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from: Norwalk Advocate

AT&T says no U-verse if license is necessary
By Brian Lockhart
Staff Writer

October 25, 2007

HARTFORD - If AT&T must apply for a cable franchise for its fiber-optic U-verse, it would stop offering the television service in Connecticut, a company vice president said yesterday.

from: Illinoize

Video competition: Phone vs. Cable

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
by Bethany Jaeger

The phone giant AT&T officially can compete with cable companies on a statewide level to offer high-tech video services to customers. But that doesn’t guarantee the company will build out those services in all areas of the state any time soon. See Crain’s Chicago Business story here.

from: Chicago Business

AT&T gets OK to offer statewide video service

Oct. 24, 2007
By Brandon Glenn

(Crain’s) — A state regulatory agency approved AT&T Inc.’s application to offer video service across the state.

The Illinois Commerce Commission’s acceptance of the application is a first. Previously, cable or video companies had to negotiate on a city-by-city basis if they wanted to offer service in Illinois.

Note: In a letter to the Governor and Attorney General of Connecticut, Susan Huizenga provides the backstory on the AT&T scandal and chides the elected officials for giving in to political pressures (from where - Washington?). The high road has few travelers, CT residents would do well do walk along with Susan.

From: Susan Adele Huizenga , Chairman CACSCC (7TownTV.Org)

Tragic.

from: CNET

AT&T considers bid for EchoStar or DirecTV

By Reuters

Communications giant AT&T has been contemplating a big purchase in the satellite television sector and now appears to be poised to do a deal, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

from: Courant.com

Blumenthal Shifts Stance On AT&T TV Service
Phone Giant Should Be Allowed To Resume Marketing U-Verse, Attorney General Says

By MARK PETERS | Courant Staff Writer
October 24, 2007

After winning a months-long battle that ended with a prohibition against AT&T's signing up new customers for its TV service, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday said the phone giant should be allowed to resume marketing the service.

from: Riedel Communications

at&t Scores a Penalty Flag
Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Are the executives at at&t completely unaware of the national video phenomena called "football?" In my house during football season my husband dons his Eagles cap and spends most of Sunday yelling at the TV screen. He doesn’t only watch Eagles games but takes an interest in Ravens, Patriots, Redskins, Packers, Bears and Chargers. He’s not a big Giants fan, but if pressed, he will watch. Sometimes he is joined in this endeavor by our neighbor Dana, who also likes to yell at the set. Although Dana would prefer they watch the games at his house because his TV is bigger and he has FiOS.

from: Multichannel News

AT&T U-verse TV Hit by Nationwide Outages
Subscribers Lose Access to Certain Cable Channels for Most of the Day Oct. 21

10/22/2007 10:54:00 AM

AT&T U-verse TV subscribers across the country were denied access to multiple cable channels for most of the day Sunday, and the telephone company on Monday said it was still investigating what caused the outages.

from: Biz Times

Dear Wisconsin Legislators:
The 35 cities, towns and villages of the Regional Telecommunications Commission oppose the Plale-Montgomery bill. Here are some of the problems we see.

The justification for this bill is to generate competition among cable and video providers. This is a goal that our organization has fought to achieve for years.

from: The New Times

How are You Plugged In?
The courts may determine whether you can get Internet-based TV

By Robert Miller Staff Writer
NewsTimes.com

Since the 1950s, the American quest for TV perfection __ lots of channels coming in, a big screen to show them on, and no snow, static or interruptions __ has taken people from rabbit ears to roof antennas to cable TV. After cable, there were giant satellite antennas, which shrank to dish antennas the size of a large pizza.