Verizon FiOS Mobile app for iPad updated with streaming access to 75 channels

Verizon FiOS Mobile app for iPad updated with streaming access to 75 channels

The first time we saw Verizon’s FiOS Mobile app for the iPad, it was showing off the ability to stream live TV channels directly to the tablet. Unfortunately when it was released later in 2010 that feature was nowhere to be found, and it was limited to remote control. Today, an update (that we’d heard it was testing) has rectified that by allowing users to stream any of 75 channels, as long as they’re connected to their home WiFi network. FiOS also offers similar features in its apps for the Xbox 360 and Samsung’s Smart TV platform. The update also tweaks the remote control pairing process and notes iOS 6 support, subscribers can check it out at the source link, as long as they bring their My Verizon account details. Take a peek after the break for a picture of which channels are included, helpfully sorted by genre.

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Verizon FiOS TV Media Server due in the coming months, delivers content to 3rd party devices


Verizon FiOS TV Media Server to be out in the comming months, deliver content to 3rd party devices

Fall is officially here and we’re closing in on the final quarter of 2012, a time when products usually get real or fade into the vapor forever. One that we’ve been waiting to hear about just got a little more real as the Verizon Media Server (VMS), which Big Red teased last December and promised in 2012, got a little mention in the company’s latest comments to the FCC. While attempting to persuade the FCC to standardize an IP content interface and delay the December 2012 deadline, Verizon revealed that the rollout of its new product will begin in the coming months. The full feature set of this server is still unknown, but one interesting feature is its ability to stream multiple high-def stream simultaneously to 3rd party devices connected to your home network. Of course without a industry wide streaming standard — again, like Verizon is requesting the FCC to ratify — who knows exactly what devices could be in the mix.

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Cable, IPTV providers reportedly testing cloud-based HD gaming for launch next year

Cable, IPTV providers reportedly testing cloudbased HD gaming for launch next year

The next generation of consoles from Sony and Microsoft haven’t even been announced yet but their best competition may be from your cable TV / internet provider, according to a report from Bloomberg. The only-too-eager-to-talk people familiar with the matter named AT&T U-Verse, Verizon FiOS and Time Warner Cable as services preparing tests before the end of the year with general availability planned for 2013. Comcast and Cox were also name dropped as potential candidates to bring console-quality HD games directly to customers, based on tech from startups like Playcast, CiiNOW and Agawi. Of course, while we’ve seen this sort of setup before (as seen above, check out an awesomely 90s Sega Channel ad after the break) and recently from OnLive and Gaikai, cloud gaming has yet to catch on in a major way. Whether this potential approach is all smoke or will actually turn into reality has yet to be seen, but after TV Everywhere we wouldn’t be surprised to see providers toss in gaming as another incentive for subscribers not to cut the cord.

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Cable, IPTV providers reportedly testing cloud-based HD gaming for launch next year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fox Broadcast app now available to Xbox Live customers with Dish and FiOS subscriptions

FOX Broadcast app now available to Xbox Live customer with Dish and FiOS subscriptions

Xbox Live frontman Larry Hryb (aka Major Nelson) took to his blog on Tuesday to announce that Dish and Verizon FiOS customers can now download the Fox Broadcast app for Xbox 360 to stream next-day Fox programming. In order to use this free app, you’ll need a paid Xbox Live Gold subscription. In addition to keeping you up to date with recent episodes of Fringe and Family Guy, this new app also includes access to legacy series such as House and 24. Like most things Xbox, the Fox Broadcasting app features Kinect integration, because everything is “better with Kinect,” right?

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Fox Broadcast app now available to Xbox Live customers with Dish and FiOS subscriptions originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TiVo settles patent lawsuit with Verizon for at least $250 million, is ‘exploring’ Redbox Instant support

While some patent lawsuits continue to drag on, the battle between TiVo and Verizon over DVR technology has come to a resolution. In exchange for cross licensing their patents and dismissing all pending litigation, the two parties have agreed Verizon will pay TiVo $100 million up front followed by recurring quarterly payments totaling $150.4 million through July 2018, as well as monthly license fees for each FiOS DVR user above certain levels. Now that they’re no longer at war the two companies may find a few things to work together on, and there is a provision for “certain commercial initiatives” which, if pursued this year, could count as credits toward the amount Verizon has agreed to pay.

Additionally, the press release indicates they are exploring support for the upcoming Redbox Instant service (which Verizon is a partner in) on TiVo’s DVRs. This all follows TiVo’s $215 million settlement with AT&T earlier this year and last year’s $500 million agreement with Dish Network. Meanwhile, lawsuits are still pending against Cisco, Time Warner Cable and Motorola. The press release is after the break and associated filings are linked below, with any luck this infusion of cash will help TiVo on new projects like dropping the price of the Stream.

