Bringing a wide range of entertainment options to HDTV customers, Verizon FiOS (News - Alert) TV has decided to provide 100 or more channels of high-definition (HD) television in every market where the TV service is offered.

 

As the superior picture quality and improved sound quality of HDTV begins to work its magic in the customers, companies are waking up to the fact that there can be a real good business opportunity in this field. HDTVs will almost certainly replace the analogue TVs in the future and the trend is already visible even in the developing countries such as India.

 

Verizon (News - Alert) claims that with its FiOS TV, there is less pixilation or other digital distortion compared to other cable TVs. Calling its HDTV experience pure, the company states that its advanced all-fiber-optic network give customers the best HD experience with more channels.  

 

“There's HD on FiOS and then there's everything else," said Shawn Strickland, vice president of FiOS products for Verizon. "The immense capacity and superior quality of our advanced all-fiber-optic network give customers the best HD experience with more channels, pure HD picture-and-sound quality, and interactive features old-fashioned cable only dreams of.”

 

Many service providers in the HDTV domain often add additional compression to save on the bandwidth traffic. But Verizon says the pictures provided by the company are uncompressed and hence, customers get only the best.

 

Verizon FiOS is available for sale to more than 8.2 million homes and small businesses in 14 states. Over 1.6 million customers currently subscribe to the all-digital service.

 

Although the picture now looks rosy for Verizon, all was not well when the company decided to provide FiOS TV with a fiber network. The investors were not amused, and there were heated discussions about the decision of Verizon. But the company seems to have won over the disgruntled investors as it is getting higher average revenue per user and lower churn. The company also is seeing lower operating costs and therefore headcount requirements, as it told investors would happen.