Verizon FiOS Introduces Remote DVR Access

January 20, 2009

By Jennifer Hull

Verizon is now offering its FiOS TV customers the option to access their Home Media DVRs remotely, either online or through select Verizon Wireless handsets. This option will give Verizon FiOS TV subscribers the ability to review, change or add recording requests, delete recorded programs, browse and search TV and video-on-demand listings, set parental controls, and more – all from a computer or wireless handset.

Verizon FiOS TV Customers Can Access DVR from Home, Office, or on the Road

"FiOS TV customers can now reach out and touch their Home Media DVRs wherever they go," said Shawn Strickland, vice president of FiOS products for Verizon. "Imagine the convenience of setting parental controls from your PC at the office, or using your cell phone to schedule a show for recording while you're away on vacation. This is the kind of freedom, flexibility, and control that FiOS TV delivers."

Customers can access the remote control service through Verizon's FiOS TV website (www.verizon.com/fiostvcentral) or by using downloadable software on their Verizon Wireless LG enV2, LG Voyager, or LG Chocolate 2 handsets. The wireless remote DVR capability will become available on additional Verizon Wireless handsets in the future.

Verizon FiOS TV Home Media DVR Features

These services are provided at no additional charge to FiOS TV customers who subscribe to Verizon's unique Home Media DVR, which allows customers to use one DVR to record programming that can then be watched on up to six other TV sets in the home. This includes simultaneously viewing up to three separately recorded programs on different TV sets, and the ability to pause recorded programming on one set and continue watching it on another.

Verizon FiOS TV Offers 500+ All-Digital Channels and 14,000 VOD Titles Each Month

The service offers a broad collection of programming, with more than 500 all-digital channels and 14,000 VOD titles each month – 8,500 are free of charge. Verizon's industry-leading VOD library also includes more than 1,200 HD titles per month. FiOS TV is currently available to more than 8.2 million homes in 14 states. FiOS TV's Home Media DVR is bundled with Media Manager, a feature that allows customers to access photos and music from their personal computers and play them on their TV or home theater system.

Only FiOS TV is delivered over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network straight to customers' homes and businesses.