

Multiscreen media measurement and research company, Rentrak, said Monday that it has signed an agreement to provide VOD content aggregator, Gravitas Ventures (note: the latter--whose content line-up includes feature films, documentaries, animation, alternative sports, wrestling, mixed martial arts, and comedy and concert programming--says that it will distribute over 350 titles this year), with advanced measurement services through its OnDemand Essentials tracking and measurement service. According to the company, OnDemand Essentials will enable Gravitas Ventures to measure and report VOD transactions for feature films and event presentations that it packages and distributes to its cable, satellite and telco customers.

Here is a round-up of some other interactive TV-related stories that we didn't have room for in this issue:

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been on the road the past few weeks, we are covering recent news stories in summary/round-up form. We apologize for any inconvenience to our readers. We will resume our regular format and publishing schedule tomorrow (Tuesday).

Multiscreen media measurement and research company, Rentrak, has published the "Rentrak State of VOD: Trend Report 2009." According to the company, the report encompasses industry-wide performance data for all of 2009, and is based on the aggregation of data from its OnDemand Essentials service, which it claims tracks 70 million set-top boxes across 33 operators for more than 100 content providers.

The [itvt] editorial team is currently on the road, so we are covering today's stories in round-up/summary form. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience to our readers.

The [itvt] editorial team will be on the road this week and next, so we will be covering most stories in round-up/summary form, and we anticipate that there will be some additional interruptions of our regular news publishing schedule beyond that. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience to our readers.