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Other TV makers are developing their own versions of the Smart TV. 2010 is a momentous year for the television industry and for transforming the viewing experience of people worldwide, Samsung said in a statement. To vitalize the Smart TV market, it is crucial to provide quality local content tailored to consumers of different countries. Samsung says it now offers more than 200 applications in close to 120 countries including such popular iPhone and iPad apps as Pandora, Twitter, Google Maps. Select new Samsung HDTVs also come with Hulu Plus, ESPN Next Level and Skype. Report: Time Warner, Disney Reach Carriage Deal Monday, August 30, 2010, 04:25 AM Time Warner and Disney have reached an agreement to enable the cable operator to keep carrying ABC and ESPN, the New York Post reports. The agreement comes less than two weeks before the NFL season ESPN has the broadcast rights to Monday Night Football and less than a month before the start of ABC s new fall season. The two sides have been bickering in public over the new carriage agreement. If a new agreement was not reached by September 1, Time Warner subscribers could have lost the SD and HD signals to the Disney-owned channels. Friday, August 27, 2010, 05:28 AM Blockbuster has told the studios that it plans to declare bankruptcy next month, reports The Los Angeles Times. The move, which has been expected, will be designed to keep the video retailer in business. The bankruptcy will focus on allowing Blockbuster to restructure 1 billion in debt. However, the Times reports that Blockbuster will likely close between 500 to 800 stores during the bankruptcy process, which could take up to five months. Blockbuster has already closed hundreds of stores in the past year or two to streamline operations and reduce debt. Thursday, August 26, 2010, 09:38 AM Washington, August 26, 2010 Time Warner Cable says it has recently launched more than 25 new High-Definition channels in the New York area, bringing its total there to more than 1 The communities getting the new HD channels are New York City, Mount Vernon, Hudson Valley and New Jersey. Time Warner Cable now has the HD programming that matters most to New Yorkers, with all the HD games of all nine New York sports teams and NY1 in HD, said Howard Szarfarc, Executive Vice President of Time Warner Cable s NYC Region. Thursday, August 26, 2010, 09:09 AM Washington, August 26, 2010 TiVo announced yesterday that it lost another 125, 000 subscribers in the second quarter. The DVR service reported that it had 4 million subscribers at the end of the second quarter, compared to 3 million at the end of last year s second quarter. TiVo reported in May that it had 5 million subscribers at the end of the first quarter, a 100, 000 decrease from the end of the fourth quarter of 200 The decline suggests that the DVR company seems incapable of maintaining its subscriber base. TiVo reported having 3 million subscribers in 2006, but adrift in manhattan sub numbers have been dropping steadily ever since due to increased competition from adrift in manhattan and cable DVR services. Thursday, August 26, 2010, 05:44 AM TiVo said yesterday that it hopes to introduce a DIRECTV HD DVR by year s end. DIRECTV and TiVo announced in 2008 that it would renew their marketing partnership and launch a new HD DVR in the second half of 200 However, that deadline passed and company executives pushed the launch date to the first half of 20