AT&T U-Verse

Another pair of contract renewal spats are looming, and the war of words between content providers and pay TV carriers are well underway.

AT&T U-Verse customers may miss out on Breaking Bad, Bridezillas and the season premiere of Mad Men if a new carriage contract between the carrier and content provider Rainbow Media.

Multichannel News is reporting that AT&T is prepared to drop AMC, IFC and We TV if a new agreement isn't made by next Wednesday.  AT&T is supposedly open to renewing the agreement, after extending the initial contract expiration from July 1st, but may drop the channels if an agreement cannot be reached.

The U-Verse just got a little bigger.

AT&T U-Verse announced the addition of four more HD channels today, according to television blog TV Predictions.

The new channels include Headline News HD, Discovery Kids HD, truTV HD and Turner Classic Movies HD.

Talk about good timing.  If this hadn't happened, there would have been a whole other kind of March Madness amongst AT&T U-Verse sports fans.

AT&T announced this week the launch of CBS College Sports in both SD and high-definition to its U-Verse lineup.  They can be found on channels 643 and 1643, respectively.  The channel is part of U-Verse's sports package, which costs an additional $10 per month, or is included in the U450 programming package.

The opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics are tonight, and both AT&T U-Verse and Time Warner Cable are rolling out their respective Olympics offerings today to give their viewers more access to the Games.

Neenah, Appleton, Green Bay and both the Town and the City of Menasha are all chipping in for the equipment necessary to service public access programming to AT&T U-Verse customers.

The Post-Crescent reported this weekend that the five municipalities are throwing together a combined $3,650 for the initiative, with Brown County possibly also pitching in a share.