AT&T rolls out DISH service in ex-BellSouth states

NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T said on Wednesday it is rolling out a joint video, Internet and phone service with satellite provider DISH Network Corp in states previously covered by BellSouth Corp.

AT&T, which acquired BellSouth in late 2006, has stopped marketing DIRECTV Group Inc service in the nine states, a spokesman told Reuters.

AT&T has not yet made a final decision on video partnerships for its entire territory, and was still in negotiations with DIRECTV and DISH, the spokesman said, adding a decision was due by the end of the year.

(Reporting by Yinka Adegoke and Ritsuko Ando, editing by Richard Chang)