Yahoo, SBC Expand Pact to TVs, Cellphones

Yahoo Inc. and SBC Communications Inc., longtime partners on services for personal computers, said they had expanded their existing alliance to TVs and cellphones.

The firms said Yahoo’s software would link SBC services so that customers would be able to set SBC digital video recorders (now under development) from their Cingular Wireless mobile phones. Cingular is a joint venture of SBC and BellSouth Corp. Yahoo will also provide videos, film trailers and other programming for a video-on-demand service.

The first products from the deal are expected in 2005.

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-- Chris Gaither