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AT&T Offering 27 HDTV Channels
The telco expands service in Texas.
By Phillip Swann

Washington, D.C. (December 4, 2006) -- AT&T has launched a new TV service in Houston, which includes nearly 30 High-Definition TV channels.

Houston is the second city where the telco has launched a TV service; it has offered a trial service in San Antonio for the past six months.

AT&T's TV service will initially be available in limited areas of Houston, but the company expects to expand it soon.

Called U-verse, AT&T's package includes more than 300 channels and five different channel packages. The 27 high-def channels are:

A&E HD
Cinemax HD (East and West feeds)
Discovery HD Theater
ESPN HD
ESPN 2 HD
Food Network HD
HBO (East and West feeds)
HDNet
HDNet Movies
HGTV HD
ABC (local)
CBS (local)
NBC (local)
Fox (local)
MHD
National Geographic HD
NFL Network HD
Showtime (East and West feeds)
TMC HD
TNT HD
Starz HD (East and West feeds)
Universal HD
WealthTV HD

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AT&T said last month that it would offer TV service (including HDTV) in 15 additional markets by year's end. The telco did not specify the cities, except for Houston.

AT&T and rival telco Verizon are hoping to compete with cable and satellite in the lucrative TV business. Verizon, which has already launched service in several markets, recently announced a price hike.

Multichannel News says AT&T will charge a $10 "technology" fee for HDTV programming packages. But until March, it will offer free HD for two months.


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