Verizon chief calls for broadcaster support

LAS VEGAS - When huge American telco Verizon enters the TV market later this year, the company “will change the competitive landscape in the video marketplace, both now and in the future. From Day One, we’ll offer a new technology, a new business model and a new customer experience,” said chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg. Speaking at the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention last month in Las Vegas, Verizon’s FiOS TV will offer “a new customer experience,” he added. Verizon (which has over 43 million voice and data customers and $71 billion in annual revenues) is a 26.7% owner...