SAN ANTONIO, Texas, and ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-
FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and NBC Universal, Inc. today announced a
distribution agreement to deliver NBC Universal linear, high-definition
(HD) and on-demand programming as part of the AT&T U-verse(SM) TV channel
lineup.
Under the agreement, AT&T will distribute to U-verse customers the
analog and digital signals of the NBC and Telemundo owned-and-operated
broadcast stations, as well as NBCU's cable properties, including CNBC,
CNBC World, MSNBC, Telemundo, mun2, Telemundo Puerto Rico, Bravo, the SCI
FI Channel, Sleuth, ShopNBC, USA Network, Universal HD and the Olympics on
Cable. The deal also includes video-on-demand (VOD) rights for Universal
Pictures' movies.
"NBC Universal operates many of the most popular television services on
the air today," said Dan York, head of programming, AT&T Entertainment.
"We're thrilled to include the wide array of engaging and entertaining NBC
Universal brands in our channel lineup and VOD offering."
"NBC Universal is proud to deliver diverse, quality programming;
leading news coverage; and award-winning feature films to AT&T U-verse
customers," said Henry Ahn, senior vice president, Affiliate Sales, NBCU
Cable. "We appreciate AT&T's support of NBC Universal in the broad carriage
of all of our cable properties, broadcast network, owned and operated
stations, and VOD films."
AT&T U-verse TV is delivered by Project Lightspeed, the company's
initiative to expand the fiber-optics network deeper into neighborhoods to
deliver U-verse TV, AT&T Yahoo!(R) High Speed Internet U-verse Enabled and,
in the future, Voice over IP services. Through its subsidiaries, AT&T
expects to reach nearly 19 million households by the end of 2008 as part of
its initial deployment, using fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) and
fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) technologies.
Financial and other terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Find More Information Online
Video:
-- AT&T U-verse Demos and Tours
( http://www.sbc.com/Uverse/files/tours_demos/index.html?movieName=intro )
Format: Flash
-- Current Features and Planned Capabilities of AT&T U-verse TV
( http://att.sbc.com/Common/files/multimedia/att_u-verse_0523.wmv )
Format: wmv Size: 8.34mb
Related News:
-- AT&T U-verse TV to Include Fox News Channel
( http://att.sbc.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=23076 )
-- AT&T U-verse TV to Include Si TV
( http://att.sbc.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=23029 )
-- AT&T U-verse TV to Include Warner Bros. Movies in Video-on-Demand
Programming
( http://att.sbc.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=23002 )
Related Media Kits:
-- U-verse
( http://att.sbc.com/gen/press-room?pid=5838 )
AT&T plans to bring IP-based services, including video, to millions of
customers.
-- Delivering the Digital Lifestyle
( http://att.sbc.com/gen/press-room?pid=7857 )
Anywhere, anytime, on three screens: the TV, the PC and wireless phone.
-- Content. Delivered.
( http://att.sbc.com/gen/press-room?pid=7799 )
Content deals with Vongo, TotalVid, Akimbo and MobiTV enhance the
broadband experience.
Web Site Links:
-- AT&T Web Site
( http://att.sbc.com/gen/landing-pages?pid=3308 )
-- AT&T U-verse Web Site
( http://www.sbc.com/gen/u-verse?pid=7871&cdvn=custom )
-- NBC Universal Web Site
( http://www.nbcuni.com )
-- NBC Web Site
( http://www.nbc.com )
Wikipedia Links:
-- AT&T
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At%26t )
-- AT&T U-verse
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Verse )
-- FTTN
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTTN )
-- FTTP
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTTP )
-- IPTV
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPTV )
-- HDTV
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdtv )
-- NBC Universal
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC-Universal )
Note: This AT&T release and other news announcements are available as
part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss .
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holding
companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under
the AT&T brand, AT&T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide
providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading
U.S. providers of high speed DSL Internet, local and long distance voice,
and directory publishing and advertising services. AT&T Inc. holds a 60
percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S.
wireless services provider with 58.7 million wireless customers. Additional
information about AT&T Inc. and AT&T products and services is available at
http://www.att.com .
About NBC Universal Cable
NBC Universal Cable, a division of NBC Universal, one of the world's
preeminent media companies, drives the company's cable strategic
development and growth including video-on-demand, pay-per-view, HDTV, TV
EST (electronic sell-through), TV Wireless distribution and retransmission
consent, and oversees the cable distribution, marketing and local ad sales
of fourteen properties (Bravo, CNBC, CNBC World, MSNBC, mun2, NBC Weather
Plus, SCI FI, ShopNBC, Sleuth, Telemundo, Telemundo Puerto Rico, Universal
HD, USA and the Olympics on cable). NBC Universal Cable also directs and
manages the company's cable and new media investments including A&E, The
History Channel, History Channel International, The Biography Channel,
National Geographic International, the Sundance Channel and Tivo.
AT&T is a registered trademark of AT&T Knowledge Ventures. Subsidiaries
and affiliates of AT&T Inc. provide products and services under the AT&T
brand.
For more information and detailed disclaimer information, please review
this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom .
SOURCE AT&T Inc.
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CONTACT:
Destiny Belknap, for AT&T, Office:
+1-214-665-1314, E-mail: dbelknap@attnews.us , or Alyssa Donelan,
NBCU Cable, Office: +1-201-735-3568, E-mail:
alyssa.donelan@nbcuni.com
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