verizon fios in nyc

[Harrelson 69]

Now that Veizion Fios is coming to NYC, what will Cablevision do to hold on to it's subscribers?

[nyranger74]

I don't think they will do anything. Fios has been in Long Island for awhile now. Fios still doesn't have the Rangers or Knicks in HD which is a huge reason not to go with Fios.

[Harrelson 69]

Good Point. If they get MSG and MSG + in hd then Cablevision will blink. Of course Cablevision owns these 2 channels, so I would not hold my breath that Fios will be getting it anytime soon.

[capt.video]

In NYC ( esp. Manhattan) it will be Time Warner that will do the worrying I hear that alot of people hate TW w/ a passion since in their service area they had no real choice...something like CV had in parts of their area ...it must be of some concern to CV b/c remember when their ads were; only on Cv..never on satellite ...now its "never on the phone co." & the SDV / International / Voom channels disaster is not really helping either

[sensming]

All the news announcing Fios in NYC also note that 100 HD channels will now be available on Fios in NYC markets - including parts of Long Island and Northern Jersey.

Hopefully *that* fact will light a fire under Cablevision...

[nyranger74]

Verizon's HD channel additions are more than impressive. All of the HBO, Cinemax, Starz and Showtimes are in HD. Plus Sci-fi and ESPNews. That blows Cablevisions crappy 15 additions, yay Hallmark Movie Channel. IF THEY JUST ADDED MSGHD, I would switch today and tell Cablevision to go to hell

[jpr281]

Not to mention CV still cramming 3 and 4 HD channels in 1 QAM, even after the new HD additions.

[RemyM]

IF THEY JUST ADDED MSGHD, I would switch today and tell Cablevision to go to hell

Which is exactly why Cablevision will not sell them the rights to carry MSG-HD.

[nyranger74]

If I wasn't such a big Ranger fan. I hate watching in SD. Well hopefully cablevision will match them in the coming weeks!!

[nikkoxyz]

Which is exactly why Cablevision will not sell them the rights to carry MSG-HD.

The fact that Cablevision does provide MSGHD to Time Warner's New York cable systems but not Verizon may come back to haunt them. It looks like FIOS is ratcheting up the pressure by going to the FCC to review the matter. I'm betting that that Cablevision will eventually lose and be forced to provide the channel on terms no worse than they do for Time Warner. In any case, it will be interesting to see how this plays out.