Scripps Joins U-verse Lineup

SAN ANTONIO, February 26: Scripps Networks' linear, high-definition
and on-demand programming will be available as part of AT&T’s U-verse TV
lineup, the two companies announced today.

Under the agreement, AT&T
will deliver HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living TV Network and Great
American Country (GAC) to U-verse. The platform also will include HGTV HD and
Food Network HD. Plus, Scripps programming will be featured in the U-verse
video-on-demand (VOD) library each month, including several hours of the best
programming from HGTV and Food Network.

AT&T U-verse TV is
delivered by Project Lightspeed, the telco’s initiative to expand its
fiber-optics network to deliver U-verse TV, AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet
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.