NAMING
POSITIONING
The challenge:
After expanding beyond Enterprise to once more service B2C audiences, At&T made a play for the future of home entertainment with a converged IP platform that enabled personalized media management. To do it, they needed a sub-brand name and positioning.
The new name:
Why it works:
U-verse refers to a universe that revolves around you, which is exactly how this highly customizable digital content platform was positioned and what it offered.
Owler Hook:
U-verse ushered in a new way to manage and experience content, and the notion of “a world around you” continues to command a following. As of January 2019, AT&T still boasts 22.9 million U-Verse users in North America, despite acquiring DIRECT TV in 2015.