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TiVo settles patent lawsuit with Verizon for at least $250 million, is ‘exploring’ Redbox Instant support originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Verizon sends invitations to closed trial of FiOS TV app for iOS with live streaming

Verizon sends invitations to closed trial of FiOS TV app for iOS with streaming

Want to know the definition of frustration? Try being teased with a FiOS TV app that supports live streaming, only to be denied when the app shows up. The end to that (admittedly mild) form of torture may be in sight. Engadget has learned through a tip that Verizon is sending invitations among a limited group to test a new FiOS TV iOS app with the usual schedule browsing, DVR control… oh, and live TV. Flex View On Demand videos and local media should be on tap as well, although it’s not clear whether or not any of the options will require an active link to Verizon’s fiber or cellular networks to watch. The trial leaves some time to go before we’re tuning in through a bedside iPhone 5; even so, it suggests the gap between hope and reality is about to close.

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Verizon sends invitations to closed trial of FiOS TV app for iOS with live streaming originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Editorial: Cutting the cable cord is a young trend going in the right direction

Editorial Cutting the cable cord is a young trend going in the right direction

This week I bought a Roku. Late to the party? Yes, but not as late as you might suppose. Roku has sold about 2.5 million streaming media boxes since the product launched in 2008. Approximately 1.5 million of those units moved in 2011, indicating an acceleration of demand. Coincidentally, those numbers roughly represent the cord-cutting movement: Reportedly, 2.65 million cable subscribers ditched their service between 2008 and 2011, with about 1.5 million of those defections happening in 2011.

While cable cord-cutting is a trend, the movement is occurring in the context of customer inertia. About 100 million customers subscribe to cable, satellite, and other pay-TV providers (e.g. AT&T’s U-Verse). The problematic value proposition of cutting the cord will probably keep massive inaction in place for the short term, but cannot, I believe, withstand long-term marketplace demands.

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Editorial: Cutting the cable cord is a young trend going in the right direction originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Verizon FiOS TV app lands on Samsung smart TV

Back in January, we heard that Samsung and Verizon were teaming up to bring a FiOS TV app to Samsung’s line of smart TVs. The app would mean that subscribers to FiOS TV wouldn’t need a set-top box to access their content; they can simply launch the app. That would make for a much less cluttered entertainment center and give room for more devices near the TV.

Since the announcement that the app was being worked on back in January, we haven’t heard much about what was going on with the app. As of this week, Samsung has announced that the FiOS TV app is now available for download and installation on 2012 model Samsung smart TVs. The app can be downloaded via the Samsung Smart Hub.

Owners of compatible Samsung Blu-ray players can also download the app and access FiOS TV content. The app is offered for free on all supported platforms without requiring a secondary set-top box. It allows access to 26 different channels as of now. The channels include CNN, MTV, HBO, TBS, TNT, Food Network, and HGTV.

The channels are only available if the subscriber is paying for a package that includes the networks. The app allows users to access over 20,000 different movies and TV shows available each month through Flex View, which is an on-demand movie service. The app also has parental lock options requiring a PIN number to access mature content and to authorize the rental or purchase of on-demand content.


Verizon FiOS TV app lands on Samsung smart TV is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Samsung and Verizon introduce FiOS TV app

Samsung and Verizon have worked together to deliver incredible flexibility to consumers in the form of a FiOS TV app. Basically, this means FiOS TV subscribers are now able to stream live TV channels as well as experience Flex View video-on-demand content straight on compatible Samsung Smart TVs in addition to Smart Blu-ray players without the need to fork out additional money for a set-top box. This is truly a first-of-its-kind app on the Samsung Smart Hub platform, enabling Verizon’s FiOS TV and FiOS Internet subscribers to enjoy 26 live FiOS TV channels, not to mention having the luxury of choosing from over 20,000 FlexView on-demand movies and TV shows.

Verizon is proud to be the first TV provider in the US that offers such video content straight on Samsung’s Smart Hub App Store. FiOS subscribers who currently have either FiOS TV or FiOS Internet subscriptions are able to download the free FiOS TV app in a jiffy. Parents can also heave a sigh of relief as the FiOS TV app will come with a host of parent friendly features including parental PIN options which will help restrict access to mature content, not to mention a purchase PIN is required before any rentals or purchases can be made. [Press Release]

Update: if you are curious, this works only on 2012 Samsung Smart TVs. This was confirmed to us by Samsung.

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