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Damascus next Oregon town to receive FiOS TV

by Darren Murph, posted Jun 4th 2008 at 10:04PM


You downtown Portland residents must be cringing right now. Shortly after Happy Valley received word that FiOS TV was on the way, yet another locale on the outskirts of town is getting the same notification. Damascus is one step closer to having yet another option when it comes to programming, as the City Council voted to grant Verizon a cable franchise just this week. At this rate, the entire city of Portland will be surrounded with this stuff in a matter of months, but we all know how Verizon is about infiltrating actual metropolises.

Happy Valley, Oregon all set to receive Verizon's FiOS TV

by Darren Murph, posted May 25th 2008 at 8:22AM


As the competition heats up between Verizon and Comcast in the Greater Portland area, the former has just announced that Happy Valley -- located just southeast of Portland -- will be the next locale in the Beaver State to receive FiOS TV. Just this week the Happy Valley City Council voted to grant a franchise to Verizon, paving the way for its fiber-based television services to arrive in the city. Once rolled out, 18 communities in Oregon will have access to FiOS TV, though we're not given any sort of time frame in which to expect a launch date.

Comcast comes through with 11 HD channels in Oregon, SW Washington

by Darren Murph, posted May 1st 2008 at 5:53PM

Over a month ago, we heard that Comcast would be bringing a respectable helping of new high-def options to the Portland area, but given the carrier's history of promising and not delivering in the region, we held off on celebrating prematurely. Break out the champagne folks, as we've received numerous reports from the area that the operator has indeed delivered on the day it said would, adding in Disney Channel HD (741) , ABC Family Channel HD (739), Discovery Channel HD (707), TLC HD (738), Science HD (772), Food HD (766), Animal Planet HD (743), SciFi HD (759), CNN HD (744), AMC HD (771) and TBS HD (755) to Oregon and Southwestern Washington. Also of note, Comcast launched its AnyRoom On Demand service to all digital cable subscribers, and for those kosher with a bit of SD every now and then (crickets?), NHL Network is also landing on slot 418.

[Thanks, Brad]

Verizon brings HD VOD to Oregon FiOS TV customers

by Darren Murph, posted May 1st 2008 at 5:10AM


Not even half a year after Verizon strung its FiOS TV service to Oregon, those very subscribers are now getting access to HD VOD. The carrier has been on quite the roll of late, dishing out HD VOD to a slew of other states just a month prior, but this marks the first time Beaver State residents can yell "me too!" For starters, you can look forward to seeing content from CBS, Discovery Channel, Music Choice, HDNet and Ovation TV, and if Verizon has its way, it'll be offering up 1,000 HD VOD titles per month by the close of 2008.

Comcast readying 11 HD newcomers for Portland, Oregon

by Darren Murph, posted Mar 26th 2008 at 11:24AM

Just months after Verizon expanded its FiOS TV service to reach even more of the greater Portland area, Comcast is making moves in a presumed attempt to keep locals hooked on cable. According to several users in the area, Comcast has notified them that 11 new HD channels will be emerging on May 1st. Granted, we're a bit concerned about how they'll actually look once launched -- and considering the history here, if they'll launch -- but those curious to know what new additions are slated to hit Portland's HD lineup can click on through for the full list.

[Thanks, Brad and Keith]

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Comcast TiVo headed to Portland, Oregon?

by Darren Murph, posted Mar 14th 2008 at 4:44AM


Along with gigantic patches of FiOS availability, New England is also basking in the glory of having Comcast TiVo all to itself. Thankfully, all that could be changing. According to a report from a Comcast user in the Portland, Oregon area, two different installers informed him that Comcast TiVo would be making its way into the area in the not-too-distant future (read: summertime). Of course, we kinda sorta knew the technology would eventually spread from the Northeast, but we're eager to see if in fact it'll hit up any more states on its (hopeful) trip west.

[Thanks, Justin]

48000 more Portland-area homes getting FiOS services

by Darren Murph, posted Jan 23rd 2008 at 8:33PM


Right before our very eyes, Portland, Oregon is quickly becoming a mecca of all things HD (not really, but you get the idea). Not even a full month after we learned that FiOS TV was coming to the area and its local NBC affiliate started newscasting in high-def, Verizon has now announced that some 48,000 more homes in the Portland Metro area will soon have access to FiOS. You heard right -- hordes of domiciles in the communities of Beaverton, Sunnyside / Damascus, McMinnville, Forest Grove, Gresham, Tigard, Tualatin and Camas / Washougal can look forward to receiving access to FiOS TV and high-speed internet. No word on a launch date for any of the aforementioned locales, but hold tight, VZW is blazing a path to those areas as we speak.

KGW NewsChannel 8 first newscast in Portland to go HD

by Darren Murph, posted Jan 23rd 2008 at 2:57AM


The good news just keeps on coming for HD junkies in Oregon, and now you can finally sit down after a long, hard day cramped up at the office and enjoy your news in high-definition. After five months of acquiring / installing new equipment, KGW NewsChannel 8 is broadcasting live in HD; furthermore, it will be utilizing an HD sky-cam to show "live, detailed pictures of the weather in Portland." As the first news station in the area to go HD, it's also getting a leg up by promising HD video from its Sky8 aerial camera. Now, if only Greg Oden would get healthy, all really would be well, eh?

Verizon FiOS TV goes to Oregon

by Ben Drawbaugh, posted Dec 14th 2007 at 5:15PM


Here's some news that will most certainly make many in the greater Portland metropolitan area very happy, FiOS has obtianed carriage agreements for TV service and will start offering service almost immediately to Aloha, Beaverton, Cornelius, Dundee, Durham, Hillsboro, King City, McMinnville, Newberg, Tigard, Tualatin and Wilsonville. And, customers in Forest Grove and Sherwood can expect service later this month. This expands the nations largest fiber to the home provider to thirteen states and 410,000 potential subscribers. Having viewed their HD channels first hand, we can tell you that the picture quality is hard to beat, as long as you don't mind waiting around for them to add capacity for all the new HD channels they are planning on adding.




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