Verizon Upgrades Media Guide for FiOS TV

Wireless News
06-22-2011
Verizon Upgrades Media Guide for FiOS TV
Type: News

Verizon announced it is continuing to roll out the ninth major upgrade of its Interactive Media Guide, the operating system for FiOS TV.

According to a release, introduced in 2007, the FiOS TV IMG was the first broadband platform to pull together content from broadcast TV, the Internet and users' own personal media into one media- management system. It's since evolved into an in-depth, interactive TV experience, with applications for search, social networking, Internet video, personal media streaming, high-definition music, remote DVR controls, account management and billing functions, multi- screen/mobile viewing and much more. The latest upgrade will be made available to FiOS TV subscribers throughout the summer.
"At its inception, FiOS TV was designed to deliver a radically different home-entertainment experience," said Eric Bruno, vice president product management for Verizon's consumer and business services. "The vast variety of programming and capabilities we offered from the start of FiOS TV required an operating system that could organize and simplify content for customers. Every year we've added more advanced capabilities that have changed TV viewing from a one-way passive experience into an interactive and social journey of search, discovery, personalization and community."

Verizon recently used customer feedback gained from its product development labs, field trials and social media forums to create more than 25 of its latest upgrades to its FiOS TV IMG, including greater personalization, easier navigation, deeper search, bigger storage options and optimization for new 3D technology, the Company said.

"As customers explore the richness of their FiOS TV service, they'll find an easy-to-manage, highly interactive, technologically advanced offering unlike anything else available in the marketplace today, delivered over the ultimate, advanced all-fiber-optic network," said Bruno. "We're erasing technology boundaries to free customers to benefit from everything they're looking for in entertainment - at home and on the go."

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