Word is out that Verizon will launch their FiOS TV service in Keller, Texas and it appears they will be undercutting the competition. Keller was the first location to receive FiOS broadband service. Verizon's channel lineup and price guide surfaced in Keller for their FiOS TV service.

The specifics of the offering could change once FiOS TV is officially launched in Texas and in markets around the country.

The giant phone company will be conducting its first trials and plans to launch regular service by the end of the year. Residents of Keller are being told that they can now sign up for a 2 month free trial.

For more information about Verizon FiOS, see our Verizon FiOS category or our article, "Have you caught the FiOS fever?"

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Verizon is asking, "What's your game?" as it launches Verizon Game Services today. The online site at http://games.verizon.net is the place for on-demand, full-version computer and interactive games for all kinds of players. It's for anyone who loves to play games and has a broadband connection.

Verizon designed and customized packages for three types of game players: serious PC gamers who buy the latest games and want an online community experience with others like themselves; mainstream gamers, primarily adults, who play personal-computer games for recreation; and casual gamers, including parents, who buy card games, puzzles and educational games and want online safety and security for kids.

The Murrieta City Council Tuesday night (9/6) voted to provide residents with true choice for their cable television services, awarding a video franchise to Verizon for its Verizon FiOS TV product, to be delivered via the company's new fiber-to-the- premises (FTTP) network.

In awarding the franchise, this Inland Empire city of 80,000 residents becomes the second community in California to pave the way for improved competition in the cable television market. Verizon obtained its first video franchise in Beaumont, Calif., last year and has subsequently reached similar agreements with communities in Florida, Texas and Virginia.

The Manatee County Commission today voted for consumer choice and competition in the cable-TV market by awarding a far-reaching video franchise to Verizon for its FiOS TV product, to be delivered via its new, all-fiber network.

This is the largest population to be served by a Verizon franchise agreement so far. Manatee joins Temple Terrace as the second municipality in Florida to grant a franchise to Verizon as the company continues its campaign to be permitted to deliver television services to customers in its service territory.

Verizon announced separate content agreements with The America Channel, Blackbelt TV, Expo TV, LIME and the Pentagon Channel, giving future Verizon FiOS TV viewers more choices of entertainment and informational programming.

Under the agreements, Verizon will carry the channels on Verizon FiOS TV when it launches later this year. They will complement other major cable and network channels available to Verizon subscribers.

Verizon is rolling out the industry's premier consumer broadband services to a growing number of residents in Pennsylvania. The company is offering three tiers of service with downstream (download) speeds of up to 5, 15 and 30 Mbps (megabits per second).

Verizon is rolling out the industry's premier consumer broadband services to customers in Allendale, Franklin Lakes, Mahwah, Oakland, Ramsey, Saddle River and Upper Saddle River in Bergen County and Denville, Long Hill, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Rockaway Borough and Rockaway Township in Morris County. The company is offering three tiers of service with downstream (download) speeds of up to 5, 15 and 30 Mbps (megabits per second).

Verizon is rolling out its Fios (FYE'-ose) Internet Service to customers in Dedham, Marlborough, Medway, Middleboro, and Newton. The company is offering three tiers of service with approximate downstream (download) speeds of up to 5, 15 and 30 Mbps (megabits per second).

Verizon customers here can experience breathtaking high-speed Internet access as the company begins to offer its Verizon Fios (FYE'-ose) Internet Service to homes in Manhasset.

Verizon customers in Larchmont and Port Chester in Westchester County now can experience high-speed Internet access as the company begins to offer its Verizon Fios (FYE'-ose) Internet Service to homes here.

Verizon customers in Bethlehem now can experience breathtaking high-speed Internet access as the company begins to offer its Verizon Fios (FYE'-ose) Internet Service to the first community in the Albany area.

Verizon is rolling out the industry's premier consumer broadband services to customers in the Albany County community. The company is offering three tiers of service with approximate downstream (download) speeds of up to 5, 15 and 30 Mbps (megabits per second).

Verizon customers in Cicero and Fayetteville now can experience breathtaking high-speed Internet access as the company begins to offer its Verizon Fios (FYE'-ose) Internet Service to the first communities in central New York.

Verizon is rolling out the industry's premier consumer broadband services to customers in the Onondaga County community. The company is offering three tiers of service with approximate downstream (download) speeds of up to 5, 15 and 30 Mbps (megabits per second).

Verizon customers can experience breathtaking high-speed Internet access as the company expands its Verizon Fios (FYE’-ose) Internet Service to portions of the Herndon, Reston and surrounding Fairfax County areas.

Verizon Fios TV to Offer Turner Broadcasting News, Entertainment and Animation Networks, Including TNT in HD, CNN en Espanol

Verizon today announced a programming- distribution agreement with Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) to carry TBS, TNT, CNN, Headline News, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), CNN International, CNN en Espanol and Boomerang. It is the latest in a series of content agreements that Verizon has announced.

Tampa and Hillsborough County residents want choice, competition and an alternative to their cable TV company. In a poll conducted during the week of June 13, an overwhelming majority of those responding to the Verizon-sponsored poll expressed strong support for a fiber-optic alternative for television service.

Such an alternative would exist when Verizon begins to offer IPTV over its Verizon FiOS service.