TOP STORY: Verizon to Start Shutting Down FiOS TV Analog Channels MARKETING: Verizon Defends 'Uncompressed HDTV' Ads On the Front Lines · AT&T Drops DirecTV for Dish · AT&T Launches HBO HD Trio · Verizon Debuts Ion Suite in Boston · AT&T Flicks Photos to the TV · Verizon Wireless Bulks Up Mobile VOD Service One-Liners

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Verizon Communications, fulfilling a commitment to the Federal Communications Commission, said it will phase out all the local analog channels offered on FiOS TV on a regional basis, starting in New York on April 21.

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Verizon Communications is standing by its claim that FiOS TV delivers “uncompressed” high-definition channels, while acknowledging that the video it distributes to customers is already compressed by programmers.

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AT&T has officially shown DirecTV the door—at least for now. The telco announced last week that it will resell Dish Network service to customers in the nine Southeast states that comprise the former BellSouth territory.

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AT&T will add three HBO high-definition channels to the U-verse TV channel lineup—HBO2 HD, HBO Comedy HD and HBO Family HD—bringing the service to more than 40 HD channels.

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Verizon has launched Ion Media Networks’ channel suite on its FiOS lineup in Boston. The launch follows the recent addition of the ION channel suite in the New York and Northern New Jersey markets.

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AT&T, as part of its partnership with Yahoo, will offer U-verse TV customers access to photos on Yahoo’s Flickr.com from their TV sets.

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Verizon Wireless packed more video into its on-demand V CAST Video service, announcing expanded or new distribution deals with more than a dozen network partners.

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• Startup 180Squared released an "encapsulation interface" into Microsoft's IPTV Mediaroom middleware for existing billing/operational support system applications and other third-party software.

• AT&T announced that U-verse TV and Internet services are now available to 300,000 living units in parts of several communities, including Bloomington, Indianapolis, Kokomo and Muncie.

• In Connecticut, AT&T U-verse services are now available to 230,000 living units in parts of about 80 cities and towns.

• Verizon introduced FiOS TV to households in Wareham, Mass, and announced that the town of Malden, Mass., recently granted Verizon a video franchise.

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