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Exercise TV On Demand FiOS

I don't know if anyone else has noticed but Exercise TV was taken off of the VOD line up Jan. 1st 2012. I have no idea why nor have I heard anything from Verizon regarding this change. I just finished a live chat with a Verizon rep who is not sure if Exercise TV was in fact removed. I read an article online on New Year's day stating that most cable and satellite companies would be removing Exercise TV from On Demand by the end of 2011. The article did not specify a reason for this change. I for one am not pleased at all by this decision. I really enjoyed the exercise programs and would greatly appreciate Verizon FiOS to reinstate it in their TV line up. Please let me know if you have heard anything in regards to this matter. Maybe with enough pull we can get this program back on VOD Smiley Frustrated

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Paul991

My wife discovered this change only this morning .... and is so upset that she wants to cancel Verizon (as this is the latest straw -- she is none too happy with the phone messaging system .... sometimes she has to dial-in literally 5 or 6 times to access voicemail). I spoke with Service (after being on hold for 14 minutes...) only to be told that this is a Sales issue. After being transferred (and again, being placed on hold for several more minutes), I was told that this is an "On Demand" issue -- Verizon purchases On Demand as-is and "gets what it gets;" however, "IF I WANTED TO PAY MORE ...." I had switched from Comcast due to their **bleep**-poor service ... but it looks like Verizon is rapidly gaining ground as the top (bottom?) contender. We pay > $1600 per year for our service. Am now checking back into Comcast to see if they have better programming.

ernice

I think it's insulting of Verizon not to let subscribers know when key programming like Exercise TV is removed from the line up. It cannot be that they thought no one would notice. Therefore, it must be that they don't care. I am really disappointed, since I switched to Verizon from Comcast because of that same kind of attitude.

ernice

I just found the following link about Exercise TV. I guess it's not Verizon's fault...

http://www.examiner.com/weight-loss-in-national/exercsetv-on-demand-channel-website-shutting-down

spicelisa

I want my exercise tv back! Please bring it back!:womansad:

McCormick2

That's so funny about exercise TV. I went looking for the videos this morning and have spent 30 mins trying to find out what happened. I think it's a shame if they indeed removed it. A lot of us depend on those videos because of the convenience and variations that they offer. Im wonder why would they do away with it. What am I going to do Now? But I did see a few videos under the fitness and yoga, but they were very dry and boring. Verizon needs to get it in order.

jmunoztx

Hey I noticed no Exercise TV this morning!!...What's going on? Why weren't Verizon customers notified. I need my Exercise TV!!

jojo4291

Hi All,

Yes in fact they have gotten rid of Exercise TV without sending any warning to its customers. I loved Exercise TV and want to cancel with verizon and find a cable company that offers this. This was very convenient to me and my family and to cancel it is outrageous. Please reply all of you out there so we can let Verizon know that we will not accept this change. This was part of our package deal and to not notify us is just wrong!

concerned Verizon Customer

tns

@jojo429 wrote:
Hi All,
Yes in fact they have gotten rid of Exercise TV without sending any warning to its customers. I loved Exercise TV and want to cancel with verizon and find a cable company that offers this. This was very convenient to me and my family and to cancel it is outrageous. Please reply all of you out there so we can let Verizon know that we will not accept this change. This was part of our package deal and to not notify us is just wrong!
concerned Verizon Customer

Its Exercise that is shutting down not Verizon dropping them.

admom

I am really unhappy about this too. Shouldn't we have been notified?

Steph25c

I am so upset about this!! When I realized this morning it was gone I called my mother in RI who also realized the same when she attempted to exercise this morning. I switched to fios for exercise tv and am seriously considering switching now. This is outrageous and I feel it's a punishment for them not getting their $2 payment fee.

sherrylcsw

Ditto. I turned on the tv this morning in order to exercise and was met with an unpleasant surprise. I've had my share of upset with Verizon regarding continuing price increases. I am going to check with Comcast to see if they still have Exercise TV.

sherrylcsw

Thanks for the clarification. I will miss it.

Chris712

Woke up this morning and wanted to work out. Much to my surpise, they removed it. They've replaced that channel with Discovery Health & Fit...which is a bunch of crap. I'm so upset. I had a feeling that they were going to get rid of it when they stopped changing the videos over the past 2 months. It seemed like they were all repeated and no "new" ones were popping up. Nice of Verizon to give you a heads up that it was being taken away. They let you know when they add/replace channels, but for the VOD they don't say anything. I wish that they would bring it back. I liked the convenience and really enjoyed doing my favorites. So sad...

CharleneD1

I can't believe they removed Exercise TV on Demand!!! I went to start my exercising this morning and it was GONE!!!! We need to fight to get it back!!!!!!

bjmom

Yup, it's gone! I found MAG RACK On Demand. It definitely is not Exercise TV, but they have some Fitness and Yoga stuff.

tns

@CharleneD wrote:
I can't believe they removed Exercise TV on Demand!!! I went to start my exercising this morning and it was GONE!!!! We need to fight to get it back!!!!!!

