Tuesday, April 28, 2015

U-verse Continues To Assert Leadership In TV Everywhere Space; Adds Viacom Channels

Original AT&T Inc. Press Release via PRNewswire:

U-verse Continues To Assert Leadership In TV Everywhere Space

New U-verse App Update Widens the Gap Between U-verse and Cable Mobile Live TV Offerings


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DALLAS, April 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* U-verse® recently updated its U-verse App** to include 41 additional live channels and compatibility with a wearable. The U-verse App has more live channels available to watch outside the home than any cable provider with 236 live channels inside the home and 173 channels available outside the home.

New channels available to watch via the U-verse App both inside the home and on the go are:

* Al Jazeera America
* BET
* BET Gospel
* Boomerang
* Cartoon Network
* CMT
* CMT Pure Country
* Centric
* Comedy Central
* CSPAN
* CSPAN2
* CSPAN3
* Fox Sports 1
* Fox Sports 2
* Galavision
* EVINE (ShopHQ)
* HRTV
* LOGO
* MTV
* MTV 2
* MTV Hits
* MTV Jams
* mtvU
* MTV Tr3s
* Nickelodeon
* Nick2
* Nicktoons
* Nick Jr
* NUVOtv***
* Palladia
* PXTV
* RFD TV
* Spike TV
* TeenNick
* TV Land
* Univision
* UniMas
* VH1
* VH1 Classic
* VH1 Soul
* World Fishing Network

The new channels build upon U-verse's existing channel lineup available outside of the home, which already includes channels like ESPN, Fox News, HBO and USA Network. See the full U-verse App channel lineup here.

"We're proud of our leadership in the TV Everywhere space and the extensive lineup of content we're able to offer customers today," said GW Shaw, vice president of U-verse and Video Products, AT&T Home Solutions. "This is just the beginning of what we can do—we'll continue to add more content and features to fully mobilize the TV watching experience."

In addition to new live content, the update to the U-verse App includes new compatibility with Samsung Gear S™, the first 4G wireless network-connected wearable by Samsung and AT&T. Customers can pair their Samsung smartphones with their Gear S1 to:

* Use as a remote to control the TV
* Access the U-verse TV guide
* Search for shows
* Manage their DVR
* Get programming notifications

Learn more about the U-verse App here.

Geographic and service restrictions apply to AT&T U-verse services. For more information on AT&T U-verse — or to find out if it's available in your area — visit www.att.com/u-verse.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

**Requires qualifying device, U-family or higher TV plan and Wi-Fi or data connection. Content may vary by device, TV plan, and viewing location. Data charges may apply.

*** In the fourth quarter of 2015, NUVOtv will rebrand as Fuse.

1Samsung and Gear S are both trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) helps millions of people and businesses around the globe stay connected through leading wireless, high-speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. We're helping people mobilize their worlds with state-of-the-art communications, entertainment services and amazing innovations like connected cars and devices for homes, offices and points in between. Our U.S. wireless network offers customers the nation's strongest LTE signal and the nation's most reliable 4G LTE network. We offer the best global wireless coverage.* We're improving how our customers stay entertained and informed with AT&T U-verse® TV and High Speed Internet services. And businesses worldwide are serving their customers better with AT&T's mobility and highly secure cloud solutions.

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Reliability and signal strength claims based on nationwide carriers' LTE. Signal strength claim based ONLY on avg. LTE signal strength. LTE not available everywhere.

*Global coverage claim based on offering voice and data roaming in more countries than any other U.S. based carrier, and offering the most wireless smartphones and tablets that work in the most countries.

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Nickelodeon USA Launches Official "So Little Time" Website

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA starting to show the popular live-action comedy series "So Little Time", starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, weeknights at 7:30pm from Monday 27th April 2015, Nick.com has launched the networks official "So Little Time" website, which NickHeads can visit at nick.com/solittletime!


Nick USA's all-new "So Little Time" webpage features information about Nickelodeon's new animated show, character bios for Riley and Chloe Carlson (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen), fantastic online streaming video clips and Nickelodeon USA's official message board/forum for the show!


"So Little Time" follows Chloe and Riley Carson (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, "Full House", "Two of a Kind"), two young teens who experience the trials and tribulations of high school, first dates, and unconventional family and after-school jobs. "So Little Time" (26 episodes x 22 minutes) originally aired on Fox Family (later ABC Family) between 2001 and 2002.

Nickelodeon USA recently acquired the rights to the content library of Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, featuring four series, seven TV movies and two music video specials starring the actresses. Following the debut of "So Little Time", the Olsens' catalogue will continue to roll out across Nickelodeon's ecosystem of multiple screens later this year.
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Sneak Peek Of New "Breadwinners" Episode "Bad to the Duck Bone", Premiering 5/3 On Nickelodeon USA

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering the brand-new episode of Nickelodeon's popular original animated buddy comedy series (Nicktoon) "Breadwinners" titled "Bad to the Duck Bone"/"Rodeo Ducks" on Sunday 3rd May 2015 at 6:00pm ET/PT, as part of Nick USA's all-new Sunday night line-up, SwaySway and Buhdeuce have a bread-tastic sneak peek for yo beak of the all-new episode "Bad to the Duck Bone", which you can watch in the fantastic online streaming video clip from Nickelodeon's official YouTube channel below!:



Oh my baps! Can you believe what a taste of Dark Rye can do to a good ducky?! SwaySway goes bad to the beak to impress Jenny Quackles on this Sunday's new episode at 6pm/5c, only on Nickelodeon USA!

