AT&T's U-verse TV service to carry CBS channels

[July 02, 2015] (Reuters) - CBS Corp said AT&T Inc has agreed to keep the television network's channels on its web-based TV service, U-verse.

The deal covers CBS-owned TV stations, Showtime Channels, CBS Sports Network, Smithsonian Channel, and Pop, which is slated for a launch on U-verse in 2016. (http://bit.ly/1HuBSw0)

Pop, a general entertainment channel, is a joint venture between CBS and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

AT&T's U-verse business offers Internet bundles with TV, telephone and broadband services.

(Reporting by Kshitiz Goliya and Ankush Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Don Sebastian and Lisa Shumaker)

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