The financial dispute between Fox Sports Midwest and AT&T that kept 20 of FSM’s 148 Cardinals telecasts off AT&T’s U-verse system last year has not been settled, so as it stands another 20 games are in line to be blacked out this season.

Beginning last season, FSM bought the entire Cards local TV package (about 20 games previously aired on KSDK, Channel 5) and it charges programming outlets extra for those telecasts. AT&T was the only major carrier to hold out all last year.

"We continue to talk with AT&T with the hope that they will choose to deliver all Cardinals telecasts to fans this season,’’ FSM spokesman Geoff Goldman said. "Every other provider in the St. Louis area will distribute all Cardinals games" this season.

Fox Sports Midwest will end up with approximately 150 Cards telecasts this season (depending on how many games are picked up by network television), and Goldman said the decision on which 20 games would be withheld from U-Verse has not been finalized yet. The call is FSM’s.

AT&T spokesperson Katie Nagus said on Thursday that "we don’t have any updates to share at this time. U-verse TV customers will continue to have access to approximately 130 Cardinals games this season’’ on FSM.

"... We don’t believe AT&T and ultimately our customers should have to pay more for access to these (20) Cardinals games, especially while we’re trying to keep costs down for our customers.’’