Verizon Communications has announced that the new movie channel EPIX will be launched in standard and high-definition on Friday Oct. 30 available to Verizon FiOS service subscribers.
Verizon’s launch EPIX in high-definition the same day the channel goes HD. Verizon FiOS TV subscribers can view the channel in standard definition on channel 395, in high definition on channel 895, and on FiOS TV Video on Demand (VOD). www.epixhd.com also delivers more than 150 movies every month for EPIX subscribers online.
Verizon is the only provider to offer the channel in HD on launch on Oct. 30 and has been offering a free preview of EPIX on-demand since August.
Verizon has started that EPIX HD and SD channels are available free of charge, from Oct. 30 through Nov. 1.
The EPIX programming lineup will include:
Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet: Live from Buenos Aires.
Marvel’s blockbuster film – Iron Man
Comedy special Eddie Izzard: Live From Wembley
More than 15 world television movie premieres including:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Madea Goes to Jail
Pink Panther 2
Indiana Jones and
The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Mark Greenberg, president of EPIX, said “Verizon FiOS pushes echnological boundaries to deliver the very best service and programming to its subscribers, which is why an EPIX-FiOS partnership comes so naturally. Home entertainment is undeniably changing, and by partnering with EPIX, FiOS will deliver feature films, original series and comedy and music events to the next generation of premium viewers on TV, on demand and online.”
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