AT&T and Scripps Networks have signed a distribution agreement to deliver Scripps Networks' HD, SD and VOD programming to AT&T's U-verse.

AT&T is adding eight more HD channels to its U-verse TV line-up, bringing its current HD platform for subscribers to more than 40 outlets. AT&T said it’s now providing more HD options in the markets it’s serving than its cable competitors. U-verse TV is a completely IP-based system that runs on fiber-optic cable.

U-verse IPTV service now available nationwide.

U-verse OnTheGo subscribers will be able to access nearly 30 channels.

Expansion marks U-verse's nationwide availability for the first time.

Beginning Nov. 3, U-verse TV customers will receive up to 30 new HD channels at no additional charge as part of their existing HD service subscription

AT&T and A&E Television Networks have entered a multiyear distribution deal covering several A&E properties, HD and video-on-demand programming.

U-verse, AT&T's fiber-to-the-node network, is currently providing 25 MB of bandwidth over its longest access loops and higher speeds over its shortest loops but the fledging TV service will be capable of carrying multiple streams of HD content by the end of 2007, the company said.