Verizon Trials FiOS Online

August 27, 2009 World Screen

NEW YORK: Verizon, a partner in the TV Everywhere initiative, has embarked on a trial service that will allow subscribers to its FiOS TV platform to access Turner Broadcasting content online.

The FiOS trial kicks off with TNT and TBS content but will soon encompass programming from other providers. Trial participants will be able to watch the programs on their computers using any broadband connection, logging in with their Verizon Online user names and password at the networks’ websites.

 

"As the appetite for instant, easy access to high-quality entertainment continues to explode, only Verizon is able to deliver to customers what they want, wherever they go," said Shawn Strickland, the VP of FiOS product management for Verizon. "Whether it’s at home through FiOS TV, FiOS Internet or Verizon High Speed Internet or on the go with Verizon Wi-Fi or V CAST Video from Verizon Wireless—Verizon is well ahead of the industry in listening to customers and giving them the access and control they’re clamoring for."

 

"When we first announced the TV Everywhere initiative, we hoped others in the industry would soon sign on to provide consumers with more on-demand television content over all platforms including broadband," added Jeff Bewkes, the chairman and CEO of Time Warner. "We are pleased to partner with Verizon to deliver TNT and TBS programming on-demand and online at no additional cost to customers and to do so in a progressive manner that builds the business for the future."