Verizon Creates FiOS TV Website

NEW YORK -- Verizon FiOS TV customers now have a new tool to augment their TV viewing experience, with the launch of the new FiOS TV Central Web site. The site allows customers to use any desktop or laptop computer to review their local TV schedules and information about video-on-demand (VOD) and pay-per-view offerings. Soon, customers will also be able to use the site to program their digital video recorders (DVR), among other features.

The site offers a number of options for reviewing FiOS TV content, including:

Shawn Strickland, Verizon’s vice president of video solutions, said the site is just the beginning of exciting things to come. “We’re focused on giving customers the flexibility of accessing FiOS TV information and services whenever they want, wherever they are,” he said. “Today, the FiOS TV Central Web site offers the convenience of remote access to programming information. In the near future, we’ll offer even greater interactivity that gives subscribers even more remote control of their service.”

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ)