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DirecTV and Bloomberg Television launched upgrades to their free apps for Apple's iPad which allow users to watch live video on the mobile devices. 

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been on the road the past few weeks, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. We anticipate that it will take us several 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.

Because the [itvt] editorial team is on the road this week, we are covering stories in this edition of the newsletter in round-up format:

Time Warner Cable added the live feeds from 14 channels to the programming lineup available to subscribers with Apple's iPad, but the MSO is still missing several networks from Viacom, Fox Cable Networks Group and Discovery Communications. 

It looks like Dish Network will remain the exclusive U.S. satellite distributor for Epix, as rival DirecTV says it won’t launch the premium channel and Website owned by Viacom. 

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

Here are some other interactive TV-related stories 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).

Since February 3rd, [itvt] Daily News has been on hiatus, while the [itvt] editorial team produced the TV of Tomorrow Show 2010--and then took a few days off to recover. This is the eighth of eight round-up articles, in which we are covering some of the more significant developments in the multiplatform/interactive TV space that took place during our hiatus:

Hulu, the recently launched broadband video joint venture between
NBC Universal and News Corp., has secured programming deals with
Viacom and PBS. The deal with Viacom appears to be a significant
coup for the service, as it sees it offering full-length episodes of the
highly popular and younger-skewing Comedy Central satirical shows,
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report," as well
as a selection of clips from those shows. The deal with PBS,
meanwhile, sees it offering such shows as "Nova," "Scientific
American Frontiers," and "Wired Science," supported by advertising.
According to Hulu, the new deals mean that it now has over 700 movie

Earlier this month, Viacom, its Paramount Pictures unit, MGM Studios
and Lionsgate announced that they have formed a joint venture that will
launch a premium VOD service and linear-TV channel in the fall of
2009. According to the companies, the venture will have access to
Paramount and Paramount Vantage titles released theatrically on or
after January 1st, 2008, and MGM, United Artists and Lionsgate titles
released theatrically on or after January 1st, 2009: it will have exclusive
access during the pay-television window to such recent and upcoming
films as "Iron Man," "Star Trek," "Cloverfield," "Shutter Island," "Love
Guru" and "Valkyrie" and various currently-in-production titles,
including new installments of the "Robocop" series, the companies say.