Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Fox extends TV Everywhere
Fox has added Verizon Fios TV and Mediacom to the list of multichannel providers who will give next-day access to its primetime shows. In July, Fox became the first broadcaster to push the online availability of primetime series to eight days after years of providing next-day access via Fox.com and Hulu, where parent company News Corp. is part owner. Dish signed on as the only distributor to provide next-day access to its subscribers as of Aug. 15. Verizon has already been imposing the delay as of Oct. 1 while Mediacom is expected to join in a few more weeks. No other broadcaster has yet to follow Fox's TV Everywhere strategy, though ABC and NBC also make their programs available on Hulu. Their parent companies, Walt Disney Co. and NBCUniversal decided, together with fellow Hulu owner News Corp., not to sell Hulu earlier this month. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com
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That is cool that Verizon is now on board with having Fox shows available the next day. I have DISH Network as my provider/employer and they have had shows available the next day for quite sometime on DISH Online. I love going there if I missed an episode and the best part is not waiting the 8 days to have it available.
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