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From: New Haven Register

Town at Odds with AT&T over U-Verse
by Luther Turmelle
North Bureau Chief

WALLINGFORD - Democratic Councilman Michael
Brodlinsky told his colleagues on the Town Council
Tuesday night that he is concerned the town's three
local cable access channels [sic] are getting
short-changed by AT&T's new television service
offering.

Brodlinsky said AT&T's U-Verse television service -

from: Republican American

Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:24 PM EDT

Battle over AT&T's U-verse TV service rages on

BY DAVID KRECHEVSKY REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

The legal battle over AT&T's U-verse television service continued this week on two fronts, with each side now looking to have competing rulings tossed out.

from: Fierce IPTV

Connecticut Franchise Battle Continues

October 9, 2007

The attorney general in Connecticut is not backing down in his quest to make sure AT&T’s U-verse is subject to the same requirements as cable TV operations. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s latest volley is a public request that AT&T’s franchise application be rejected, which seems counterintuitive on its face. Blumenthal fought to make AT&T obtain a franchise license from the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control in August. The PUC was all about letting AT&T slide, but a federal judge suggested otherwise.

from: New Times

ATT franchise issue not yet resolved

State regulators will continue to review AT&T's application to provide Internet TV despite a federal court ruling Tuesday saying the service should be regulated as a cable franchise.

Beryl Lyons, a Department of Public Utility Control spokeswoman, said the agency is aware of Tuesday's court ruling but, because of a new state law that governs video service, the issue of licensing AT&T as a cable franchise is moot.

from: New Haven Register

AT&T won’t halt TV services
Gregory B. Hladky, Capitol Bureau Chief
10/04/2007

-HARTFORD — AT&T executives insisted Wednesday that an adverse federal court ruling won’t curtail operation of their new television service, saying they will continue to offer alternative TV to more than 100,000 consumers.

from: Stamford Advocate

AT&T's TV service suffers a setback in federal court
By Brian Lockhart
Staff Writer

October 3, 2007

AT&T lost some ground yesterday in its ongoing battle with cable and satellite television.

The telecommunications giant's efforts to compete through its fiber-optic U-verse, available in several Fairfield County communities, were dealt a setback by a federal judge in New Haven.