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		<title>Verizon FiOS announces rate hikes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, Verizon announced its first rate hike, increasing the average monthly bill for video services by about 5%.  The rate hikes will only affect new customers, plus existing customers that make changes to their account after January 14, 2007.   The changes will not affect existing customers so long as they do not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fioswatch.com/2006/11/17/verizon-fios-announces-rate-hikes/</link>
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		<title>Fios reaches agreement with Cablevision</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, November 16, Verizon announced a multi-year agreement with Cablevision&#8217;s Rainbow Media to distribute their sports and entertainment programming to FiOS subscribers.
The agreement covers AMC, IFC, WE tv, fuse, along with its on-demand channels, Mag Rack and Sportskool.  It also covers sports networks, such as MSG, FSN New York, FSN New England, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fioswatch.com/2006/11/17/fios-reaches-agreement-with-cablevision/</link>
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		<title>FiOS adds ESPN Gameplan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of the next week, Verizon will be adding ESPN Gameplan to its FiOS TV systems.  ESPN Gameplan features over 250 college football games from the BIG12, BIG TEN, BIG EAST, SEC, ACC, PAC-10, WAC, MAC, and BELT divisions.
ESPN Gameplan is already available on FiOS systems in CA, FL, and TX, with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fioswatch.com/2006/10/06/fios-adds-espn-gameplan/</link>
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		<title>Verizon to add 37 new international channels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, Verizon Communications reached an agreement with GlobeCast World TV to supply its FiOS TV service with 37 new international channels in 18 languages from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.  The channels will be available on a subscription basis, with select programming available via video-on-demand.
Globe TV, a division of France Telecom, offers such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fioswatch.com/2006/10/05/verizon-adds-new-international-channels/</link>
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		<title>New HDTV channels coming in November</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my executive contacts at Verizon informed me today that 2-3 new high-definition channels are coming to the FiOS TV service by the end of November.
While they would not confirm the names of the channels, I was told that high-definition versions of regional sports networks are coming to markets that don&#8217;t yet have them. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fioswatch.com/2006/09/25/new-hdtv-channels-coming-to-fios-in-november/</link>
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		<title>Verizon FiOS charts plans for 2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, Verizon celebrates the one-year anniversary of its FiOS fiber-optic television service.  As part of the announcement, FiOS described some of its plans for year two of the television service.
Verizon now offers FiOS TV service to more than 80 markets in North Texas, California, Florida, Virginia, Massachusetts, and New York.  FiOS will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fioswatch.com/2006/09/22/verizon-fios-charts-plans-for-2007/</link>
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		<title>DirecTV sued for degrading HDTV quality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In November 2004, subscriber Peter Cohen filed a lawsuit against DirecTV for misrepresenting its high-definition service.  DirecTV claimed to offer high-definition, when in fact it was offering something less.  DirecTV sought to keep the case out of the public&#8217;s eye by attempting to compel arbitration in the case.  This week, Los Angeles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fioswatch.com/2006/09/20/directv-sued-for-degrading-hdtv-quality/</link>
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		<title>FiOS expands service in North Texas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, Verizon expanded its FiOS TV service to an additional eight cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.  Effective immediately, most Verizon customers in Allen, Corinth, Denton, Double Oak, Hebron, Lucas, Parker, and St. Paul can order Verizon TV service.Â  Verizon intends to offer FiOS service to more than one million Texans by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fioswatch.com/2006/09/16/fios-expands-service-in-texas/</link>
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		<title>Verizon hints on next-generation FiOS software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The September 14 edition of the Wall Street Journal details some of the struggles Verizon had had in working with Microsoft to expand the software and features of its set-top boxes and digital video recorders.  The article also provides some hints on what&#8217;s to come for Verizon FiOS service in the next six months.
According [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fioswatch.com/2006/09/14/verizon-hints-on-new-fios-software/</link>
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		<title>Tivo Releases Series3 HDTV DVR for digital cable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tivo finally released its next-generation Series3   HDTV DVR. This is Tivo&#8217;s first product designed for digital cable and high-definition television. It replaces the cable box.
The Tivo Series3 fully supports Verizon FiOS TV service.
The TiVoÂ®  Series3â„¢  HD box seamlessly integrates tuners for analog, off-air digital, and digital cable to allow owners to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fioswatch.com/2006/09/13/tivo-releases-series3-hdtv-dvr-for-digital-cable/</link>
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