Verizon's CTO speaks on DTV transition, FiOS TV and IPTV migration

Verizon has been expanding its FiOS TV footprint at a pretty regular clip, but that's not all the telco has up its sleeve for the future. In a recent interview with Telephony, the outfit's CTO, Mark Wegleitner, explained that Verizon was looking to add more SD and HD channels as the transition to digital TV continued. Granted, that's no different than most every other programming provider out there, but it's good to know Verizon has additional HD on the brain. Speaking about IPTV migration, he explained that the company was "moving toward IPTV in the interactive VOD world and digital QAM in the broadcast world." Sure, the subject matter here is pretty technical, but if you're geeked out by what you've already heard, hit the read link for lots more where this came from.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2008 9:55AM]

Bleh..I wish Verizon would concentrate more on the expansion of its network than on improving and adding additional content to it.
"Verizon has been expanding its FiOS TV footprint at a pretty regular clip"? I've been waiting _years_ for the slightest glimmer of hope that Verizon will bring its network into my area [Atlanta], to no avail.

Meanwhile, the few lucky enough to have FIOS are receiving new features, interactivity, more HD channels, IPTV, etc.
And yes, I'm bitter over it. >=[