The Ski Channel plans to get off the lift and onto the slopes starting Dec. 25. Its launch date set, the video-on-demand service also has signed distribution deals with DirecTV and Verizon’s FiOS that bring its subscriber base to about 15 million, Ski Channel founder and CEO Steve Bellamy said. Mr. Bellamy...
Major League Baseball’s MLB Network and the MLB Extra Innings Package will be offered on Verizon’s FiOS TV service under a multiyear deal announced today. MLB Network, which debuts Jan. 1, will be available via FiOS TV’s Essentials and Extreme high-definition packages. FiOS also will offer MLB Network...
Disney-ABC Television Group has made a deal with Verizon to make ABC shows available on video-on-demand to FiOS TV subscribers. Terms of the deal call for Verizon to disable the fast-forward button so that viewers cannot skip through the commercials contained in a show. The shows are being offered in...
Verizon Communications said today that customer growth for its FiOS television service accelerated during the third quarter, echoing last week’s similar report from AT&T on its U-verse service. The growth indicates that fiber-optic TV services may be continuing to pull customers from cable and satellite...
Verizon’s FiOS this week stormed the Big Apple armed with 100 high-definition channels. Too bad a New York-based stock analyst gave the fiber-optic television service a Bronx cheer. FiOS’ HD channel inventory trails only U.S. satellite TV leader DirecTV, which said this week that it will have 130 HD...
Verizon Communications’ subscriber growth for its FiOS fiber-optic television service slowed during the second quarter as the company cut back promotions while competing satellite and cable companies may have stemmed customer defections. Verizon also began selling FiOS to New York City customers today...