Nov. 4, 2009 (PR Newswire) -- ALLENTOWN, Pa., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Residents of Pennsylvania's Queen City now have a superior choice for television entertainment delivered over a superior all-fiber optic network - FiOS TV from Verizon.

"Consumers in Allentown now have a better alternative for TV," said Mary Yarbrough, vice president of marketing and sales operations for Verizon's Mid-Atlantic region. "Our advanced fiber-optic network was built for HD and super-fast, two-way Internet speeds, giving consumers a choice that is truly different from their current cable TV providers."

Verizon is initially offering its award-winning FiOS TV service to more than 3,100 households in parts of Allentown, bringing consumers here a wide array of programming, 128 high-definition (HD) channels, and more video on demand (VOD) and faster Internet speeds than old-fashioned cable TV.

Where FiOS TV is available, consumers now can bundle FiOS TV service, FiOS Internet Service and the Verizon Freedom Essentials unlimited calling plan, for as little as $79.99 a month* for the first six months. Consumers also can combine Verizon Wireless service, Freedom Essentials, FiOS TV and FiOS Internet services into money-saving quad-play bundles that cable companies can't offer.

Verizon's FiOS TV was ranked highest in the East Region in the J.D. Power and Associates "2009 Residential Television Service Provider Satisfaction Survey" for the second consecutive year. In the television study, FiOS outperformed all competitors measured in overall satisfaction and three factors: performance and reliability, cost of service, and offers and promotions. Verizon's consumer broadband services also outperform all their competitors when it comes to overall customers satisfaction in the East, according to the J.D. Power and Associates "2009 Internet Service Provider (ISP) Residential Customer Satisfaction Study"(SM) released Oct. 28.

Customers interested in FiOS TV can visit www.verizon.com/fiostv or call 1-888-GET FiOS (888-438-3467) for more information.

FiOS is also available to small and medium-sized businesses. Business customers can learn more about business-grade FiOS services at www.verizon.com/bizfiostv, or by calling 877-FiOS BIZ (877-346-7249).

FiOS TV Service Highlights

FiOS TV service highlights include:

--  More than 600 all-digital channels in Allentown grouped by genres such
as entertainment, sports, news, marketplace, music, movies and family,
making it easy for audiences to find their favorite programming.
--  A total of 128 HD channels available in Allentown, with extraordinary
clarity and theater-quality sound.
--  An industry-leading library of more than 18,000 video-on-demand (VOD)
titles each month, 70 percent of which are free. In addition, the VOD
library includes more than 2,400 HD titles per month.
--  An innovative interactive media guide (IMG) that provides
next-generation, personalized interactive services, along with content
from TV listings, VOD catalogs and the digital video recorder (DVR), as
well as personal music, videos and photos from a home network.