FiOS TV On for 12 More Cities in SoCal
Verizon Adds 129K Households for Fiber-to-the-Home Video Service
By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 3/23/2007 12:12:00 PM
Three weeks after receiving California’s first state-issued video franchise, Verizon Communications Friday began offering FiOS TV to 129,000 households in 12 cities in Southern California, and it plans to roll out the service to a total of 500,000 homes in the region by the end of 2007.
In the Los Angeles area, Verizon is going after Time Warner Cable, which has suffered chronic customer-service problems following its takeover of systems from Adelphia Communications and Comcast there. Time Warner last week named Barry Rosenblum -- head of its New York division -- to run the L.A. division, as well, replacing former president Roger Keating.
"Thanks to the state's new streamlined video-franchising law, Verizon is able to accelerate deployment of its FiOS TV service and offer consumers something they've never had before: incredible picture and sound clarity and innovative new services, all from a brand they know and trust," Verizon West region president Tim McCallion said in a prepared statement.
FiOS TV is now available in these Southern California communities: Chino, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Lakewood, Long Beach, Montclair, Pomona, Santa Monica, Stanton, Torrance and Westminster, as well as “many unincorporated areas” of Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County.
The telco already offered TV service in 17 communities under locally negotiated franchises. With the expansion, FiOS TV passes 350,000 homes in Southern California. The California Public Utilities Commission earlier this month granted Verizon a cable franchise that allows the telco to offer FiOS TV service in 45 cities throughout Southern California.
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