In short, Verizon FiOS TV now emulate the way TV channels are transmitted in
cable systems. Looks like they are planning to switch over to IPTV instead
(which means, using IP also for the walled-in MVPD service).
In the past, FiOS TV only used IP for on demand viewing, not "live" channels.
Hard to say, but all this mention of OTT sounds misleading. I don’t see Verizon
planning to offer their IPTV-based MVPD service to anyone other than FiOS
customers. Still, a total shift to IP would be interesting.
Bert
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http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/verizon-testing-advanced-tv-features-fios/413292
Verizon Testing ‘Advanced TV Features’ for Fios
Trials limited to select group of employees, customers
6/07/2017 9:40 AM Eastern
By: Jeff Baumgartner
Verizon confirmed that it is testing “new advanced TV features” for Fios with a
select group of employees and customers.
Citing an offer from Verizon to a small set of customers, DSL Reports said this
week that the service provider was beta-testing an IPTV service, and offering
those subs a free year of voice, broadband and TV service for joining the trial.
"You’re invited to be part of a select group of consumers to participate in a
trial of some of our newest in-home entertainment features," Verizon told those
customers in an e-mail, according to DSL Reports. "This is a unique
opportunity to test-drive these exciting new TV features in advance of general
availability to the public."
Verizon isn’t detailing the precise nature of the TV trials, but in March Light
Reading reported that the company was showing off a next-gen, IP-powered
version of Fios TV at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, Spain.
Verizon reportedly is looking for the new IP-only platform to succeed its
current hybrid QAM/IP system and also enable a new, more personalized user
experience for set-tops and mobile devices.
Light Reading also reported then that the new platform leans on a revised
gateway/client architecture.
Verizon confirmed that trials are underway, but is not discussing any product
details yet, with an official adding that “there is no guarantee that the
products, services, features, equipment, or content from the trial will become
available.”
Though the features being tested are tied to Verizon’s primary Fios TV service,
company chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam told an investors conference last month
that Verizon also plans to kick the tires on a new over-the-top video offering.
“The platform will be in place to do an over-the-top sort of play…and we’ll go
out and test it,” McAdam said then, noting that its acquisition of AOL and its
pending one for certain assets of Yahoo will fit into the OTT initiative. “But
we have not committed to a launch date or anything. We’re going to see how this
evolves.”
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