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Verizon Launches New Interactive Features in New York

October 24, 2008

by Michael Peters

Verizon has introduced new interactive FiOS TV features for its customers in New York. FiOS TV's Interactive Media Guide (IMG), which provides a next-generation video service, now gives customers such unique new features as games, purchasing power via remote control, more widgets that provide on-demand access to information and entertainment, and other exciting options.

"FiOS TV gives customers an experience they can't get from cable," said Bob Driscoll, Verizon regional vice president of sales. "The immense two-way capacity of our fiber network allows us to continually introduce interactive capabilities that give our customers richer, more robust and personalized entertainment."

New FiOS TV Features Include Streaming HD Video

The new features include streaming of recorded HD video on Verizon's Home Media DVR which lets customers stream recorded high-definition (HD) programs to six other TV sets in a home which is equipped with HD set-top boxes. The feature, which has been available for standard-definition programming, includes the ability to watch three separately recorded shows on three sets at the same time, plus pause recorded programming in one room and continue watching in another.

Customers will also be able to create two separate lists of favorite channels and filter channels in the guide when they may want to see only HD content, international channels, or kids' programming.

With "Wait for Me," Verizon customers can pause live programming, change channels, and then return to the paused program and pick up where they left off. No part of a program will be missed with this new feature.

Verizon FiOS Widget and Games

New free FiOS TV widgets offer customers one-touch, on-demand access to local weather and traffic reports that are viewed on the TV screen. Now customers have more widgets, including daily national news, daily horoscopes, sports headlines, and community news, based on the customer's zip code and featuring information submitted by local municipalities.

With the remote control, Verizon FiOS customers can access chess, solitaire, wordplay, and Sudoku anytime. The chess, solitaire, and wordplay features are initially available to customers who use Verizon's HD set-top boxes.