• Multichannel News, Thursday, September 3, 2009 9:25 PM

AT&T is serving up free TV shows and movies to any Internet user via the beta version of its new video portal, which includes content from more than a dozen programming partners. The AT&T Entertainment site also promises U-verse TV customers "bonus content" if they log in but doesn't spell out what that extra content is.

The free section of the AT&T site offers shows and movies from CBS; ABC and ABC Family; NBC and NBC Universal's USA, Bravo, Syfy and CNBC; MTV Networks' MTV and VH1; Lionsgate; MGM; Universal Studios; PBS; and Current TV. The site also lists Hulu, the joint venture of NBC, The Walt Disney Co. and News Corp., as a partner.

AT&T in May said it was working on an "authentication" system that would provide a TV Everywhere-like service to subscribers, with TV content available on both its own site and programmers' sites. Comcast and Verizon Communications have already initiated trials of services that provide additional TV shows on-demand to paying video subscribers.

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