Verizon Communications announced that FiOS TV service is available in three more municipalities in New Jersey. Verizon started launching its FiOS TV service in New Jersey in December 2006 and it’s now available to 348 municipalities in New Jersey.
Verizon’s FiOS TV service is now available to more than 1.9 million homes and businesses in 19 counties.
Following are the three municipalities where Verizon has launched FiOS TV service:
- Hamilton Township, in Atlantic County
- Middle Township, in Cape May County
- New Brunswick, in Middlesex County
Mary Yarbrough, vice president of marketing and sales operations for Verizon’s Mid-Atlantic region, said “Customers in New Jersey have enthusiastically embraced FiOS, which offers a suite of services that old-fashioned cable companies just can’t match. With choice finally available to them, consumers here have embraced FiOS, which has the most HD channels and the fastest, two-way broadband connection speeds available in the state.”
Verizon Wireless is a sponsor of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Xtreme Bulls Tour at the Oklahoma State Fair held at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. Verizon Wireless also participates in State Fair Park on both weekends of this year’s State Fair, which began on Sept. 17 and runs through Sept. 27.
Xtreme Bulls events will take place Sept. 25-26 at the State Fair Arena and will include live concert performances from 38 Special on Friday, Sept. 25 and Gary Allan on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Steven R. Smith, south central region president, Verizon Wireless, said: “Verizon Wireless is proud to be associated with the Oklahoma State Fair – an event that brings friends and family together from across Oklahoma. The Xtreme Bulls event promises to be among the highlights of this year’s State Fair and Verizon Wireless is excited to be a part of making it possible.”
Gary Orosco, Vice President, Sponsorships and Business Development, said “We are grateful to Verizon Wireless for its support of the 2009 Oklahoma State Fair. It is the support of sponsors like Verizon Wireless that helps make the State Fair such a great and memorable event for all Oklahomans.”
Verizon Wireless has launched V CAST Mobile TV service to its subscribers in South Florida on July 3. This service will give customers access to their favorite television programs while they travel. Verizon has already launched V CAST Mobile TV service in Florida markets, including Orlando, Tampa Bay, Jacksonville, Tallahassee and Gainesville.
This service offers high-quality video from the best of broadcast and cable TV 24 hours a day that includes the “Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien,” “CSI: NY,” “Quiero Mis Quinces,” “Penguins of Madagascar,” “Price Is Right” and many more.
Pam Tope, Florida region president of Verizon Wireless said “If you’re waiting at a restaurant, in a doctor’s office, in line at a store or relaxing at the beach, V CAST Mobile TV is a convenient way to catch up with your favorite shows, this is a great complement to the many advanced services we offer on our digital wireless network in Florida.”
Verizon has recently launched more than 90 new channels including 71 high-definition channels to its FiOS TV lineup in Massachusetts. Verizon is now offering more than 500 channels for Massachusetts customers that includes 116 HD channels and also have library of more than 15,000 video-on-demand (VOD) titles each month.
Verizon has recently launched its FiOS TV service in Marblehead and this is among 96 Massachusetts communities where the Verizon’s new television service is available.
Donna Cupelo, Verizon region president for Massachusetts and Rhode Island said “FiOS TV gives consumers in Marblehead an outstanding alternative for their video entertainment with superior picture-and-sound quality, innovative, interactive features that cable can’t match, customers in these communities who liked what FiOS did for their Internet connection will love what it does for their TV. We’ve harnessed the vast capacity of our advanced fiber-optic network to deliver a revolutionary, new entertainment experience giving customers the best choice for TV.”
Verizon Communications has announced the launch of Verizon FiOS services in Northern Texas region. Verizon has expanded its fiber-optic network in Allen, Bartonville, Colleyville, Double Oak, Flower Mound, Frisco, Grapevine, Keller, Plano and Watauga areas last year to deliver FiOS services directly to home. FiOS services will be delivered through all-digital fiber-optic network all the way to consumers’ homes.
Verizon will start delivering the FiOS services to more than 27,000 households throughout the year. FiOS TV service will deliver more than 425 total channels in North Texas, including more than 100 HD channels, this is more than any area cable TV provider, and also super-fast FiOS Internet service with downstream speeds of up to 50 megabits per second.
