PORT JERVIS—Frontier Communications Corp. hopes to offer Time Warner Cable a little competition in the City of Port Jervis. Debbie Bogdanski, general manager for Frontier’s southern New York region, presented a proposal to the Common Council on July 26 for television service via the internet called Vantage TV.
Bogdanski said the Hudson Valley “is one of the first Frontier markets to work with municipalities on franchise agreements.”
Bogdanski told the council about features of the service. Customers will have secure delivery of standard, high, and ultra high-definition video. The set-top boxes will be Wi-Fi enabled so they can place their TVs anywhere in their home.
Super-fast navigation through live broadcasts will provide instant channel changes. The service provides a library of video on demand. Customers can record up to six shows at once and store over 370 hours of HD programming with one terabyte of on-premise storage.
In her presentation Bogdanski said the service will give “a next-generation EPG (Electronic Program Guide) and enhanced search functionality with rich, new poster-art driven experience that allows consumers to easily discover and consume content on their terms.”
Integrated interactive applications will include Social TV—access to Twitter and Facebook—weather, an interactive workout, the Home Shopping Network, and interactive games. The DVR can use any receiver.
