FRONTIER TECHNOLOGY HOUR ON KNTR’S SPEAK OUT
By Nello Ruscitti, Frontier Communications
Host Paul Lavoie and I made history on the most recent edition of the Frontier Technology Hour on KNTR’s “Speak Out”. While broadcasting live from Havasu Lanes, during its “Bowl For a Better Life” event, we announced Frontier’s newest product that is sure to brighten up your life! It is called, my fitv, my Frontier Internet TV.
My fitv is available now at www.myfitv.com. It offers more than 100,000 titles, the most of any site on the Internet. Viewers are able to simply search for their favorite show, and within a matter of seconds are watching that episode that they did not have time to catch live the night before. My fitv will route you to www.abc.com if that is where the video is, or to Hulu if that is where your show is.
A recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows online video has become more a part of our daily life. Now, more than 35% of all Internet users have viewed a TV show or movie online, as compared to 16% in 2007. The fact that online video consumption is up among all demographics is indicative of how our lifestyles have changed. We are so busy that we do not have time to watch TV on TV’s schedule. Instead, TV has to fit into our schedule, whether it’s through digital recording devices such as TiVo or through online TV content. We can watch what we want, when we want and where we want to, whether that is our family room at home or at a coffee shop with our laptop.
The best news is my fitv is free! And, it is a great way customers can use our Internet service, and our WiFi network along McCulloch Boulevard. Other great features of my fitv are that you can watch movie trailers, check out the most frequently watched, most popular videos, and share what you are watching with your friends on Facebook or followers on Twitter.
One of our listeners called in with a question about bandwidth. The good news is you do not have to worry at all about bandwidth. You will have plenty under your Frontier Internet connection to watch my fitv.
My fitv also ties in nicely with Frontier’s current promotion. We are giving away netbooks to those who sign up for our high-speed Internet, phone and Dish TV package. The netbook is a great device to access Internet TV content through my fitv while on that business trip or family vacation. In my case, since my family dominates the TV, I watch my favorite shows using my netbook and my fitv at home, in my living room. My family gets to watch what they want, and I get to watch what I want, making everybody happy!
If you would like more information about my fitv or our netbook promotion, call 505-SAVE, or call into next month’s Frontier Technology Hour show. Until then, enjoy technology and enjoy listening to KNTR!
Nello Ruscitti’s technology segment is the second Wednesday of every month
from noon – 1p.m. on KNTR’s Speak Out.
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