Verizon Customers Can Remotely Program DVRs Online and From Phones

By Contributor Wireless and Mobile News on January 9, 2009 11:47 AM

Verizon FiOS TV viewers can now control their FIOS DVRs online or from select Verizon Wireless handsets.

On-the-go FiOS TV subscribers can remotely review and change or add recording requests. They can delete recorded programs, search listings and set parental controls

Customers can access the remote control service through Verizon's FiOS TV website (www.verizon.com/fiostvcentral) or by using downloadable software on their Verizon Wireless LG enV2, LG Voyager or LG Chocolate 2 handsets. The wireless remote DVR capability will become available on additional Verizon Wireless handsets in the future.

"FiOS TV customers can now reach out and touch their Home Media DVRs wherever they go," said Shawn Strickland, vice president of FiOS products for Verizon. "Imagine the convenience of setting parental controls from your PC at the office, or using your cell phone to schedule a show for recording while you're away on vacation. This is the kind of freedom, flexibility and control that FiOS TV uniquely delivers."

These services are provided at no additional charge to FiOS TV customers who subscribe to Verizon's unique Home Media DVR, which allows customers to use one DVR to record programming that can then be watched on up to six other TV sets in the home. This includes simultaneously viewing up to three separately recorded programs on different TV sets, and the ability to pause recorded programming on one set and continue watching it on another.

The service offers a broad collection of programming, with more than 500 all-digital channels and 14,000 VOD titles each month - 8,500 are free of charge. Verizon's industry-leading VOD library also includes more than 1,200 HD titles per month. FiOS TV is currently available to more than 8.2 million homes in 14 states.

FiOS TV's Home Media DVR is bundled with Media Manager, a feature that allows customers to access photos and music from their personal computers and play them on their TV or home theater system.