USATODAY.com - FCC chief pushes TV via high-speed Internet lines

[SatelliteGuys Reporter]

Telephone companies like SBC Communications are trying to fend off mounting competition from cable television companies that are able to offer consumers a bundled package of products including phone and Internet service. Almost every major phone company I'm aware of has an initiative underway to begin to try to plug the hole with partnerships with satellite-delivered video but what they re really working on is broadband-delivered IP Internet protocol television Powell told reporters.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-09-16-tv-over-net_x.htm