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AT&T Selects Ohio as First State to Receive Homezone's Integrated Television and Broadband Services
New Service Combines AT&T | DISH Network and AT&T Yahoo!® High Speed Internet Services, Offers Internet-Based Video on Demand, Music on Demand, Digital Photo-Sharing and Remote Access
San Antonio, Texas, July 19, 2006
Say goodbye to the entertainment divide between the TV and PC — and hello to the digital living room. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced today the launch of AT&T Homezone, a groundbreaking new service that integrates AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet, AT&T | DISH Network satellite television and AT&T Home Networking services via a single device.
The new AT&T Homezone service provides Internet-based video with satellite TV programming in a seamless in-home experience, giving consumers a powerful new way to extend the best of the Internet beyond the desktop to bring entertainment content to their TV screens and stereos. It features digital video recording, movies on demand, photo- and music-sharing, storage for both, and whets the anytime/anywhere generation's appetite with remote, Web-based access to the system.
With this service, AT&T becomes the first major U.S. telecommunications provider to offer seamlessly integrated video content and TV entertainment to the "digital living room" through both broadband and traditional satellite networks. AT&T Homezone is available in the company's broadband footprint throughout the state of Ohio — and in San Antonio. AT&T plans to roll out Homezone in additional markets in the AT&T service area where AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet access is available in the coming months.
AT&T Homezone is available to new AT&T | DISH Network residential customers who either already have or plan to order AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet and the 2Wire home networking gateway. Customers can select from several broadband speeds and satellite TV packages, then purchase Homezone service for an additional $9.99 a month.
AT&T Homezone complements AT&T U-verse services, the company's premier video service based on IP technology, which recently became more widely available in San Antonio and will be available in additional markets by year-end. While AT&T U-verse services will be the company's primary video offer in available markets, both offerings underscore the company's strategy to expand its video services portfolio, which includes AT&T | DISH Network service.
"AT&T Homezone combines the entertainment that consumers want most, including TV programming, video on demand, and Internet content and services, in a way that goes well beyond anything our competitors offer today," said Rick Welday, chief marketing officer, AT&T Consumer. "This new service underscores the company's strategy to integrate the three screens that many consumers value most today: the TV, PC and cell phone."
AT&T Homezone Features
In addition to accessing video content, AT&T Homezone customers will be able to access a range of Yahoo!-provided services: They will be able to view pictures from their AT&T Yahoo! Photos account; listen to AT&T Yahoo! LAUNCHcast radio (including their customized station); access movie show times and reviews from AT&T Yahoo! Movies; and, with AT&T Yahoo! Web Remote, they will be able to schedule and manage DVR recordings through a Web browser on their PCs.
The Homezone receiver at the heart of the service was developed for AT&T by 2Wire and already has been recognized as an Innovations 2005 Design and Engineering Showcase honoree in the Home Data Networking category by the Consumer Electronics Association. It integrates entertainment content wirelessly, sharing data with a 2Wire home networking gateway that communicates with the AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet connection. This in-home integration drives content for movies on-demand — or music and photos from the PC and AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet portal — all to the TV.
Future enhancements to the Homezone product will include a High Definition version of the receiver, as well as great new music and video content from content providers Yahoo! and Akimbo. And customers will be able to eventually program their DVR and use other "remote access" features through their Cingular wireless phone.
AT&T Selects Ohio as First State to Receive Homezone's Integrated Television and Broadband Services
New Service Combines AT&T | DISH Network and AT&T Yahoo!® High Speed Internet Services, Offers Internet-Based Video on Demand, Music on Demand, Digital Photo-Sharing and Remote Access
San Antonio, Texas, July 19, 2006
Say goodbye to the entertainment divide between the TV and PC — and hello to the digital living room. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced today the launch of AT&T Homezone, a groundbreaking new service that integrates AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet, AT&T | DISH Network satellite television and AT&T Home Networking services via a single device.
The new AT&T Homezone service provides Internet-based video with satellite TV programming in a seamless in-home experience, giving consumers a powerful new way to extend the best of the Internet beyond the desktop to bring entertainment content to their TV screens and stereos. It features digital video recording, movies on demand, photo- and music-sharing, storage for both, and whets the anytime/anywhere generation's appetite with remote, Web-based access to the system.
With this service, AT&T becomes the first major U.S. telecommunications provider to offer seamlessly integrated video content and TV entertainment to the "digital living room" through both broadband and traditional satellite networks. AT&T Homezone is available in the company's broadband footprint throughout the state of Ohio — and in San Antonio. AT&T plans to roll out Homezone in additional markets in the AT&T service area where AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet access is available in the coming months.
AT&T Homezone is available to new AT&T | DISH Network residential customers who either already have or plan to order AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet and the 2Wire home networking gateway. Customers can select from several broadband speeds and satellite TV packages, then purchase Homezone service for an additional $9.99 a month.
AT&T Homezone complements AT&T U-verse services, the company's premier video service based on IP technology, which recently became more widely available in San Antonio and will be available in additional markets by year-end. While AT&T U-verse services will be the company's primary video offer in available markets, both offerings underscore the company's strategy to expand its video services portfolio, which includes AT&T | DISH Network service.
"AT&T Homezone combines the entertainment that consumers want most, including TV programming, video on demand, and Internet content and services, in a way that goes well beyond anything our competitors offer today," said Rick Welday, chief marketing officer, AT&T Consumer. "This new service underscores the company's strategy to integrate the three screens that many consumers value most today: the TV, PC and cell phone."
AT&T Homezone Features
In addition to accessing video content, AT&T Homezone customers will be able to access a range of Yahoo!-provided services: They will be able to view pictures from their AT&T Yahoo! Photos account; listen to AT&T Yahoo! LAUNCHcast radio (including their customized station); access movie show times and reviews from AT&T Yahoo! Movies; and, with AT&T Yahoo! Web Remote, they will be able to schedule and manage DVR recordings through a Web browser on their PCs.
The Homezone receiver at the heart of the service was developed for AT&T by 2Wire and already has been recognized as an Innovations 2005 Design and Engineering Showcase honoree in the Home Data Networking category by the Consumer Electronics Association. It integrates entertainment content wirelessly, sharing data with a 2Wire home networking gateway that communicates with the AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet connection. This in-home integration drives content for movies on-demand — or music and photos from the PC and AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet portal — all to the TV.
Future enhancements to the Homezone product will include a High Definition version of the receiver, as well as great new music and video content from content providers Yahoo! and Akimbo. And customers will be able to eventually program their DVR and use other "remote access" features through their Cingular wireless phone.
