Verizon FiOS TV viewers can now control
their FIOS DVRs online or from select Verizon Wireless
handsets.
On-the-go FiOS TV subscribers can remotely review and change or add recording requests. They can delete recorded
programs, search listings and set
parental controls
Customers can access the remote control service through Verizon's FiOS TV website (www.verizon.com/fiostvcentral)
or by using downloadable software on their Verizon Wireless LG enV2, LG
Voyager or LG Chocolate 2 handsets. The wireless remote DVR capability
will become available on additional Verizon Wireless handsets in the
future.
"FiOS TV customers can now reach out and touch their Home Media DVRs
wherever they go," said Shawn Strickland, vice president of FiOS
products for Verizon. "Imagine the convenience of setting parental
controls from your PC at the office, or using your cell phone to
schedule a show for recording while you're away on vacation. This is
the kind of freedom, flexibility and control that FiOS TV uniquely
delivers."
These services are provided at no additional charge to FiOS TV
customers who subscribe to Verizon's unique Home Media DVR, which
allows customers to use one DVR to record programming that can then be
watched on up to six other TV sets in the home. This includes
simultaneously viewing up to three separately recorded programs on
different TV sets, and the ability to pause recorded programming on one
set and continue watching it on another.
The service offers a broad collection of programming, with more than
500 all-digital channels and 14,000 VOD titles each month - 8,500 are
free of charge. Verizon's industry-leading VOD library also includes
more than 1,200 HD titles per month. FiOS TV is currently available to
more than 8.2 million homes in 14 states.
FiOS TV's Home Media DVR is bundled with Media Manager, a feature
that allows customers to access photos and music from their personal
computers and play them on their TV or home theater system.