WCSN To Be Included On OEN Basic Lineup
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World
Championship Sports Network (WCSN), the premier destination for fans of
Olympic
and lifestyle sports, and Optical Entertainment Network (OEN), a
provider of IPTV and IP broadband services optimized for
fiber-to-the-home
(FTTH) and the first company to launch in a major market, announced
that
OEN’s FISION IPTV service will distribute WCSN on its basic lineup. The
channel
will initially launch in the
Houston
market and will continue to roll out in other soon to be announced FISION
markets.
The 24/7
WCSN channel will take advantage of FISION’s combination of video, voice, and
high-speed Internet services, to deliver comprehensive coverage of over 60
sports disciplines, from swimming, track & field, gymnastics and cycling to
volleyball, skiing, rowing and martial arts. FISION subscribers will have access
to more than 300 World Cup, 60 World Championship and 50 Grand Prix events from
around the world scheduled to be broadcast this year on WCSN.
“Placement
on OEN’s lineup will help WCSN to reach a much broader audience of fans that
are passionate about these sports,” said Bo LaMotte, SVP Distribution for WCSN.
“We’re thrilled to leverage OEN’s full IPTV offering over FTTH as it enables
WCSN to further promote the wonderful athletes and competitions we cover while
also providing our advertisers an efficient delivery to a core demographic.”
“We
are very pleased to offer WCSN programming to our subscribers,” said Albert J.
Estrada, CEO, Optical Entertainment Network. “We have received a tremendous
response to our FISION Digital Entertainment service and we are dedicated to
providing the broadest variety and the best quality sports and entertainment
programming on the market. WCSN offers some of the best sports programming
available on the market today. This coupled with our superior viewing
experience optimized for FTTH will produce a win – win situation that we
believe will be very popular with our subscribers.”
Because
FISION IPTV signals are not digitized or compressed at the headend, the picture
quality is supreme and the unlimited bandwidth of FTTH technology enables
FISION to offer the largest channel line up with over 85 premium networks and
over 40 HD channels and numerous niche channels to serve all appetites. All
FISION Triple Play Packages include over 260 popular and innovative channels as
well as up to 10 Mbps Ultimate Internet complimented with commercial grade VoIP
featuring unlimited calling to the US and Canada as well as caller-ID, call
waiting and a find-me-follow-me feature at no additional cost to FISION
subscribers.