SAN ANTONIO, July 20 (UPI) -- AT&T will deliver MTV and BET music programming as part of the AT&T U-verse TV channel lineup, the three companies announced Wednesday.
Financial details were undisclosed, but the distribution agreement will include: delivering MTV Network's and BET Networks' video-on-demand content as part of the U-verse "Free On Demand" platform; carrying MTVN's recently launched high-definition channel MHD as well as MTV's channels specifically designed to serve ethnic populations in the United States (MTV Chi, MTV Desi and MTV K); and delivering digital audio radio programming from MTV's Urge audio service, said the release.
Along with MTV and BET, other brands users will have access to include Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land and VH1.
"The MTV Networks and BET Networks brands are among the strongest in television," said Dan York, head of programming at AT&T Operations. "We are very happy to be offering the wide array of MTV Networks and BET Networks program services to AT&T U-verse customers."
