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FiOS Users Get More Internet Video Options – Turner Broadcasting and Verizon expand ‘TV Everywhere’

Published on July 29, 2010 By Don

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 [...]

Frontier FiOS Customers Lose Some Services With Transition – Largely Internet video options you may, may not have watched

Published on July 6, 2010 By Don

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 [...]

Verizon Unveils Their ‘TV Everywhere’ Plans – FiOS TV and Internet users get access to TBS, TNT content

Published on May 13, 2010 By Don

Verizon this week unveiled their plans to join the cable industry’s “TV Everywhere” initiative — which involves offering paying TV customers (only) the ability to watch some paywalled content online. The industry believes the idea will help them prevent “cord cutters” — or those who turn to Internet video as an alternative to those now [...]

CenturyLink will maintain Qwest’s local look and feel

Published on April 29, 2010 By Don

When Monroe, La.-based CenturyLink completes its acquisition of Qwest next year, there’s an obvious fear by both customers and employees that the company will lose its connection with the local communities it serves, but it appears that won’t be the case. Although the combined company, which will continue to be known as CenturyLink, will be [...]