Blackhawks knocked off AT&T, accidentally

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: Glitch knocks Blackhawks off AT & T : : Old habits die hard, and the people who run AT & T U-verse apparently couldn't help themselves, blacking out most of the Blackhawks' home opener Monday for some Chicago-area subscribers even though the team has dropped its long-standing prohibitions on local TV coverage of home games. : "Some of our Chicago-area customers were unable to view the game last night because the defined team territories used in the blackout were incorrect," AT & T spokeswoman Meghan Roskopf said. "The territories have since been updated and we do not expect this to happen again." : Roskopf did not know how many were affected but said not all AT & T U-verse customers were unable to see the game. Subscribers to other TV providers were able to watch Comcast SportsNet's coverage of the Hawks' shootout loss to Nashville unimpeded. : CSN said through a spokesman it was "strictly a technical glitch by AT & T U-verse" and not unprecedented for AT & T. CSN is owned jointly by Comcast cable, the Bulls, Blackhawks, White Sox and Cubs, owned by Tribune parent Tribune Co. : A spokesman for the Hawks, who have gone to great lengths to publicize that all 82 regular-season games will be available on Chicago television, said the team fielded a few calls of complaint but had been reassured AT & T was "working feverishly to resolve it." : (Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune)

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