AT&T U-verse TV to Include Superstation WGN and Tribune Stations
SAN ANTONIO and NEW YORK, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)
and Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) have announced a distribution agreement to
deliver Superstation WGN and Tribune stations in local markets served by
AT&T U-verse(SM) TV.
Under the agreement, U-verse TV customers will have access to the
variety of programming available on Superstation WGN, including family,
news, and movie entertainment and sports events, such as Chicago Bulls
basketball games and Chicago Cubs and White Sox baseball games.
The agreement covers Tribune stations in markets where AT&T currently
offers -- or plans to offer -- U-verse TV. The stations in markets
currently served by AT&T U-verse include WPIX (New York/CW), KTLA (Los
Angeles/CW), KDAF (Dallas-Fort Worth/CW), KHCW (Houston/CW), WXIN
(Indianapolis/FOX), WTTV/WTTK (Indianapolis/CW), KSWB (San Diego/CW), WTIC
(Hartford/FOX) and WTXX (Hartford/CW).
"This agreement with Tribune allows AT&T U-verse TV customers to enjoy
the variety of entertainment programming from Superstation WGN and the
quality local content available on Tribune television stations in our
markets across the country," said Dan York, AT&T head of programming. "Our
robust and expanding channel lineup gives our customers even more reasons
to choose U-verse TV."
"We're pleased to partner with AT&T's exciting new U-verse television
service by providing the programming of Superstation WGN," said Bill Shaw,
general manager of Superstation WGN. "AT&T customers will benefit from the
network's diverse family-friendly programming and the excitement of live
sports, featuring the Chicago Cubs, White Sox and Bulls."
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! High Speed Internet U-verse Enabled and, in
the future, Voice over Internet Protocol services using fiber-to-the-node
(FTTN) and fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) technologies.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its
subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of
AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their
offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications
services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and
voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory
publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and
YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators
in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen
integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services
provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at
http://www.att.com.
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About Superstation WGN
Superstation WGN, part of Tribune Broadcasting Company, is a nationally
distributed cable and satellite network with broad-based, family
programming consisting of cable exclusives, first-run programs, blockbuster
movies and sports. For program schedules or additional information please
visit http://www.superstationwgn.com.
About Tribune Company
TRIBUNE (NYSE: TRB) is one of the country's top media companies,
operating businesses in publishing, interactive and broadcasting. It
reaches more than 80 percent of U.S. households and is the only media
organization with newspapers, television stations and Web sites in the
nation's top three markets. In publishing, Tribune's leading daily
newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsday (Long
Island, N.Y.), The Sun (Baltimore), South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Orlando
Sentinel and Hartford Courant. The company's broadcasting group operates 23
television stations, Superstation WGN on national cable, Chicago's WGN-AM
and the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Popular news and information Web sites
complement Tribune's print and broadcast properties and extend the
company's nationwide audience.
SOURCE AT&T Inc.
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