That list currently consists of Mediacom and Verizon FiOS, but it may grow in the future.
Malamud, of Verizon FiOS, said that reach has its pros and cons for the company.
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For users in the U.S., we're also updating the Verizon FiOS app today with an additional 49 channels.
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Verizon FiOS on Xbox LIVE includes an interactive media guide with TV Guide listings, favorite channels, search and more.
ENGADGET: Xbox Live welcomes Vimeo and AOL On, boosts Verizon FiOS offering for Gold subscribers
According to Verizon, the would-be hacker's claims are bunk -- the leaked data has been available for months, and it's populated by Verizon FiOS customers.
Users with Verizon FiOS or Comcast cable television have a particular advantage, since the majority of channels from these providers are sent with a 'copy freely' flag.
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The new app will allow Verizon FiOS TV subscribers to access 26 live HD channels directly through their connected LG Smart TV or Blu-ray Player without any additional hardware required.
ENGADGET: Verizon FiOS TV app to deliver VOD and live HD to LG TVs HD
The premium Verizon FiOS application is available on all 2012 LG Smart TV series (LM9600, LM8600, LM7600, LM6700, LM6200, LS5700, PM9700, PM6700 and PM4700) and the BP620 LG connected Blu-ray player.
ENGADGET: Verizon FiOS brings its live TV streaming app to LG Smart TVs
Verizon Wireless reported record-setting customer additions in the quarter, while Verizon FiOS customer additions were higher in fourth-quarter 2012 than in the prior two quarters, despite the impact of Superstorm Sandy.
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TiVo and Windows Media Center users that rely on CableCARDs to get 'em HD goodness have had a unique reason to prefer Verizon FiOS TV over the competition, which is apparently at its last stop.
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The channel, which offers access to more than 15, 000 films, including Precious, Star Trek and the Tyler Perry flicks, as well as original series on multiple platforms, already counted Verizon FiOS, Charter and Cox among its distributors.
The TV Everywhere rights for the networks of NBCUniversal are part of a broader agreement for Verizon FiOS TV customers, which also includes the full suite of top-rated cable networks from NBCUniversal: USA, Bravo Media, cloo, Chiller, CNBC, E!
ENGADGET: Verizon and NBCUniversal bring TV Everywhere to even more places
Rob Marcus, Time Warner Cable's chief operating officer, said on an earnings call last week that Verizon FiOS had been "tough competitors" in New York and said Time Warner Cable was ready to match Verizon's aggressive marketing of the service.
"By bringing the technologically advanced Verizon FiOS TV service to the LG Smart TV, we are providing the best in entertainment in extraordinary new ways, further breaking down old technology boundaries, " said Eric Bruno, vice president of consumer and mass business product management for Verizon.
ENGADGET: Verizon FiOS TV app to deliver VOD and live HD to LG TVs HD
Craig Heffner, a researcher with Maryland-based security consultancy Seismic, plans to release a software tool at the conference later this month that he says could be used on about half the existing models of home routers, including most Linksys, Dell, and Verizon Fios or DSL versions.
Verizon said FiOS broadband customers rose a net 207, 000 to 4.3 million, while FiOS TV customers increased 192, 000 to 3.7 million.
Both Verizon and the cable companies say they will continue to compete intensively in Verizon's FiOS markets.
In addition, Verizon will give FiOS TV customers access to a preview of EPIX on-demand and epixhd.com in the coming weeks.
ENGADGET: Verizon to offer Epix movie channel / streaming service on FiOS, VCast
Analyst Levin says local officials are worried that Verizon's FiOS and similar services will only be available in the most affluent neighborhoods.
For the first time, Verizon's FiOS search on LG Smart TVs and Blu-ray players provide search results from a choice of 75 broadcast channels and Flex View content.
ENGADGET: Verizon FiOS brings its live TV streaming app to LG Smart TVs
Revenues for Verizon's FiOS fiber-optic services to consumer retail customers generated approximately 57 percent of consumer wireline revenues in second-quarter 2011, compared with approximately 48 percent in second-quarter 2010.
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"This comprehensive agreement benefits our viewers and Verizon's FiOS TV customers by making programming available across NBCUniversal's vast content portfolio wherever the viewer goes on any device, " said Matt Bond, Executive Vice President, Content Distribution, NBCUniversal.
ENGADGET: Verizon and NBCUniversal bring TV Everywhere to even more places
Verizon's FiOS is literally at the top of its industry in customer satisfaction and it isn't just the fiber running to the outside of its customer's houses that makes it so great -- although no one is saying FiOS is perfect -- it is the total package including how FiOS doesn't mark any content as Copy Once or marry CableCARDs to 3rd party hardware.
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Verizon's "FiOS" fiber-optic landline service is also dependent on power and backup batteries.
FiOS, Verizon's fiber-optic solution, and Exede, ViaSat's high-bandwidth satellite service -- two common secondary offerings -- happen to be the two frontrunners in the FCC's latest broadband performance report, which rates companies based on actual download and upload speeds compared to advertised bandwidth, among other metrics.
Carriers like Time Warner and Verizon( VZ) Fios can badmouth Netflix all they want.
And by tearing out the copper lines in a Fios neighborhood, Verizon's locked up the customer for good.
To access the online programming, Verizon customers must subscribe to FiOS TV.
ENGADGET: Verizon and NBCUniversal bring TV Everywhere to even more places
Available only to those in its (slowly) expanding FiOS network, Verizon is out to give subscribers a kinda sorta new way to watch television, and, of course, to cash in on the time-shifting craze while the window of opportunity is still open.
ENGADGET: Verizon to offer "Home Media DVR" to FiOS customers
Verizon customers who subscribe to both FiOS TV and Internet service can access the application via the Smart World section on LG's Smart TV interface.
ENGADGET: Verizon FiOS brings its live TV streaming app to LG Smart TVs
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