Verizon: 150 HD Channels in '08

摘要

Verizon Communications is taking on DirecTV in the arms race of high-definition channel expansion by promoting delivery of more than 150 channels by the end of 2008.rnVerizon plans to expand the number of HD channels available on its FiOS TV service starting in the spring of 2008. Initially doubling its current HD offering, which reaches 717,000 FiOS customers, to more than 60 channels, FiOS will also carry 1,000 HD titles on demand by the end of 2008.rn"It makes sense given Verizon's network," says Sanford Bernstein analyst Craig Mof-fett, referring to the company's fiber-to-the-home system. "One' of their obvious sources of competitive advantage is raw bandwidth."