"In an open letter on its website, ExerciseTV announced on 25 November 2011 that it will be closing its Video OnDemand channel and website on 31 December 2011, although select programming will continue to be available for purchase"

CharleneD1

After I realized Exercise TV on Demand was removed today from Verizon I went to the internet and found that letter from November 25, 2011 stating that Exercise TV closed its Video OnDemand channel.

Does anyone know who we can contact at Exercise TV and give our thoughts of disappointment or maybe a website?

Maybe another Exercise network can take its place. In the winter months and even the hot summer days it was so convenient to be able to exercise indoors. Especially for safety reasons for those who might exercise alone.

jarm2

Soooo disappointed that it's no longer available. Verizon needs a comparable replacement.

kport1

Yes - I too am very disappointed with the elimination of excercise tv - before switching to verizon several years ago, I checked to see if excercise tv was also offered by verizon.

shannon341

I live in MA & Exercise TV is not On Demand anymore? Anyone have any ideas why?

mrsfully

I am SO disappointed that Exercise TV was discontinued Please find another on demand exercise provider or more commercial free programming with work outs and yoga instruction. THANK YOU

mrsfully

I feel the same way. Loved Exercise TV and introduced many friends to the channel as it was always difficult to find and never promoted....

karlakatza

It's gone in Texas too! By reading other blogs and searching online, it looks like its gone from other states and it all started on the 1st of the year. Others have called Verizon and their customer serivce don't have an explanation. I will be calling them tomorrow and requesting to get it back.

lpjonas

I have been trying to find my exercise tv videos for the last two days. I am very disappointed that it has been dropped from on demand- and without warning. Is there a way to reinstate it?

sistasoul13

I was shocked and in awe on yesterday when i was checking to see what workout I will be doing on the weekend and discovered that there was no Exercise TV!!! I was **bleep** to say the least. This is what I can afford by having it on demand! I can not afford a gym membership right now, but since I am ALREADY paying for the FIOS service, I thought it cool that I had this at my disposal. This service has helped me in my weight management for the past two months to shake up my workouts! And to think that now they have taken something away from the customers who have already been paying for the service SUCKS!! I can't wait til my contract ends. I am switching over to Comcast! Verizon has been giving whack service for the past two years! I am tired of trying to get a customer representative on the line that keeps sending me all over the nation/department and then having the line drop.

shidi01

I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THE FACT THAT VERIZON NO LONGER OFFER EXCERVISE ON DEMAND. I AM LOOKING FOR A COMPANY THAT STILL OFFERS THIS FEATURE AS IT IS NUMBER ONE IMPORTANCE TO ME. I PAY ALOT OF MONEY EACH MONTH TO VERIZON AND IF I NOW HAVE TO PAY TO JOIN A GYM, THAN I WILL HAVE TO CANCEL SERVICES AND REDUCE THE COST OF MY PLAN. BRING EXERCISE ON DEMAND BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tns

Please.

Exercise TV is gone from all providers and internet acces. They, Exercise TV, announced it back in November.

Only limited episodes are available for purchase through Apple iTunes and Amazon.

bobbo527

Before anybody else makes themselves look foolish by threatening to drop FiOS or some other silly threat, educate yourself on what has happened with Exercise TV. Verizon did NOT DROP it, it went OUT OF BUSINESS.

http://www.examiner.com/weight-loss-in-national/exercsetv-on-demand-channel-website-shutting-down

Quotes from the article:

"ExerciseTV, the popular on-demand channel for workout videos on many cable and satellite networks, announced today that the channel and accompanying website would be shutting down Dec. 31."

"some ExerciseTV workouts will still be available on iTunes and through Amazon"

It's not Verizons fault. Now maybe they'll replace it with something else, I cannot answer that.

Allure123

I just switch to Verizon Fios fromComcast, and the one channel I wanted was Exercise TV, I would have not switch to Verizon if I knew that Verizon was going to take this channel off. They never said a word about it , why would they, they were getting a new customer. I am very disappointed and upset. I feel like I am a Comcast Customer all over again, being lied to and I only have had a Verizon customer less than a month, and I am locked into this company now for 2 years. I am hoping they will get enough responses from the current Bios customer base , who are dedicated to Exercise TV to get it replaced !!!

tns

Again not Verizon's doing. Exercise TV closed its doors.

Patika

I also just discovered Exercise TV is no longer there and am NOT happy about this. I love Exercise TV. Was a notice sent out? Will it be made available again? I demand my Exercise TV! (MTV I don't care about unless it returns to videos only)

wjn1

You can find exercisies on Fios. It is in the "Mag Rack" of On Demand. There are some new types of exercises, as well as some they had before. I am disappointed they did away with the Leslie Sansone walking videos. I wish Verizon would notify us of these type of changes!

tns

The on demand channels of this type of channel was not even of one of those regularly carried channels, just available over the internet. They don't really advertise them as available, you essentially just have to find those Verizon carry.

