Verizon’s FiOS TV online service is adding three more channels from Time Warner Inc., including Adult Swim, Cartoon Network and truTV. Content from these channels will be available online within 24-hours after the shows premiere on television. The channels join Turner’s TNT and TBS which became available to FiOS TV subscribers in June. Full Story
Wrigley field never looked so good. A new AT&T U-verse app lets Chicago Cubs fans choose from 7 different WGN-TV Chicago angles as your main picture, and up to four different cameras placed at home plate, third base, first base and center field at one time. Dan York, president of content at AT&T said, “It’s like you’re sitting in the production booth and calling the shots.” (See screenshot below.) Full Story
FiOS TV subscribers will be able to get Time Warner’s Turner networks programming on their PCs in June, and in the near future on their mobile devices. Shows such as “The Closer,” “Southland,” “Leverage,” Lopez Tonight” will be available 24 hours after they premiere on broadcast television — a time-delay common for prime-time content offered on demand. Full Story
Netflix is apparently streaming more than half of all “Play-ready” HD titles to Macs and PCs, that according to a Netflix representative who spoke with HackingNetflix. But finding that “half” of HD titles available to stream in high-definition isn’t exactly easy. Full Story
The future for video-on-demand looks particularly bright this week. A recent study published by Infonetics Research has shown that spending for video-on-demand and content servers as well as other VOD infrastructure components and devices by cable and IPTV service providers to be steady at $625 million in 4Q09, though overall video infrastructure spending was down for 2009 due to the recession in North America and Europe. Full Story
Retail giant Wal-Mart will now enter the internet movie delivery world currently dominated by Netflix, by purchasing Santa Clara, CA based Vudu within the next couple weeks. With the acquisition, Wal-Mart will now be in direct competition with Netflix who offers movies by mail, internet on PCs, and streaming to your HDTV. Full Story
World Fishing Network (WFN) has launched in hi-def on AT&T’s U-verse TV service. The new HD network is available on U-verse channel 1679, and features 24-hour fishing programming including original shows, local stories, and news. Full Story
AT&T has expanded its IPTV-based U-verse service to parts of Jackson, Mississippi. The television/voice/internet package offers at least 110 high-definition (HD) channels as well as remote DVR control from a cell phone or PC. Full Story
If you live in Southeast Louisiana you may have another choice for television service from AT&T’s U-verse. U-verse provides TV, voice and internet service via IPTV through their fiber-optic and copper wire network. Full Story
AT&T is rolling out some U-verse enhancements this fall, all at no charge to their customers. The most compelling new feature is Multiview, allowing you to watch 4 channels at a time. Full Story
As well as launching in the Greater Mobile, AL area, AT&T has also brought U-verse service to parts of Louisville, Kentucky and Spartanburg, South Carolina. The fiber-optic based service is available to order in those areas starting today. Full Story
AT&T’s U-verse TV service is now available in the Greater Mobile, Alabama area. The expansion is the company’s first along the Central Gulf Coast, and includes parts of Mobile and Pensacola. Full Story
AT&T’s IPTV based U-verse service has been made available in parts of Memphis, Tennessee today. The triple service package includes AT&T U-verse TV, AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet and AT&T U-verse Voice. Basic service starts at $49 a month. Full Story
SureWest Communications says it will use Microsoft’s Mediaroom IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) software platform to deliver TV service. The area will include SureWest’s Sacramento, California market where the company has an existing fiber-optic and copper line network. Full Story
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