Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Verizon Wireless Announces Major Expansion of Broadcast-Quality Mobile TV


V CAST Mobile TV Plays for the First Time on Wireless Phones in Suffolk County and Staten Island; Service Enhanced in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Northern New Jersey

Now more Verizon Wireless customers can access broadcast-quality television on select mobile TV-enabled handsets right in their neighborhoods. In a continuing effort to provide its customers with a wide range of multimedia and entertainment options, Verizon Wireless today announced the expansion of V CAST Mobile TV service to include:



-- The greater part of Suffolk County including Lindenhurst, West Islip,
Holbrook, Centereach and from Coram east to Riverhead
-- All of Staten Island
-- Enhanced service in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx
-- Portions of Essex, Union, Passaic and Morris Counties in New Jersey

V CAST Mobile TV was first introduced in Manhattan and limited portions of the surrounding boroughs and New Jersey in May 2007. Additional transmitters, added in September, expanded the service to include Nassau County, greater areas of Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, as well as Bergen and Hudson counties in New Jersey.

V CAST Mobile TV features live content and other programming 24 hours-a- day from well-known entertainment brands including CBS Mobile, Comedy Central, ESPN Mobile TV, FOX Mobile, MTV, NBC 2GO, NBC News2GO and Nickelodeon. Customers can watch their favorite network TV shows, sports and breaking news, including weather reports, when they're taking the bus or train to and from work, waiting at the airport, or killing time while waiting for the kids at school or in doctors' offices.

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