New York - AT&T (NYSE: T) plans to allow owners of Apple (NASD: AAPL) iPhones to use the devices to control features on its U-verse broadband and digital TV service, Reuters reported. In addition to allowing the iPhone to act as TV remote control, DVR recordings will be transferrable to the device. U-verse subscribers will also be able to listen to their voice mail via their TV screens, and use the iPhone "for entertainment purposes like virtually hurling tomatoes at the TV screen," according to Reuters.

New York - AT&T's (NYSE: T) chief executive announced on Tuesday that the company plans to make its U-verse digital TV service available to 30 million customers by 2010, up from the 5.5 million it currently serves, the Associated Press reported.

Chicago - Microsoft announced on Monday an update and name change for its Internet TV (IPTV) software, which will now be known as Mediaroom and include new features like in-home personal music and photo sharing, multiple picture-in-picture capabilities, support for digital terrestrial television, and new advanced applications tools for developers. So far, 18 IPTV providers worldwide have deployed Microsoft's IPTV software, including AT&T's U-verse service.

San Antonio, Texas - AT&T announced on Tuesday that its AT&T blue room service -- which offers live concert webcasts -- plans to launch a 24-hour streaming radio channel, and also make its concert webcasts available on televisions to subscribers of AT&T TV services U-verse and Homezone. The company partnered with CBS Radio to produce the "Festival channel." Beginning on Wednesday, U-verse and Homezone subscribers will have on-demand access to AT&T blue room concert archives.

San Antonio, Texas - AT&T announced on Thursday that subscribers to its U-verse digital TV service can now schedule TV recordings from their AT&T wireless phones and devices. The company did not say if it would extend the feature to competing wireless networks. U-verse customers can already remotely program their digital video recorders on a PC using the AT&T Yahoo broadband portal.

San Antonio, Texas - AT&T announced on Monday that it will offer "three-screen" coverage of the 2007 Masters golf tournament, across the mobile phone, television and the PC. Online coverage will be available through AT&T's Blue Room broadband site, while TV coverage will be offered on its U-verse digital TV service, and mobile coverage through Cingular. The company will produce exclusive player interviews, live online coverage from "Amen Corner," and feeds from the practice range and Green Jack ceremony.

San Antonio, Texas - AT&T on Thursday announced a new feature that allows subscribers to its U-verse digital TV service to view live TV on a PC. The U-verse OnTheGo service is powered by technology from MobiTV, and provides access to some 30 live channels -- including The Weather Channel and Bloomberg Television -- for an extra $10 per month. AT&T said it also plans to eventually offer U-verse OnTheGo via wireless devices, including mobile phones.