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Verizon Offers More Than 100 HD Channels in California

October 24, 2008

by Jennifer Hull

Verizon FiOS TV has launched 88 new channels, including 66 additional high-definition (HD) channels, in California. FiOS TV customers in the area now have more than 800 HD choices available at any time, with 102 HD channels 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 major focus on HD content. By year-end, Verizon plans to offer all available major HD programming.

Limited Time Offer of Free HBO, Cinemax, and DVRs for Verizon FiOS TV Customers

For a limited time, consumers who sign up for FiOS TV in California will receive one year's free use of either an HD DVR (digital video recorder) or an HD Home Media DVR. With Verizon's Home Media DVR, customers can use one DVR to record programming that can be watched on up to six other TV sets in the home. This includes viewing up to three separately recorded programs simultaneously on different sets, and the ability to pause recorded programming on one set and continue watching it on another. 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 view them on their television.

And for movie fans, Verizon is also offering new FiOS TV customers, or existing customers who upgrade to a bundled package, one free month of HBO and Cinemax, which includes more than 25 premium channels and access to hundreds of additional titles on VOD. New customers who take advantage of this offer will save between $200 and $260 the first year, depending upon the DVR customers choose.

Verizon FiOS TV Adds Many Popular HD Programs

The new FiOS TV HD channels include Animal Planet, TLC, Science Channel, and Smithsonian Channel. And customers can enjoy new HD programming from Lifetime, Bravo, TBS, History Channel, Weather Channel, USA, SCI FI, FX, and the Biography Channel.

For those who want the best in news, Verizon has added CNN, CNBC, Fox Business Network, and Fox News Channel in HD. Home-and-leisure show viewers can now enjoy QVC, the Travel Channel, and Planet Green, while kids and teens can enjoy their favorite shows on the 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, plus 11 new Cinemax channels and 13 new HBO HD channels. And sports fans can enjoy eight new HD sports channels.