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Verizon Adds 53 HD Channels to FiOS TV in Richmond, VA

November 13, 2008

By Mike Peters

Verizon has announced the launch of 53 additional high-definition (HD) channels for its customers in the Richmond area. Subscribers in the area will now have more than 800 HD choices available at any time, with access to a total of 100 HD channels in the market and more than 700 HD video-on-demand (VOD) titles offered each month. Verizon will continue expanding its FiOS TV channel lineup this year, with a continued focus on HD content.
Verizon FiOS TV Offers 100 HD Channels in Richmond Area

FiOS TV customers in the Richmond area can view their favorite channels in HD, including Animal Planet, TLC, Science Channel, and Smithsonian Channel. New HD programming in the region now includes FX, The Biography Channel, and Superstation WGN HD.

Verizon FiOS TV Features Entertainment, News, and Sports Programming in HD

Additionally, Verizon has added Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel in HD, QVC, the Travel Channel, Planet Green, Disney Channel, Toon Disney, and ABC Family - all in HD. In addition, movie buffs now can get MGM HD and the Hallmark Movie Channel in HD as well as 12 new channels from HBO and 10 from Cinemax in HD, plus FiOS TV's Movie Package, which now offers 13 new HD channels from The Movie Channel, Starz and Showtime, including The Movie Channel Xtra, Starz Edge, Starz Comedy, Starz Kids and Family, Showtime, Showtime Showcase, Showtime Extreme, and Showtime 2.

Verizon has also launched five new HD sports channels: ESPNews HD, a 24-hour sports news television station; The Tennis Channel, with comprehensive tennis coverage; World Fishing Network, which provides recreational and sport fishing enthusiasts with an entertaining and comprehensive lineup covering a wide range of programming; Mav TV, a 24-hour network targeting men that features wrestling, fishing, roller derby, and gaming; and Speed HD, the nation's first cable television network dedicated to motor sports, with content that covers everything from racing to restoration to motorcycles, movies, and more.

In addition to the new HD content, Verizon has launched two new standard-definition channels in the region: Current TV and RFD TV.