As we develop and iterate our every-Monday-morning newsletter covering the technology, media and telecom sphere, we have decided to add breaking-news blasts to our free product mix. And behold: This is our very first one. Hope it informs and delights you.

In the case of Venu Sports, DirecTV seems to have beaten ‘em and joined ‘em.

On Tuesday, DirecTV launches MySports, a new genre-based streaming bundle of 40 linear sports-themed networks (or at least channels with lots of live sports on them) for $49.99 a month for the first three months, $69.99 thereafter.