Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) may see HBO as its main threat, but now it may be facing another challenger in Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), which is rumored to be mulling its own online video service.
As Verizon continues to wind down its Fiber to the Hom…
Verizon this morning announced that the company is offering FiOS customers several new options, increasing the ability to pick and choose bundle components. Previously, FiOS customers were offered three FiOS service levels, varying depending on the con…
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Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) isn’t ruling out the possibility of someday offering its users an over the top (OTT) online video service, but right now it will focus on increasing its FiOS TV service customer base.
Fran Shammo, Verizon’s CFO, said i…
Last year we discussed at length how with the exception of several major cities like New York, Washington DC and Philadephia, Verizon’s FiOS expansion is essentially over for now. That left a significant number of markets suddenly wondering why they we…
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) FiOS TV subscribers that are sports fans will soon have yet another medium to get their fix as they’ll be able to watch ESPN content live online from the comfort of their PC or laptop.
Over any broadband connection, FiOS TV customers…
Having already made a big dent in the U.S. online video market, Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) believes it can make a similar impression in Canada. Conquering the Canadian online video market won’t be easy for Netflix, which will initially focus on just selling online video streaming. Not only will Netflix have to compete for consumer eyeballs with [...]
Soon Verizon (NYSE: VZ) FiOS TV customers will have even more online video content to choose from as the telco has expanded its agreement with Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX). Joining the online lineup, one that was launched in June with the introduction of Turner’s TNT and TBS, Verizon will add three new online video [...]
Turner Broadcasting and Verizon have announced that the two companies have expanded Verizon’s “TV Anywhere” Internet video ambitions by providing FiOS TV customers with access to TBS and TNT content. According to the companies, users will now have access to show from these channels 24 hours after they air on regular TV. Users can access [...]
While Frontier’s $8.5 billion acquisition of six million users consists largely of DSL and landline customers, there are roughly 100 million FiOS customers that also have been transitioned to Frontier. Back in June Frontier’s now-changed FAQ insisted nothing was supposed to change for these FiOS customers except for a “more focused local management approach for [...]