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Cox Media Joins AT&T AdWorks Television Audience Network

Cox's Cable Subs Join Ad Platform Already Including AT&T U-Verse
By: MCN Staff May 10 2013 - 1:44pm
Cox's Cable Subs Join Ad Platform Already Including AT&T U-Verse

AT&T AdWorks and Cox Communications unit Cox Media said they completed a strategic agreement offering television advertising buyers access to Cox Media’s ad inventory through the AT&T AdWorks Television Audience Network. 

Verizon Adds $10 ‘Sports Pass’ Tier To FiOS TV

Includes beIN SPORT HD, ESPN Services Being Bumped From 'Extreme HD' (Updated)
By: By MCN Staff Apr 16 2013 - 4:52pm
Includes beIN SPORT HD, ESPN Services Being Bumped From 'Extreme HD' (Updated)
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Verizon's FiOS TV, which in February began charging a $2.42 surcharge for regional sports networks, has introduced a new $9.99 "Sports Pass" add-on tier that includes networks currently available in the most expensive programming package (Ultimate HD) and some services that are slated to be removed from a less-inclusive package (Extreme HD) that Verizon advertises as its most popular.

WatchESPN Activated for AT&T Subs

Disney Junior to Join Telco's TV Lineup on March 29
By: Mike Reynolds Mar 25 2013 - 10:42pm
Disney Junior to Join Telco's TV Lineup on March 29

WatchESPN is now available to AT&T U-verse subscribers, giving the telco’s customers access to the sports programmer’s fare on multiple platforms.

The launch of the streaming platform places ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and broadband service ESPN3 live online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, and through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members. The debut comes ahead of the start of the Major League Baseball on Sunday March 31 and golf’s first major, The Masters, next month.

Fox Trots U-verse Into 'TV Everywhere' Dance

AT&T TV Customers Now Have Online Access to Network’s New Episodes Day After Air
By: Todd Spangler Mar 19 2013 - 5:21pm
AT&T TV Customers Now Have Online Access to Network’s New Episodes Day After Air

Fox Broadcasting has brought AT&T U-verse into its slowly expanding authentication tent, with the telco’s video subs now able to watch full-length episodes of shows like New Girl and The Simpsons online and on mobile devices the day after they air on TV.

AT&T is the sixth pay TV partner to sign on for Fox’s TV Everywhere service, joining Dish Network, Verizon Communications, Mediacom Communications, Blue Ridge Communications and Cable One.

beIN Sport Launches On Verizon FiOS TV

By: MCN Staff Mar 19 2013 - 2:53pm

beIN SPORT said Verizon FiOS TV has added both beIN SPORT HD and beIN SPORT en Español HD to its lineup.

beIN SPORT is or will be on Channel 598 in the FiOS TV Ultimate HD package. The Spanish-language beIN SPORT en Español HD will be available on Channel 1538 in Verizon’s La Conexion and Spanish-language TV packages. The channels are available now to FiOS TV customers in Florida, Texas, California, and Pittsburgh and will be available in all markets by mid-April, the Al Jazeera Sports-owned programmer said.

AT&T Sets Device Freebie Bait After U-verse Rate Hikes

Telco Price Increases for 2013 Include $2 Surcharge for Broadcast TV
By: Todd Spangler Mar 18 2013 - 2:52pm
Telco Price Increases for 2013 Include $2 Surcharge for Broadcast TV

AT&T is trying to reel in U-verse subs -- offering new broadband bundle customers a choice of a free Xbox, Kindle Fire HD or Nexus 7 tablet, or Sonos music system -- after implementing price hikes for TV and Internet services across the board last month.

FiOS Slots Four More NBCU Nets Into TV Everywhere Site

Verizon Portal Now Offers Online Access to Content from 42 Networks
By: MCN Staff Mar 14 2013 - 4:17pm
Verizon Portal Now Offers Online Access to Content from 42 Networks

Verizon FiOS TV subs now have online access to programming from 42 networks, after the telco added NBCUniversal’s Golf Channel, E!, Style and Sprout to its TV Everywhere website.

BT Hops on Comcast's thePlatform After Junking Microsoft IPTV

U.K. Telco to Use MPX System for BT Vision and YouView Services
By: Todd Spangler Mar 14 2013 - 3:07pm
U.K. Telco to Use MPX System for BT Vision and YouView Services

BT has deployed the video publishing system from Comcast subsidiary thePlatform as the central nervous system for its IPTV services, after the U.K. telco wound down the Microsoft Mediaroom system last year.

The telco is using thePlatform’s MPX cloud-based video publishing system to power both BT Vision, originally launched in December 2006 on the Mediaroom IPTV platform, and the newer YouView from BT, which it introduced last fall.

USPTO Officially Rejects Verizon's Patent on 'Spy' Set-Top

Telco Application Described System for Serving Targeted Ads Based on User Activities
By: Todd Spangler Mar 12 2013 - 10:52am
Telco Application Described System for Serving Targeted Ads Based on User Activities

Verizon Communications’ patent application for a camera-enabled set-top that would serve ads based on which TV viewers were in the room -- and what they were saying or doing -- was officially rejected on March 7.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office’s Patent Application Information Retrieval system, Verizon’s application for “Methods and Systems for Presenting an Advertisement Associated with an Ambient Action of a User” received a final rejection last Thursday. The agency cited prior patents in the field for the rejection.

Verizon Sees Starz Everywhere

Telco Becomes Fourth Affiliate to Offer Starz-Branded Services
By: Todd Spangler Feb 25 2013 - 11:23am
Telco Becomes Fourth Affiliate to Offer Starz-Branded Services

Verizon Communications is the fourth affiliate to get on board for Starz’s branded TV Everywhere services, as the premium programmer works to battle over-the-top rivals like Netflix as well as catch up to HBO in the authenticated-content arena.

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