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AT&T Signs Akimbo, Reveals Plans For Web TV Service

AT&T yesterday announced that it will team with Akimbo to offer TV and movie downloads on its upcoming Web-based television service, set to be released this summer. Called HomeZone, the new AT&T service will launch in California and 12 other states by late summer. The telecom giant believes a Web-linked set top box is the media hub of the future, able to serve all of a customer's entertainment needs. This trend also underlines the massive shift the telecom industry is undergoing, as phone companies branch out into expanded Web services and, now, television. AT&T's ambitions don't end there: according to the San Jose Mercury News, the company is also working on building a TV network called Lightspeed that will reach homes through the fiber-optic high-speed connections that it's currently spending billions on developing. HomeZone will include the following: TV from Dish Network, the company's joint-venture satellite TV project; DSL Internet service; downloadable movies from Movielink; TV and movie content from Akimbo; DVR functionality; and photo sharing and radio services from Yahoo.

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