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Verizon announces additional V CAST Video content

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 at 4:18 AM

It’s CES and it’s a great place to announce latest news about your products and services. Verizon knows that, hence they’ve used the opportunity to inform their potential and existing customers about their newly expanded V CAST Video offering.

V CASTFirst, the carrier announced that the content from the “original, entertaining and humorous video content” from the leading online entertainment channel for men Break.com is now available to V CAST Video customers (release). Then, they’ve revealed their soccer content partner, Fox Soccer Channel, which will deliver more than 35 video clips from England’s Barclays Premier League per week — including near-live, in-game coverage — to interested users from coast-to-coast (release). Next – Sundance Channel’s short form programming will also be included in the V CAST Video offering (release). Then there’s GoTV Networks’ original channel Hip Hop Official, where hip-hop fans can stay up-to-date on breaking music news and reviews, as well as get all the latest information in fashion, gadgets, games, movies, and lifestyle (release). And finally, thanks to the partnership with TOKYOPOP, manga fans will be able to enjoy 15 to 20 four to six-minute videos each week from TOKYOPOP’s popular manga entertainment, including manga videos known as imanga, anime clips, and other popular Asian-influenced entertainment (release).

There you have it. If you needed a reason to subscribe to Verizon’s V CAST Video, now you have it. I guess…

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