AT&T Launches Enhanced U-verse App for iPad

AT&T Launches Enhanced U-verse App for iPad

DALLAS, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* announced today that its AT&T U-verse for iPad App, which makes it easy for users to connect their iPad to their TV for an even better viewing experience, is available on the App Store.

Recent studies indicate that the majority of tablet owners use their device simultaneously while watching TV, and with this app users can link their iPad to their choice of any U-verse TV receiver and access several great new features like:

-- Extra content and information about the TV show you're watching,
including series overview, episode synopsis, photos, cast and crew
information, related TV shows and more.
-- A full-featured, intuitive U-verse remote control with channel, guide,
DVR, interactive app and on-demand controls, eliminating the need for
extra (or lost) remotes throughout the home.
-- Advanced search functionality to help you find the content you want.
-- Recommendations on what to watch with ratings and reviews.
-- Ability to share information about what you are watching with friends on
Facebook.
And while you're on the go, you can:

-- Watch hit TV shows and movies over any Wi-Fi connection. Choose from a
library of popular content based on your U-verse TV package, including
shows and movies from STARZ, ENCORE, TBS, TNT, truTV, Cartoon Network
and Adult Swim, with more choices added on an ongoing basis.
-- Access the U-verse programming guide and DVR scheduling, similar to the
functionality available on the U-verse app for iPhone and iPod touch.
You can view a video demo of the app here.

"Today, we are taking our best in class TV experience and taking it to a whole new level by joining two very powerful platforms: your TV and iPad," said David Christopher, chief marketing officer, AT&T Mobility. "With our new app, AT&T U-verse customers have access to incredible functionality to make the TV experience much richer, from superior search and control functionality, to fresh content that tells you more about what you're watching, to the ability to share what you're watching with your friends through social networks. And, when they leave the home, our customers can take the U-verse experience with them."

Using the U-verse IP platform and in-home U-verse Wi-Fi network, customers can link the app to any U-verse TV receiver in their home. Using a simple one-time set up process for each U-verse receiver, customers just tune to channel 9301 and go through intuitive steps to name their U-verse receivers using a default name like "living room" or "bedroom," or create a personalized name, to enable the functionality and features.

AT&T U-verse TV was the fastest growing TV service in the country in 2011** and is the only 100 percent Internet Protocol-based television (IPTV) service offered by a national service provider. AT&T U-verse TV ranked "Highest in Residential Television Service Satisfaction in the North Central, South and West Regions," according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Residential Television Service Provider Satisfaction Studies(SM).

The AT&T U-verse for iPad App is available for free from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore.

AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Allison Murray of AT&T Corporate Communications, +1-512-495-7161, amurray@connected-mail.att.com

Web Site: http://www.att.com

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