Fuel TV Launches On Demand Service With Directv And Verizon FiOS - Hours of Network’s Favorite Programming Showcased - Los Angeles - Fox Cable Networks today announced that it has reached an agreement with DIRECTV and Verizon FiOS to launch On Demand
Fuel TV Launches On Demand Service With Directv And Verizon FiOS
Hours of Network’s Favorite Programming Showcased
Los Angeles - Fox Cable Networks today announced that it has reached an agreement with DIRECTV and Verizon FiOS to launch On Demand service for FUEL TV, the only television network covering the lifestyle and culture of action sports, including skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, freestyle motocross, and wakeboarding.
Each month FUEL TV On Demand will showcase 10 original hours of programming, while a high rate of refresh will keep action sports enthusiasts accessing the service on a regular basis.
“FUEL TV continues to grow and expand its distribution options,” said CJ Olivares, FUEL TV’s General Manager. “Our viewer is active and tech savvy, and will want to watch shows on their schedule. Our new On Demand service will allow skaters, snowboarders, and surfers to get out and do what they love, and still be able to catch their favorite shows on FUEL TV On Demand when they want to. And we couldn’t think of better partners than Verizon FiOS and DIRECTV to launch this exciting new service.”
Action sports and the action sports lifestyle continue to surge in popularity throughout the United State. The shows premiering on FUEL TV On Demand in December include: Drive Thru New Zealand (surfing); The Captain & Casey Show (skateboarding); The Adventures of Danny & the Dingo (snowboarding); The Great Ride Open (motocross); and Built to Shred (FUEL TV selects). Future FUEL TV shows included in the service include: On Surfari; Check 1, 2; The Standard Snowboard Show; Props; Firsthand; Drive Thru South Africa; New Pollution; Terje’s Season Pass, and American Misfits.
About FUEL TV
FUEL TV is the action sports lifestyle network for skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, freestyle motocross, and wakeboarding. A unit of Fox Cable Networks, FUEL TV was launched July 1, 2003 and is seen in 25 million U.S. homes. To subscribe to FUEL TV, call 877-4-FUEL-TV. For program times and other information, visit fuel.tv
About Fox Cable Networks
Fox Cable Networks (FCN) includes 36 domestic programming services in which News Corporation holds interests. Together these networks reach more than 400 million subscribing television homes and represent one of the media industry’s largest and most diverse programming groups. Fox Cable Networks span FX, FX HD, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channel HD, Fox Reality Channel, Fox Movie Channel, FUEL TV, FSN and 19 regional cable sports networks, SPEED, SPEED HD, Fox Soccer Channel, Fox College Sports, Fox Sports en Espanol and the Big Ten Network and Big Ten Network HD (co-venture with the Big Ten Conference). FCN also includes Fox Sports Enterprises, which manages interests in sports franchises and leading statistical information provider STATS, LLC.
