HD Video on Demand Now Available to Verizon FiOS TV Customers in Oregon
Posted on April 30, 2008
Filed Under Digital Video
PORTLAND, Ore., April 30 /PRNewswire/ — More FiOS TV customers can
enjoy even more high-definition programming now that Verizon has launched
high-definition video-on-demand (VOD) service in Oregon. Delivered over the
nation’s most advanced fiber-optic network straight to customers’ homes,
Verizon FiOS TV offers an unparalleled high-definition signal that delivers
pure picture quality and sound. Verizon already offers HD VOD where FiOS TV
is available in California, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and
Virginia.
“As the popularity of high-definition programming continues to grow, we
are delivering the best in HD content,” said Shawn Strickland, Verizon’s
vice president of video solutions. “With 10,000 titles each month, our
overall video-on-demand library is the industry’s largest, and we plan to
offer more than 1,000 high-definition video on demand titles each month by
the end of the year.”
Verizon already has nearly doubled the number of titles in its HD
on-demand library since launching the service. Just last month the company
announced new HD VOD content from CBS, Discovery Channel, Music Choice,
HDNet and Ovation TV. Other titles include a mix of free programs from a
variety of sources, including instructional videos from HowCast, movies
from FearNet and music programming from Blastro Music, as well as a number
of recently released blockbuster movies.
“Increasing our HD content through video on demand is just one more way
we’re making FiOS TV the first and best choice for home entertainment,”
said Strickland. “We’re aggressively creating a competitive TV offering
that includes the best content delivered over Verizon’s superior fiber
network — a combination that is a must-have for today’s consumers. Our
subscribers love video on demand because it frees them to enjoy a wide
variety of entertainment on their own schedules.”
Seventy percent of FiOS TV’s video-on-demand titles in both standard
and high definition each month are free of charge to subscribers. Titles
span a wide variety of content, including:
Free on Demand: Customers can watch many of their favorite TV shows on
demand for free, with a selection of thousands of titles each month,
including sports, lifestyle and kids programming from a variety of sources
like the NFL Network, HGTV, TLC, USA Network, Disney Channel and
Nickelodeon, as well as a variety of special-interest channels, such as
the World Fishing Network.
Movies on Demand: Current blockbusters and classic favorites, as well as
free independent film gems from the Film Fest Channel, are among the
hundreds of new and classic movies offered every month.
Premium on Demand: When customers subscribe to premium
services — including HBO, Cinemax and FiOS TV’s movie package, which
includes Showtime, Starz, the Movie Channel, Encore and Sundance
Channel — they can watch premium programming on their own schedules. The
service includes hundreds of movies and shows every month that are updated
daily.
Customers access video on demand simply by pressing the “VOD” or “On
Demand” button on their remote control, by using the main menu on FiOS TV’s
interactive media guide, or selecting the VOD channel.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a
leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless
communication innovations to mass market, business, government and
wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable
wireless network, serving more than 67 million customers nationwide.
Verizon’s Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers
innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world,
and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged
communications, information and entertainment services over the nation’s
most advanced fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employed a
diverse workforce of approximately 232,000 as of the end of the first
quarter 2008 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of
$93.5 billion. For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com.
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