AT&T Adds New Channels to Digital Television Line-Up

AT&T announced a distribution agreement with MTV Networks and BET Networks to deliver MTVN and BET linear, high-definition, on-demand and digital music programming as part of the AT&T U-verse TV℠ channel lineup.

"The MTV Networks and BET Networks brands are among the strongest in television," said Dan York, head of programming, AT&T Operations Inc. "We are very happy to be offering the wide array of MTV Networks and BET Networks program services to AT&T U-verse customers."

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 IP services. Through its subsidiaries, AT&T expects to reach nearly 19 million households by the end of 2008.

For a full listing of the channels that will be available, check out the AT&T press release.