[B&C/MCN] Telco-IP Video Update - March 4, 2008 B&CMCN
TELCO-IP Television Update, sponsored by NDS, AccuWeather and BuyerZone



March 4, 2008
Top Story
Verizon Investing $200 Million in Massachusetts

Verizon will invest $200 million this year in Massachusetts, expanding the deployment of its FiOS video service to 30 new communities and extending broadband connectivity to 23 western communities that currently have no high-speed access.

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PROGRAMMING
Verizon Hopes to Go Into Extra Innings

Verizon said it is currently in negotiations with Major League Baseball to offer the league’s Extra Innings package to FiOS TV subscribers, but the telco cautioned that there’s no guarantee a deal will be done by the time the season starts.

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Brief
AT&T Adds Local HD Channels in Connecticut

The telco added five local HD channels to the U-verse TV channel lineup in Fairfield County, Conn., and three in New Haven and Hartford.

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Verizon At Home With Weichert

Home buyers patronizing 500 Weichert Financial Services offices nationwide will now be touted on Verizon's bundle of services when buying a home.

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One-Liners

• AT&T teamed with the William Morris Agency and venture capital firms Accel Partners and Venrock to form an investment fund focusing on building companies in the consumer media technology arena. AT&T will participate in selected investment opportunities as a limited participant.

• Vodafone Iceland has implemented and deployed SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE System to protect its IPTV offering.

• AT&T announced availability in Kansas City, Kan., of U-verse Voice, a voice-over-IP service that integrates voice, broadband and TV features.

• Multimedia Polska S.A., a cable/IPTV service provider in Poland with more than 600,000 subscribers, has deployed Harmonic's on-demand solutions in Poland's first cable VOD service.

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