FUNimation Channel available on Verizon’s FiOS TV package

FORT WORTH, August 2: The
FUNimation Channel, a 24-hour digital network featuring anime programming,
launched on Verizon’s FiOS TV Premier package this week.

The channel is operated by
FUNimation Entertainment, which is a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation.
"We are very happy to bring top anime programming to Verizon FiOS
TV," explained Gen Fukunaga, the president and CEO of FUNimation
Entertainment. "We are confident the FUNimation Channel will drive
awareness of the Verizon FiOS TV offerings as we have the unique ability to
directly target 18- to 24-year-old entertainment fans, as well as video game
and pop culture audiences."

Verizon FiOS TV’s
collection of digital programming, which includes more than 20 high-definition
channels, is now seen in parts of north Texas, Florida, California, Virginia,
Massachusetts, Maryland and New York.

OlympuSAT, which
specializes in distributing independent digital programming networks, is the
exclusive distributor of the FUNimation Channel.