U-verse Customers Get New, Convenient Features To Search And Discover Movies And TV Shows

DALLAS, April 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Deciding what to watch just got easier for AT&T* U-verse^® TV customers. AT&T introduced two new TV features to help customers find popular, personalized content: What's Trending and On Demand Recommendations. 

The U-verse What's Trending feature shows you a dynamic list of the most popular shows being watched in your area. From the list, you can tune directly to the shows. The information is current, and refreshes every few minutes. Select "U-verse What's Trending" from the Live TV menu to access the information.

Watch a demo of U-verse What's Trending here.

With U-verse's new On Demand Recommendations, you get personalized suggestions for TV shows and movies that interest you. The feature uses criteria like interests and plot to make personalized recommendations. You can also:

• Discover new titles based on what you watch most
• Find similar titles with the "More like this" feature
• Rate what you've watched to see more of what you like
• See what's "Most Popular" from a growing catalog of thousands of movies and shows

Press the On Demand button on your remote and go to "Recommendations" to start browsing.

"With such extensive live and on demand offerings on U-verse TV, we wanted to give customers an easy way to discover and watch the content they want," said Mel Coker, chief marketing officer, AT&T Home Solutions. "What's Trending and On Demand Recommendations are great examples of how we're making TV-watching personalized for our U-verse customers."

U-verse TV offers its customers many personalized and interactive apps that keep them engaged and entertained. AT&T U-verse is the fastest growing TV provider in the U.S.** with a $13 billion annualized revenue stream in less than seven years since its initial launch in 2006.

What's Trending: Requires AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet service.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

**Claim based on comparison of major TV providers' percentage growth in subscriber counts and national market share data as of 4Q2014.

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