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Verizon's FiOS TV expansions: December 6, 2008

by Darren Murph posted Dec 6th 2008 at 4:16AM


After a light week a week ago, Verizon has taken it pretty easy the past seven days too with just a handful of new FiOS TV expansions. Kicking things off are video franchise approvals in Danvers, Massachusetts and Lackawanna / Atlantic Beach, New York. Next, we're reassured that everyone's working as hard as possible to bring the fiber-based programming service to the City of Brotherly Love. Keep at it, folks -- we'll see you here next week. Same time (roughly), same place (definitely).

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Verizon's FiOS TV expansions: November 8, 2008

by Darren Murph posted Nov 8th 2008 at 4:05AM


Not only did Verizon pick up nearly a quarter-million new FiOS TV subscribers in Q3, but it's looking to make sure even more Americans have an opportunity to join in during Q4. This week, the carrier has received approval to light up its fiber-based TV service in several more New York communities -- Port Washington North in Nassau County, the Town of Fishkill / City of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County, Schuylerville, Throgs Neck and Edgewater Park in the Bronx, and Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn. Additionally, it added in 53 new HD channels in Richmond / Hampton Roads, VA, 10 more in Harrisburg, PA and 16 in Rhode Island. We'll see you next week -- here's to hoping your neck of the woods gets covered within the next seven days.

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New York City officially gifted with Verizon's FiOS TV: 100 HD channels

by Darren Murph posted Jul 28th 2008 at 9:02AM Breaking News


Not quite four months after Time Warner Cable completely and entirely revamped the HD lineup in New York / New Jersey, another big player has entered the Big Apple. NYC residents, meet Verizon. After tons of planning, drawn-out meetings and a bazillion approvals, FiOS TV is now available to order in 108 neighborhoods in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. Better still, the carrier is offering 100 high-definition channels in the area, and if all goes to plan, that number will creep upward even more in the not-too-distant future. Jump on past the break for a (long) list of the communities that can order service today. So, the big question: are any of you NYers making the switch?

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Roslyn Estates, NY becomes next stop on FiOS TV tour

by Darren Murph posted Apr 9th 2008 at 3:20PM


As Verizon prepares to phase out the final analog channels in its New York market later this month, it's not wasting any time stringing FiOS TV to more of the Empire State. Yep, folks camped out in Roslyn Estates on Long Island are one step closer to having access to the fiber-based TV service. Earlier this week, the Roslyn Estates Board of Trustees granted a video franchise to the company -- which claims to be one of the few carriers out there that doesn't compress its HD feeds after receiving them from networks -- and pending a review by the New York State Public Service Commission, service should be rolled out in the not-too-distant future.

Verizon gifts more of New York with FiOS TV access

by Darren Murph posted Dec 25th 2007 at 7:57PM


We know, it's not like outsiders feel that New York really needs any more FiOS TV, but nevertheless, the Empire State is getting additional access courtesy of Verizon. Reportedly, the operator has just received authorization to offer FiOS TV service to residents of the Westchester County villages of Sleepy Hollow and Briarcliff Manor, the town of Ossining and a dozen villages on the North Shore of Long Island. More specifically, denizens in Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, Kensington, Lake Success, Munsey Park, North Hills, Plandome, Plandome Heights, Plandome Manor, Russell Gardens, Saddle Rock and Thomaston can start getting their hopes up, as all that has to happen now is a review by the New York State Public Service Commission. Total number of NY communities now at least eligible for FiOS TV? 92.

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