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Sneak Peek Of New "Sanjay and Craig" Episode "King of Kids", Premiering 5/3 On Nickelodeon USA

Dudes, what's up? To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering and showing the brand-new episode of Nickelodeon's Emmy-nominated original animated series (NickToon) "Sanjay and Craig" titled "King of Kids"/"Ew De Hector" on Sunday 3rd May 2015 at 7:30pm ET/PT as part of Nick USA's all-new Sunday night line-up, the dude-snake duo have unveiled a fantastic super top secret sneak peek preview from the episode "King of Kids", which you can watch in the fantastic online streaming video clip from Nickelodeon's official YouTube channel below! Check it!:



The Sanjay and Craig fanboys have arrived!!! Go wild at the Frycade in a brand new episode of Sanjay and Craig, in which a group of young children start to idolize the dude-snake duo, Sunday at 7:30pm on Nickelodeon USA!

Plus, Megan Sparkles has unveiled a sparkling behind-the-scenes sneak-peek preview featuring a Animatic for the episode "Ew De Hector", in which Sanjay, Craig and Hector set up their own successful perfume stand to sell their new scent, 'Mansome', after Hector starts to bottle up his divine-smelling perspiration, which you can watch in the video clip below!:


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Nick Jr. UK To Debut "Puffin Rock", A Brand-New Animated Series Narrated By Chris O'Dowd, On Monday 18th May 2015

Nickelodeon UK, the number one commercial kids TV network in the UK, has announced and confirmed the very exciting news in the following press release, from VIMN's official Nickelodeon UK & Ireland Press Centre, that Nick Jr. UK and Ireland, Nickelodeon UK's top-performing preschool channel, will start to premiere and show "Puffin Rock", a brand-new funny, playful natural history animated preschool series narrated by Irish actor and comedian Chris O'Dowd ("Moone Boy", "The IT Crowd", "Bridesmaids") about a family of puffins living on a wild and beautiful Irish island, weekdays at 6:30pm (repeated at 7:30pm on Nick Jr. +1) from Monday 18th May 2015!


To celebrate, NickJr.co.uk has launched the channels official "Puffin Rock" show website, where parents and children can discover more about "Puffin Rock", as well as watch clips and complete fun creative activities.

Original Nickelodeon UK Press Release:

CHRIS O'DOWD STARS IN BRAND-NEW ANIMATION PUFFIN ROCK ON NICK JR.

Explore the island of Puffin Rock in the new series premiering Monday, 18th May on Nick Jr.


London, 23rd April 2015 – Narrated by Irish actor and comedian, Chris O'Dowd, the brand-new animated series Puffin Rock follows a puffling called Oona, the heroine of the show, and her brother, Baba, as they embark on a range of adventures. Premiering on Monday, 18th May at 6:30pm, the show sees Oona's family of puffins discover the wild and beautiful Irish island on which they live.


Throughout the series, Oona, and Baba explore the island – making friends and hunting for food while trying to stay safe. In the premiere episode "Puffin Practice," Oona tries to teach Baba how to be a grown-up puffling, but Baba doesn't take the game seriously. Oona soon realises that she was forgetting the most important thing - to have fun being a puffling.


Co-produced by Oscar nominated Irish animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, global publisher Penguin Random House Children's, and Northern Irish children's media company, Dog Ears, Puffin Rock will air weekdays at 6:30pm on Nick Jr. The show stars 11 year old Kate McCafferty from Derry as the voice of Oona. McCafferty also sings the theme song for the series.


Online at nickjr.co.uk, parents and children can discover more about Puffin Rock, as well as view clips and complete fun creative activities.

Nick Jr.

Where every day's an adventure, Nick Jr. is a top-performing commercial pre-school entertainment brand in cable and satellite homes. Launched in 1999 as the world's first channel dedicated to pre-school children, Nick Jr.'s programming includes beloved shows Dora and Friends: Into the City!, Peppa Pig, Lily's Driftwood Bay, Zack & Quack and Paw Patrol. Online, clips, games, exclusive activities and downloads are all available at nickjr.co.uk Viewers also have the opportunity to catch up with the schedule through Nick Jr. +1. Nick Jr. is available on Sky 615, Virgin 715, through BT Vision and TalkTalk channel 318.

The Nickelodeon Network is a top-performing commercial kids TV network in the UK and Ireland with Nickelodeon channels available in over 14 million cable and satellite homes. Having launched in 1993 Nickelodeon UK comprises seven dedicated entertainment channels for kids aged 4-15 and their families, and is a joint venture between Viacom International Media Networks and BSkyB.

Puffin Rock is produced with the support of Northern Ireland Screen, Irish Film Board and Media European Fund.

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