Displaying articles for: July 2009
Social networking is alive and well on FiOS TV. We’re now adding new features to the FiOS TV Facebook and Twitter Widgets. And we’re letting Verizon At Home blog readers know about it first.
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Some readers are asking how to install the Verizon Wi-Fi service we announced earlier this week. Here’s what you need to know.
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It looks as though Cablevision didn’t notice a few Verizon FiOS firsts. For starters, a truly searchable listings for TV and VOD, a media guide that searches all home media, not just TV show listings, fast upload speeds, and not to mention Facebook, Twitter and ESPN Fantasy Football on TV.
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This week, we participated in a very cool event in NYC with one of our TV partners, Blip.tv. Held at Blip.tv’s Soho offices, we joined the who’s who of new media to celebrate Blip.tv’s expanded distribution, new partnerships, and redesigned video-management dashboard for show creators.
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Check out Dan Frommer's "Chart of the Day" at the Silicon Alley Insider blog. It shows that that Telco TV is gaining more digital TV subscribers each quarter than big cable.
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It looks like the addition of WiFi for Verizon broadband customers is getting plenty of attention. You had questions, we have answers.
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We’re now using two new smaller ONTs, or optical network terminals, that don’t take up much space and make it easier to install our FiOS services in places where space is limited – like apartments.
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Verizon has reached a deal with EPIX, a new movie channel that would be available to FiOS TV subscribers this fall.
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It’s hard to imagine that up until a year ago, New York City – the city with the best of everything – didn’t have a world-class TV provider.
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Free Wi-Fi service for millions of Verizon FiOS Internet and High Speed Internet (HSI) customers is available now, adding another new advantage for Verizon broadband users.
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Consumer demand for Verizon’s wireless, broadband and video products in the second quarter 2009 showed resilience despite the U.S. recession.
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Another paper has found Justin McMurry. Justin, of Keller, TX, is one of the most active Community Leaders on the Verizon Forums, and lately he’s getting more press than Barack Obama. This time the story is in the Ft. Worth Star Telegram.
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There’s been a lot of chatter over recent months aimed at the nation’s wireless companies. Today the president of Verizon Wireless, Lowell McAdam, sent a letter to the New York Times refuting some popular myths repeated frequently in the press and online.
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Starting today, new Verizon High Speed Internet (HSI) customers can get a great deal on TV services including great football with the latest package from Verizon. We’re letting readers of the Verizon At Home blog know about this first here.
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The Phillies had the Cubs on the ropes early, so I switched over to watch the Yanks, and the game was just replayed on FiOS TV in the NYC area.
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In addition to your discussions about Verizon residential services, you've had a lot to say about our customer service and billing. And it's clear that you think we could improve in some areas. Let me tell you about a couple of things we are doing to take Verizon customer service to the next level.
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On Wednesday, Verizon launched our Widget Bazaar applications store and said Internet Video on FiOS TV would be available soon. I’m happy to report that today, Internet Video and a new My Videos feature are now available for all FiOS TV Home Media DVR customers, free of charge. |
The buzz about our social TV enhancements to Verizon FiOS TV is growing as news of our new Facebook and Twitter widgets spreads – along with our upcoming introduction of Internet video streaming from the PC to the living room TV screen.
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USA Today reports this morning that the FCC will investigate big cable's efforts to block pro sports games from competing TV services Read more...
In an era when even the Pope has a Facebook page, it’s clear that social media have forever transformed the way we communicate and interact with one another.
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Bill oversees the Verizon telecom customer experience, consumer bundles, DSL, e-commerce and small business. He helps customers learn about efficient ways to manage their Verizon services.
Maitreyi is responsible for Verizon's entertainment products. Check out @VerizonFiOS on Twitter, for insight, thoughts & news about FiOS TV.
Alberto is in the public relations group. He loves to share tech, sustainability, feel-good, and random news of interest. A happy FiOS quad play customer, he likes to use his family as guinea pigs.
Deidre is a member of the consumer PR team and loves to talk everything FiOS and everything football. She’s also a happy Triple Play customer.
Phil has been extolling the virtues of FiOS ever since he had his Triple Play installed and can’t image how he ever managed without it. He writes about developing technologies that enable him to fuel his addiction to movies and sports whenever he wants, no matter where he is.
Caroline manages the Verizon FiOS Google+ page, capturing the latest in entertainment, technology, sports and everything in between. She loves using social media and the written word to extend the FiOS conversation.