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Verizon Adds over 200,000 Internet Subscribers and 194,000 Video Subscribers
Wed Jan 25, 2012 at 10:00 AM ETTags: Verizon, FiOS, Industry Trends (all tags)
Verizon is up at a time where most other companies are way down.
It's not a good time for the cable industries. Families are examining their budgets and cutting costs where they can. One of the biggest places to cut costs is in cable service, which has providers losing hundreds of thousands of subscribers a year.
Verizon is an exception to the rule, gaining 194,000 FiOS video subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2011. The number goes up above 200,000 when factoring in the 6,100 subscribers that choose to go with an internet-only option.
In all, Verizon's FiOS network grew by more than 900,000 subscribers in 2011. The count now totals 16.5 million homes.
Source: Home Media Magazine
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Vudu, Verizon, HBO Go, and Xfinity On Demand to Launch on Xbox 360
Tue Dec 06, 2011 at 12:00 PM ETTags: Xbox 360, XFINITY, FiOS, UFC, Streaming (all tags)
This will be joining LoveFilm and Epix, which should be available today.
Microsoft has launched an update for the Xbox 360 which will be getting bigger and bigger over the next few months. Along with a new interface and redesigned applications, the system is getting a glut of new content.
The first services to hit the 360 are Epix and Lovefilm, both of which let you watch movies on demand. The much celebrated digital delivery service Vudu will be joining them, starting in late December.
Also before the end of the year, Microsoft will be adding Verizon FiOS TV for subscribers, Crackle, iHeartRadio, TMZ and UFC. In early 2012 you can expect Comcast Xfinity on Demand, HBO Go, CinemaNow and MLB.tv.
Source: Engadget
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Verizon's Moble FiOS Apps Spread to More Devices
Wed Oct 20, 2010 at 03:00 PM ETTags: Verizon, FiOS, iPhone (all tags)
Forty different handheld devices are now capable of controlling your set-top box.
If you've got a smart phone, chances are you can use it as a controller for Verizon's FiOS set-top boxes. Their Moble FiOS app is currently available for forty different devices including Blackberry, iPod, iPhone and Android devices running 2.1 or above.
In addition to enabling your phone as a controller, the Mobile Remote allows you to fling photos from your device to your TV one photo at a time. It's a nice feature for showing off pictures or embarrassing friends with less than glamorous shots.
You can also control your DVR from your device, change what you'd like to record, set up series recordings, delete programs and browse through listings no matter where you are.
Source: Verizon
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Verizon Drops Contract Requirements for FiOS
Wed Jun 23, 2010 at 03:00 PM ETTags: FiOS, Verizon (all tags)
There's no extra charge for month-to-month service, and even better:no early termination fees.
Verizon's FiOS service has a lot going for it, whether you're in it for the fast internet connection or the assortment of channels. But until now it's had some strong negative points to it too.
Verizon has been running its FiOS services like it runs its cell phone services. When you ordered FiOS in the past, you typically had to sign a one or two year agreement, and what's worse, you had to pay early termination fees if you canceled. If you wanted to pay month-to-month without a contract, you had to pay an extra $20 on top of your normal bill.
But someone at Verizon finally saw the light and fixed that. Now month-to-month customers can get into FiOS at the same price as customers signing the contract. The difference now being that a two year agreement means Verizon can't hike up the price on you until the contract is up.
Source: Verizon
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Verizon Takes TNT and TBS Shows Online
Fri May 14, 2010 at 10:00 AM ETTags: Verizon, FiOS, Streaming (all tags)
They're also working on CBS, MTV, and FOX News.
Verizon has announced that they're bringing two more channels Online. Starting in June, FiOS cable and internet subscribers will be able to jump onto FiOS TV Online and check out shows like 'Lopez Tonight,' 'The Closer,' and 'Southland.'
Episodes will all be available within 24 hours of their original air date, according to Verizon. And from the sound of things, all the major shows for each network will be covered. Hopefully that includes Conan's new show this November.
Verizon is working with other content providers as well. You'll soon be able to get your FOX News fix any time you want it. The same goes for CBS, MTV, Hallmark, The Smithsonian Channel and The Tennis Channel.
Source: Verizon
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Verizon FiOS Expansion Comes to an End
Tue Mar 30, 2010 at 01:00 PM ETTags: FiOS, Verizon (all tags)
If you don’t it now, chances are good it's just not in the cards.
Verizon set out with a lofty goal: to wire up 18 million households with fiber optic lines for faster delivery of internet and television by the end of 2010. We’re just about eight months away and it looks like the goal will be met, but a lot of Verizon customers are left wanting.
Around a third of the company’s service area is lacking FiOS and it doesn’t look like those homes will be getting it any time soon. Verizon has stopped negotiations with major markets, and is wrapping negotiations with smaller areas.
The company is going to hold back on further expansion for the time being in order to finish up with the markets it already has and, it seems, work on profitability. FiOS isn’t cheap to set up, after all. It’s estimated that the company pays about $1,350 per home to get it up and running.
Customers in areas currently lacking FiOS will be happy to know that Verizon hasn’t ruled out future expansion.
Source: Associated Press
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Verizon CEO Downplays Hulu – Talks FiOS
Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 07:00 PM ETTags: Hulu, Verizon, FiOS, Industry Trends (all tags)
Verizon’s CEO Ivan Seidenberg, in a speech given at the Paley Center, talked about the future of Hulu, calling it no more than a phase. New technology, he says, will make it all irrelevant.
There are definitely fair criticisms of the Hulu streaming service from a corporate and consumer standpoint alike. From the corporate side, Hulu’s ability to turn viewers into dollars has been disheartening. From the consumer side, the lack of high definition content and limited viewing windows make Hulu a supplemental service at best, rather than a primary mode of viewing.
Verizon’s CEO Ivan Seidenberg doesn’t cite any of this as the problem with Hulu, instead implying that the fickle public will simply tire of the service when new technology presents itself.
“When you think of the change, look at Hulu and the dialogue and debate, and you say, O.K. this is in for the next eight to twelve months,” he says, downplaying the services ability to stay relevant. “In two years it won't matter because the world will have moved on."
As an example of just how fast technology moves, he made reference to Sixth Sense, a mini projector for cellular phones.
Seidenberg also talked about the expansion of FiOS television, saying that paying retransmission fees are all part of the cost of entry. “You don't enter an industry and not play by the rules,” he noted. When the issue of Comcast’s acquisition of NBC Universal was brought up, he simply said “The only issue is do they treat us fairly and consistently. I assume our lawyers will work that out.”
Source: Broadcasting & Cable
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Widgets And Web Video Added To Verizon’s FiOS TV
Fri Jul 17, 2009 at 11:00 AM ETTags: Verizon, FiOS, Industry Trends, HD Broadcasting (all tags)
Could FiOS TV’s Widget Bazaar be the next App Store?
Verizon’s FiOS TV is about to start overflowing with widgets. According to a recent press release, the company will be launching their Widget Bazaar later this month with a few free applications including Facebook, Twitter, and ESPN’s Fantasy Football widget.
In addition, an Internet Video feature will allow searches on various sites, such as Veoh, blip.tv, and Dailymotion, though at the moment, no YouTube or Hulu. This will be free later this month to current subscribers of the FiOS Home Media DVR.
Perhaps most interesting, is the fact that the Software Development Kit (SDK) will soon be published to allow open development of widgets for the service. Just what kind of response this will curry from the development community we have yet to see, but this could spell big things for Verizons FiOS service.
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