U-verse TV Adds MSNBC In Connecticut
Launch Ends Cablevision Exclusivity In Some Service Areas
Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 1/28/2010 5:25:14 PM
AT&T this week began offering MSNBC to all U-verse TV viewers in Connecticut, after Cablevision Systems lost its exclusive rights to carry the news channel in its service areas, a spokeswoman for the telco confirmed.
Cablevision's distribution agreement for MSNBC prevented AT&T from carrying the channel in areas of the state including Norwalk, Bridgeport, Torrington and New Haven County. Verizon had been similarly blocked from offering MSNBC, and will add the channel to the FiOS TV lineup in the affected areas of the New York market, starting next week.
Last July, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal had asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate Cablevision's agreement granting it exclusive rights to MSNBC within its service areas.
