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FOX shows missing on ON DEMAND

forya1

I just got my Fios Monday (april 27th). I am learning the ropes with the STB's but I can't seem to find the Fox shows on On demand. I am looking for Fringe in HD.

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forya1

Also, are there any HBO HD items on On Demand? All of the other prieminum channels have HD ON Demand, except HBO.

Also my wife just told me that her "little people, Big world" show cut out after just 20 Mins. and it is a 1 hour show. Could there be something wrong with our box?

Keyboards

FOX is not carried in the on demand selections. Don't know if this FOX's not releasing shows for on demand or if FiOS just doesn't carry them. You can watch some of their shows on line (haven't any experience with other cable systems on demand).

HBO HD on demand used to be there but disappeared a while ago. Again, don't know if that is HBO's doing or FiOS.

jmcohen231

FOX is in bed with Directv, thus, they won't support their network shows to Comast/FIOS. I vaguely recall seeing FX available on-demand with Comcast, but I think it was one or two shows.

psumatt1

Also, there is no HD On Demand for HBO - this is HBO's decision, not Verizon.

TimSykes

Almost any show on TV, excluding premium channels have all the shows on their websites. If I ever miss a show I will just go to Fox.com, ABC.com hulu.com etc and watch what I miss. And its a better picture then what you will see on demand. Plus if you have a HDMI video card and it plugged into you 50" plasma it works perfectly.

jmcohen231

I concur with TimSykes.

I know of someone that refuses to sign up for cable b/c he can view all of these shows for free online.

TimSykes

@jmcohen23 wrote:
I concur with TimSykes.
I know of someone that refuses to sign up for cable b/c he can view all of these shows for free online.

I almost did the same thing, but then Verizon tossed out a great deal when I went to cancel the install.

wessock

"Little People, Big World" is usually only a half hour show, not an hour. If you watched it On Demand, without the commercials, it's only a little over 20 minutes so I think it probably worked fine.

Tested

@jmcohen23 wrote:
FOX is in bed with Directv, thus, they won't support their network shows to Comast/FIOS. I vaguely recall seeing FX available on-demand with Comcast, but I think it was one or two shows.

Actually, News Corp no longer owns DirecTV. Fox decided some time ago not to do on demand with anyone. They wanted to push everyone to their websites. You can go to local Fox TV station websites and watch many of their most popular shows online. You can also find them on hulu.com. I think this was primarily Fox's recognition that the web is the cheapest way of distributing this content in a manner that allows them to collect all the potential ad revenue.

jmcohen231

well, they may no longer own them, but that doesn't mean that there is some controling influence (similar to how Altria Group spun off Kraft Foods, but Altria Group controls 98% of Kraft Foods in stock)

Tested

Let me try to clear this up. News Corp spent years trying to buy Direct TV and finally succeeded a few years ago. The investment was okay, but did not pay off as well as News Corp wanted. Cable mogul John Malone and his Liberty (or whatever it's called) group increased their ownership of News Corp to a level that made Rupert Murdoch and family uncomfortable. So, Murdoch made a trade: Malone gave up his shares in News Corp in exchange for News Corp's ownership in DirecTV.

News Corp has a friendly relationship with DirecTV in many ways because of this past ownership. However, it has no bearing at all on News Corp's decision not to put programming on cable system's on demand services.

forya1

I posted this on the FIOS TV fourm, but it works here too:

Here is the link to HBO's On Demand customer feedback form Tell them you want HD OnDemand

http://www.hbo.com/apps/submitinfo/hodschedule/submit.do

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