In this case Exercise TV essentially shutdown its service and that was that.

IMinCA1

I was disappointed too..I did some digging, it looks like ExerciseTV were the ones that shut down, not Verizon. You can read up on it here : http://www.examiner.com/weight-loss-in-national/exercsetv-on-demand-channel-website-shutting-down

BoredNow

I just noticed it tonight. I just got fios TV a few months ago and I am increasingly disapointed. One of the things I did like was the exercise videos on demand. I went to use my favorite one tonight and it was gone. I can find it on Youtube for FREE, but have to pay Verizon to get NOTHING.

The VOD is really poor. I have better luck with HULU which is free and doesn't require a 2 year contract.

I doubt if anyone at Verizon if monitors these forums, so I have no idea how to get their attention.

hmaloney1219

Yes, there are some similar exercises to Fit TV on FiOs, here's how to find them...they are "buried" way inside On Demand!! Press On Demand then scroll down to Browse All, then Free, scroll down to Health & Home, then over to Mag Rack and FINALLY, Fitness and Yoga. There are some abs workouts, dance, yoga, bootcamp, etc...not the selection from before, but it's something!!

cindyjeanne

I am very disappointed that Exercise TV is no longer available On Demand. Are there any other exercise programs that will be available in the channel line-ups in the near future,such as Fit TV?

drichess

I am extremely unhappy....Verizon said that Exercise TV pulled the programme!

couchpotato52

BRINGITBACKBRINGITBACKBRINGITBACK!!!

The cost is more than a year's gym membership to begin with! Is Verizon trying to get us to join a Verizon gym too, to get more money out of us? One of the reasons I signed another two year contract was SPECIFICALLY for Exercise TV. The new "line up" is SO LAME. BRINGITBACKBRINGITBACKBRINGITBACK! I am ready to break my contract.

couchpotato52

Nowhere near the variety and choice as before...NO aerobics or Zumba

tns

@couchpotato52 wrote:
Nowhere near the variety and choice as before...NO aerobics or Zumba

If you want it back you would have to convince the owners of Exercise TV that they can make a profit. They pulled the plug on exercise.tv not Verizon.

MTK3

Bring back On Demand Exercise TV. What were you thinking, Verizon? Not about the customer - which isn't really a surprise.

MTK3

Dear Verizon,

Why don't you respond to our posts and give us a little feedback?

Sincerely,

A disappointed customer

P.S. Wish I could speak to a person who knows something about this, but the respresentative over the phone was clueless and told me the only venue for being heard was here. Any company that discourages dialog fails to be successful in my eye.

Cristiana

I am very disappointed and very upset that VERIZON did not take the courtesy to let me know that exercise TV on Demand was going to be pulled away. Can someone please tell me why am I not able to find the exercise TV???? I thought VERIZON cared about the customer now more than ever with so many cable companies trying to steal clients and with some much competition.

Please report this and I want t Exercise TV on Demand back please.

harley031

Very upset that exercise tv is not on fios anymore. I used it faithfully everyday. I keep checking to see if they put it back on.

I see many people liked it.

BluDragn03

Well, this forum confirms one thing - most people don't even read SOME posts on a thread before posting. Verizon isn't perfect, but in this case all the posts slamming them for Exercise TV could have been avoided and time saved just from a little reading.

Well, since Exercise TV pulled the plug, is there any substitute? I saw one post mention the Mag Rack... are there any non-VOD channels as well?

valeriepdx

I TOO recently became a new Fios customer & left Xfinity believing to get a better deal. I got acquainted with the new Fios service, while seeking out the exercise videos that are always included with OnDemand. I then began taking the exercise classes from the Skoolz - Free line up that's located in On Demand. Then shortly after I switched to Fios, so did all of the exercise videos included with the Fios package! Certainly, Verizon is making enough money for the competition with Xfinity. More so than that, for the variety with care to delight & keep HAPPY CUSTOMERS [new & old]!!

Is Xfinity actually a better service, after all?

I'm really upset over this! My favorite exercise videos were Ballet 1 & 2 & also Yoga.

I feel that many of us are being taken for granted by eliminating a popular free exercise video lineup, that emphasized a healthy way of life as a treat & method to motivation for quality lifestyle. Not entirely as a couch potato, either!

tns2

AGAIN Exercise.tv's owners decided to shut it down for all carriers. Xfinity, Verizon, and anyone else who carried it. Nothing Verizon can do about it.

valeriepdx

Youre talking about SportSkool. Because I too Recently switched to Fios & was very pleased with the OnDemand exercise network. I think it was available for only two months when suddenly ALL of OnDemand exercise videos had disappeared. Its quite upsetting because I really enjoyed Ballet 1, 2 & the different yoga videos.

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