At&t Homezone Enables TV Recording on Mobile Phones

At&t has announced that that customers of At&t Homezone customers can now manage television recordings via wireless handsets. The new offering places the wireless carrier among the first major entertainment providers to offer such an advanced feature.

At&t has also announced the expansion of the services' on-demand content offerings via the Internet to include thousands of additional program titles. At&t Homezone was awarded the 2007 North American Product of the Year by Frost & Sullivan and integrates At&t Yahoo! High Speed Internet, At&t | DISH Network satellite television as well as At&t Home Networking services via a single-top device.

Customers will now be able to view listings and manage schedule recordings on the Homezone receiver with the help of compatible mobile phones or devices from wireless carriers.

Up until now customers were also able to schedule and manage such recordings through a Web browser on their PCs and trigger video-on-demand downloads. The wireless carrier has also expanded its on-demand content library to include thousands of additional titles from Akimbo.

The new content builds on At&t's numerous alliances with content providers, including Yahoo! And Movielink, that enable access to various content such as movies, music and photos from the Homezone receiver.

"When consumers think TV, we want them to think AT&T," said Rick Welday, chief marketing officer-AT&T Consumer, "and compelling features, like wireless remote access and thousands of downloadable titles, give us an entertainment service that goes beyond others on the market today."

Homezone customers that own a compatible mobile phone can now access the system to view listing and to search or schedule recordings of video content. In the future they will also get remote access to photos, music or other content. The new feature is included in the $9.99 price for the Homezone service, but customers may be charged for online data usage, depending on the plan they are on.