Verizon has added 53 new HD channels to its FiOS TV service in the Washington metropolitan area. Some of those new high-def channels include Animal Planet, TLC, Science Channel and Smithsonian Channel. The service now provides 105 HD channels in the area and over 700 HD VOD choices. Full Story »
Disney-ABC Television Group and Verizon have agreed to offer ABC content through Verizon’s FiOS TV HD VOD (Video-On-Demand) library. FiOS subscribers can now get “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Lost,” and other TV shows on-demand, in high-definition, and free-of-charge one day after the broadcast premieres. Full Story »
Verizon is now offering 102 HD channels in California with the launch of 66 high-definition channels yesterday. With FiOS TV service, customers will have the option of over 800 HD titles if you include the 700 HD titles on-demand. Some of the new HD channels include Animal Planet, TLC, Science Channel and Smithsonian Channel. News channels include CNN, CNBC, Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel in HD. Full Story »
Verizon has added 53 new HD channels, and 15 new standard-definition channels to its FiOS TV service in the Fort Wayne, Indiana area. This brings the total number of high-definition channels in the area to 98, surpassing cable HD offerings. The company also now offers close to 800 HD VOD titles in the area. Full Story »
Verizon launched 57 more HD channels for its FiOS customers in Florida. In the area, FiOS now offers 88 HD channels, and over 700 HD VOD titles. Included in the launch were another 20 Standard-Definition channels including multicultural channels like Reelz, Veria TV and WAPA TV. Full Story »
Fiber-optic television provider Verizon, who recently announced its Extreme HD package, has added 57 HD channels in Texas. The high-definition channels are among 77 new channels added to the FiOS TV lineup. Verizon customers in the area now have access to 87 HD channels. Full Story »
Verizon is offering a new HD package that is $10 more than the previous HD package, but offers more than two dozen new HD channels. The new plan, called Extreme HD, is offered at $57.99 in most areas. It will replace the $47.99 Premiere package, which will no longer be offered where the Extreme package is available. Full Story »
Verizon is adding 39 new channels to its FiOS service in the Maryland and northern Virginia areas, that includes 19 new HD (High Definition) channels. If you include HD VOD (Video On Demand) options, FiOS TV customers in the area can now have 540 HD choices available at any time. Full Story »
Verizon adds 76 new channels to its FiOS service in the Philadelphia region, including 56 new HD (High Definition) channels. The area includes parts of southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware. Verizon says it now offers more HD than both Comcast and RCN can offer. Full Story »
Buffalo area residents now have the option of fiber-optic television service and 100 high-definition channels from Verizon, the company announced today. The initial FiOS launch will cover 60,000 households in the Western New York market, including Amherst, Hamburg, Orchard Park and Tonawanda. Full Story »
Verizon’s FiOS TV is now available to 80,000 households in Washington State, including 98 HD (High Definition) channels. The fiber-topic television service is now available in parts of Bothell, Brier, Everett, Edmonds, Kenmore, Lynnwood, Woodinville, Woodway and Snohomish counties. “This is liberation day for cable TV subscribers in Washington,” said David S. Valdez, senior vice president for Verizon’s Northwest region.” Full Story »
Verizon announced availability of FiOS TV in Ashland, MA, giving residents the option of HDTV via fiber-optics. Last week, Verizon added 75 more channels, 55 of them being high-definition (HD) channels, to their FiOS TV service in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Full Story »
Verizon added 55 new HD channels to its FiOS service in Massachusetts and Rhode Island today. At the same time, it also added 20 new standard definition channels for a total of 75 new channels. The new HD channels include Animal Planet, TLC, Science Channel and Smithsonian Channel, CNN, CNBC, Lifetime, Bravo, TBS, History Channel, Weather Channel, USA and SCI FI. Full Story »
Verizon has added its FiOS TV service in nine more New Jersey areas, giving residents the option of television programming from the fiber-optic provider. Verizon’s HD offerings reached 100 in Northern New Jersey recently, giving satellite providers DIRECTV and DISH some competition in the hi-def market. Full Story »
Verizon FiOS announced the launch of WFN HD (World Fishing Network HD) in the New York City metropolitan area. The network will be available on channel 597 in parts of the five boroughs area, Long Island, the suburbs just north of the city, and northern New Jersey. Pro anglers Charlie Moore, Bob & Wayne Izumi, Angelo Viola, Dave Mercer and J.P. DeRose provide an in-depth look at the sport of fishing. Full Story »
DIRECTV added 4 new HD channels yesterday but may have disappointed many customers who expected 30 new HD channels. The additions of ABC Family HD (Ch. 311), Planet Green HD (Ch. 286), Showtime Showcase HD (Ch. 541) and Showtime Extreme HD (Ch. 542) are welcome additions to the lineup but don’t bring the satellite provider’s HD offerings up to 130 as was promised. Full Story »
Verizon has added 16 new HD channels to its FiOS TV lineup in Richmond and Virginia Beach areas. Customers in the area now have 45 HD channels as well as 400 HD VOD titles to choose from. HD channels now available include Animal Planet, TLC, Science Channel, Smithsonian Channel, CNN, Lifetime, Bravo, TBS, Cinemax, HBO, History Channel, Weather Channel and SCI FI. Full Story »
New Jersey residents in the northern part of the state now get 100 HD channels if they are subscribed to Verizon’s FiOS fiber-optic service. The additional high-definition channels were announced yesterday, and southern New Jersey residents are expected to get the upgrade soon. Full Story »
Verizon has added additional channels to its FiOS TV lineup in the Pittsburgh area which includes 18 new HD (High-Definition) channels. The new HD channels include Animal Planet, TLC, Science Channel and Smithsonian Channel, CNN, CNBC, Lifetime, Bravo, TBS, USA, Cinemax, HBO, History Channel, Weather Channel and SCI FI. Full Story »
Verizon got approval from city councils in Bothell and Edmonds, Washington yesterday.This will allow Verizon to expand its FiOS fiber-optic television/internet/voice services to residents. FiOS offers 400 digital channels along with high-definition channels and VOD (video-on-demand.) Full Story »
