Local Now Launches On Verizon Fios TV

Allen Media Group’s streaming platform Local Now is available for all Verizon Fios TV customers with the newest set top-box models. Customers can now watch Local Now on Fios ch. 601 and through the Fios TV “Widgets” menu on Verizon Fios TV One, Fios TV One Mini, VMS1100 and the IPC1100 platforms. Local Now’s Fios Channel 601 is strategically placed between Fios Channel 600 (CNN) and Fios Channel 602 (CNBC).

With this latest development, Verizon customers will have easy access to Local Now’s combination of customized local news and information, entertainment and user interface to navigate hundreds of streaming channels, local news, weather, sports, traffic, entertainment and more.
“Local Now provides Verizon Fios customers free access to a streaming service that delivers super-hyper local news and premium content,” said Byron Allen, founder-chairman-CEO of Allen Media Group. “Local Now uses proprietary software and artificial intelligence in a unique way that sets a new standard for streaming local news and entertainment globally.”

Local Now features The Weather Channel’s advanced weather reporting technology along with a roster of marquee content partners including Reuters, Associated Press, Lionsgate, Cinedigm, Pattrn, Cheddar, Bloomberg, Kevin Hart’s LOL, People.TV and more.