[B&C/MCN] Telco-IP Video Update - January 29, 2008 B&CMCN

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January 29, 2008
Top Story
Verizon Pushes FiOS TV Past 1 Million Subscribers

Verizon said it topped 1 million FiOS TV subscribers in the first few weeks of 2008, although analysts said uptake on the telco’s fiber-optic services may have been a bit cooler than expected.

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U-VERSE TV
AT&T Reaches 231,000 Subscribers

The company had 231,000 U-verse TV subscribers at the end of 2007, up 83% from 126,000 three months earlier, and claimed it’s on track to reach 1 million subscribers by the close of this year.

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U-verse TV Pitched to Chicago Suburbs

AT&T is blowing U-verse TV into more than 175 communities surrounding the Windy City, in what the telco claimed is the largest initial rollout to date for the Internet Protocol TV service.

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Verizon FiOS TV to Add MGM HD

Verizon struck a carriage deal to offer the MGM HD movie channel on its FiOS TV service.

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AT&T Turns Internet Dial to 10

AT&T next month will introduce a new tier for U-verse customers that will provide up to 10 megabits per second downstream and up to 1.5 Mbps upstream over digital subscriber lines.

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Verizon Dangles HDTV Set Bait Until Feb. 16

Verizon is extending its offer of a free, 19-inch liquid-crystal display HDTV through Feb. 16 to customers in 13 states who sign a two-year contract for FiOS TV, FiOS Internet and phone service.

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Verizon Throws Buccaneer at Bright House

Verizon signed Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Joey Galloway as pitchman for FiOS TV service in the area, in a campaign targeted at incumbent cabler Bright House Networks.

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One-Liners

• IPTV set-top box supplier Amino joined the Open IPTV Forum, a consortium founded by Ericsson, France Telecom, Nokia Siemens, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sony and Telecom Italia.

• Columbia's UNE-EPM Telecomunicaciones will launch its IPTV service in Medellín and Bogotá over the next few months, using technology supplied by Verimatrix, Orca, Sagem and Bitband.

• Verizon received a cable franchise from Wayland, Mass., to offer FiOS TV to the town's 2,000 households, bringing to 64 the total number of Massachusetts communities where the service is or will soon be available.

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