MPhase Technologies Inc., a designer of broadcast digital television and DSL services for the telecom industry, and AlphaStar International Inc. (www.mediacrossing.com), one of four original direct-to-home satellite broadcasting companies including Direct TV, Echostar, Primestar and AlphaStar, today announced the creation of mPhase Television, a joint venture to create a global broadband television distribution network. The network provides telcos worldwide with interactive television and video content via a hybrid model of satellites and standard copper telephone wire. The network is an effort to create a new distribution medium to allow phone companies to compete with cable and satellite TV networks. The first client for this service will be Hart Telephone, a local exchange carrier located in Hartwell, Ga. Several other installations are planned.