Trinidad Aguirre, Verizon’s president for the South West region said “Verizon’s FiOS services have been enthusiastically received here in North Texas, and we’ve responded by expanding our fiber-optic network to customers who have asked for the services but live in neighborhoods just outside our traditional service areas, these customers will be the big winners because Verizon’s FiOS services bring choices that they’ve never had before.”
ESPN Network has launched ESPNU HD on August, 2008 coinciding with the start of the College Football season and is now delivering more than 200 HD events that include all of its Live Thursday and Saturday college football games and also exclusive coverage of college basketball, lacrosse, baseball, softball, volleyball, wrestling, hockey and more.
During the launch the HD simulcast, ESPN HD was carried by the leading operators like Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV, RCN, Atlantic Broadband and Broadstripe. Recently AT&T also added the collegiate sports channel. Comcast has also struck a deal to carry ESPNU.
The leading satellite provider DirecTV has recently announced that ESPNU will be added to Choice programming package starting July, 1. But there is no news regarding HD simulcast launch and subscribers are expecting before the 2010 college season.
Verizon FiOS has announced that it has reached a multiyear carriage deal with the regional sports network “YES Network.” The sports network will be available on the FiOS TV Extreme HD programming service at no extra cost to subscribers.
The regional sports network will be the first of its kind to launch nationally in HD. YES Network will be available to Extreme HD subscribers on channel 595.
Terry Denson, vice president FiOS TV content and programming said “Adding YES programming in HD to our lineup is part of our commitment to giving FiOS TV subscribers the highest quality and best content there is, delivering the ultimate high-definition home-entertainment experience, Verizon FiOS TV is the best place to watch sports, and with the YES Network available in all markets, fans can catch up on America’s favorite pastime and baseball’s most popular, storied team.”
Verizon Communications has added MLB Network in high-definition and MLB Extra Innings to its programming lineup. Verizon has announced this at the time of 2009 Major League Baseball season is about to start.
Verizon subscribers need to have HD set-top boxes and signed up for Verizon Extreme programming package to receive MLB Network HD without any extra charge. At present the sports network is available to FiOS TV Premier, Essential and Extreme subscribers. Verizon will bring 80 live out-of-market MLB games per week, which include 10 games in HD every week.
Shawn Strickland, vice president of video solutions for Verizon said “”MLB Extra innings is perfect for the Red Sox fan in Tampa, the Cardinals fan in L.A., the die-hard fantasy baseball enthusiast or anyone who just can’t get enough baseball, By providing hundreds of out-of-market games during the season, MLB Extra Innings gives our customers a chance to enjoy matchups
they wouldn’t otherwise be able to see locally.”
Verizon announced the launch of 18 new channels to its FiOS TV subscribers in California. Verizon subscribers in California now receive 110 high-definition channels and more than 1,200 high-definition video-on-demand (VOD) titles every month.
The new channels launched are on different genre like sports, movies that include:
CBS College Sports Network
Chiller
Cinemax HD East
Encore HD
HBO HD East and
The Home Shopping Network
Shawne Angelle, vice president of marketing and sales for Verizon’s West Coast region said “Only Verizon delivers all-digital TV over an all-fiber-optic network straight to customers’ homes, our advanced network creates the ultimate home-entertainment experience, with an ever-expanding channel lineup, the most HD channels, the best picture-and-sound quality and interactive features that go beyond old-fashioned cable.”
E! Entertainment and Verizon Wireless have partnered to launch a new video channel on the Verizon Hub. “E! Video” available on Verizon Hub will control the communication center in the home. The communication center will bridge wireline and wireless connectivity and runs on any broadband connection. The Verizon Hub allows to navigate on touch screen with on-demand access to an array of services. Program offerings on the E! video channel include daily segments from the network’s popular franchises “E! News,” “Daily 10″ and “The Soup.”
John Najarian, executive vice president of digital media and business development for Comcast Entertainment Group said “we are excited to expand our relationship with Verizon Wireless to bring E!’s popular programming to Verizon Hub customers, in addition to our E! channel on Verizon Wireless’ V CAST service, the Verizon Hub offers fans another great way to keep up with the latest celebrity news and entertainment.”
