AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T - News) and the YES Network today announced a distribution agreement to deliver YES Network's linear sports programming as part of the AT&T U-verse(SM) TV channel lineup.
Under the agreement, AT&T U-verse TV customers in Connecticut now have access to YES' 24-hour Emmy-winning sports programming, including New York Yankees and New Jersey Nets game telecasts and original series such as "Yankeeography," "CenterStage," "Ultimate Road Trip" and "The Marv Albert Show." YES has garnered 21 Emmys and 76 Emmy nominations since launching less than five years ago. The YES Network is available to U-verse customers in Connecticut, and U-verse customers in other market areas can receive the channel as part of The Sports Package.
"Now AT&T U-verse TV customers in Connecticut can enjoy one of the most watched regional sports network in the country," said Dan York, head of programming, AT&T Operations, Inc. "We're thrilled to add YES to our expansive sports programming lineup so Yankees and Nets fans in Connecticut can watch their favorite teams."
"The New York Yankees enjoy arguably the most passionate and loyal fan base in all of sports, and AT&T U-verse customers in Connecticut now have the opportunity to follow their favorite players and team more closely than ever before," said Ray Hopkins, COO, the YES Network. "They can also catch the Nets and our full slate of award-winning Yankees- and Nets-themed studio and magazine shows."
AT&T U-verse TV is delivered by Project Lightspeed, the company's initiative to expand the fiber-optics network deeper into neighborhoods to deliver U-verse TV, AT&T Yahoo!® High Speed Internet U-verse Enabled and, in the future, Voice over IP services. Through its subsidiaries, AT&T expects to reach nearly 19 million households by the end of 2008 as part of its initial deployment, using fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) and fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) technologies.
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