Apr 01
Verizon’s latest DVR is less set-top box and more home media server: with six tuners and a 1TB hard drive, you can add a second DVR unit to record up to 12 channels at once and feed 10 TVs at any given time.
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Dec 17
Subscribers to the Verizon FiOS TV and internet service as well as the Xbox One’s Xbox Gold program will find no less than a full-fledged app for the service. This means that users will be able to browse 74 live channels with next-generation console as easy as it would be to tap with any other […]
Sep 20
As we first noted back in 2010, Verizon has allowed its FiOS TV users to watch live TV from their iPad while connected to their home wireless network, adding an element of mobility to its service. This service has finally been expanded, with Android and iOS users now being able to watch live TV from […]
Sep 20
Verizon FiOS Mobile on Android and iOS can now stream live TV from anywhere
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The shackles have been officially removed. If you’re one of the many folks using FiOS Mobile on Android or iOS, then you’re aware the app’s live TV streaming feature has only worked while being connected to one’s own home network. Beginning today, though, Verizon will allow FiOS TV subscribers to view real-time content even when away from their humble abode, via the FiOS Mobile Android and iOS applications. The number of networks supported is pretty short, with only nine being onboard at the moment — this includes the Travel Channel, BBC America, BBC World News, EPIX, HGTV, DIY, Tennis Channel and, on the iPad, the NFL Network. But, as they say, you’ve got to start somewhere, and chances are this channel lineup will become more robust in the weeks ahead.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Internet, Software, HD, Mobile, Verizon
Via: TechCrunch
Source: Google Play, App Store, Amazon Appstore
Aug 22
Normally, content providers and pay-TV platforms striking deals to deliver channels to subscribers is sort of non-news. But not every signed contract comes against the backdrop of an almost month-long blackout affecting millions of customers. While Time Warner Cable is still CBS-less, Verizon has locked up the broadcaster’s channels for another three years, including CBS Sports Network, which has been missing in many of FiOS’s larger markets.
If you read between the lines of the press release (embedded after the break), you’ll see this message isn’t aimed at customers or even the news media, it’s directed squarely at Time Warner. New York, Los Angeles and Dallas — the three cities that are currently mired in the blackout — are called out specifically as areas where CBS stations are available through FiOS TV. As part of the statement released, president of television networks distribution Ray Hopkins said, “This deal was reached in a short period of time, and CBS has once again achieved fair value for our over-the-air rights.” And, just to rub some salt in the wound, the press release ends with a reminder that CBS also owns the highly desirable Showtime. With the war of words clearly continuing between the two feuding media giants, we wouldn’t hold our breath for a resolution anytime soon.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD, Verizon
Via: RCR Wireless
Jul 22
Jul 22
File this under batshit crazy. Verizon is now offering a 500/100Mbps service tier where FiOS is available.
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Jul 22
It’s been just over a year since Verizon unveiled FiOS Quantum, a new feature in Verizon’s fiber optics offering that allows for even faster download speeds than the company’s initial FiOS service. At the time, they revealed a 300 Mbps service that seemed absolutely insane, but this time around, Verizon has upped the ante even more, with a new 500 Mbps tier.
Verizon says that the new tier gives Verizon the crown of the “fastest internet speeds available in FiOS markets,” which is pretty hard to argue with. Of course, Google’s Fiber is twice as fast, but FiOS isn’t available in those areas. With the new tier, you’ll be able to download files at 500 Mbps and upload files at 100 Mbps.
Verizon says that these kinds of speeds will allow you to download a two-hour, 5GB HD movie in just under a minute and a half, or you’ll be able to upload a file like this to the cloud in only seven minutes. Of course, depending on your location and circumstances, you most likely won’t get speeds that exactly match the speeds that are advertised.
Limited availability for this new tier is available starting today, with certain areas in all FiOS markets equipped for the 500 Mbps tier. However, Verizon hopes to expand the new tier to cover their entire FiOS footprint by the end of the year. The cheapest that you can get the new 500 Mbps service is for a whopping $310 per month if you order double play service, and internet alone will cost you $370 per month.
Verizon FiOS Quantum outs new 500 Mbps internet tier is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jul 22
The broadband speed wars continue to rage, and today, Verizon announced that it’s throwing down with its fastest tier yet. With a download speed of 500 megabits per second (and an upload speed of 100Mbps), the leap forward marks the latest evolution of the company’s fiber-optic Quantum Internet Service, which rolled out last summer. To put those numbers into perspective, you’ll be able to download a 5GB HD movie in 1.4 minutes or upload a 100MB file in eight seconds, assuming you’re operating at full speed. Verizon is hoping to gradually introduce its newest speed tier to all FiOS markets by 2014, with limited availability starting today. To hear what Big Red has to say about it, check out the video after the break.
Jul 19
Got FiOS TV? Then you can stream ABC and Disney TV shows. Verizon has reached a deal with Disney that offers authenticated access to the full slate of Watch ABC and Watch Disney online services, including Disney Junior, Disney XD and the yet-to-launch ABC Family. There are no quirks or catches involved, and Verizon has also agreed to carry Fusion, a Hispanic-oriented news and lifestyle TV channel launching later this year. FiOS TV subscribers wanting to catch up on their Motive episodes can start streaming today.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD, Verizon
Via: Variety
Source: Verizon
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