Verizon FiOS TV Customers Can Now Access Programming Information Through New Web Site
Posted on May 29, 2008
Filed Under Web 2.0
NEW YORK, May 29 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon FiOS TV customers now have a
new tool to augment their TV viewing experience, with the launch of the new
FiOS TV Central Web site. The site allows customers to use any desktop or
laptop computer to review their local TV schedules and information about
video-on-demand (VOD) and pay-per-view offerings. Soon, customers will also
be able to use the site to program their digital video recorders (DVR),
among other features.
The site offers a number of options for reviewing FiOS TV content,
including:
— A home page that offers select VOD trailers and featured titles; a
listing of the night’s primetime programs; regularly updated lists of
the top-watched TV shows and top-purchased VOD titles; and links to
each area of the site, including a help page.
— TV listings with a local channel schedule for the next 14 days and the
ability to filter by categories (day, channel or time; kids, sports or
high-definition programming; or movies).
— VOD titles and listings with information on each title and the ability
to filter by categories (genre, rating, expiration date or price/free).
— Search function that lets customers filter by TV shows, movies, VOD,
celebrity or pay-per-view.
Shawn Strickland, Verizon’s vice president of video solutions, said the
site is just the beginning of exciting things to come. “We’re focused on
giving customers the flexibility of accessing FiOS TV information and
services whenever they want, wherever they are,” he said. “Today, the FiOS
TV Central Web site offers the convenience of remote access to programming
information. In the near future, we’ll offer even greater interactivity
that gives subscribers even more remote control of their service.”
Verizon plans to add features to the site later this year that will
allow customers to control their DVRs (digital video recorders) and set up
and modify recordings remotely. Customers also will be able to order VOD
programming and other content and manage parental controls, among other
capabilities.
The FiOS TV Central site can be accessed at
http://www.verizon.com/fiostvcentral. Current customers can use their Verizon
Central usernames and passwords to log in. Consumers who have not yet
subscribed to FiOS TV can access the site’s homepage to gather information
about all that the service has to offer.
Verizon’s FiOS TV is delivered over the nation’s most advanced
fiber-optic network straight to customers’ homes and businesses. FiOS TV
delivers more than 400 all-digital channels, including approximately 30
high-definition (HD) channels in most markets and access to more than
10,000 on-demand titles, 70 percent of which are free. The VOD library also
now includes an increasing number of high-definition titles.
Consumers can check online at http://www.verizon.com/fiostv to learn more
about FiOS TV or call their local Verizon sales office or 888-438-3467.
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.
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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
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