Eric Rabe
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| Senior Vice President -- Media Relations |
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Eric W. Rabe directs corporate media relations, serves as strategic public relations counsel to Verizon senior management, and is Verizon’s principal spokesman on the company's telecommunications business.
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No Verizon Dispute
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Posted by
Eric Rabe in Video on
December 31, 2008, 03:54 PM EST
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| As I’m sure you’ve seen by now, Time Warner and Bright House customers may be ringing in the New Year with 18 fewer MTV channels than they have today (Dec. 31), due to a programming contract dispute that is reported in the LA Times. If you’re a Time Warner or Bright House customer, tune in first thing in the morning. Just to be crystal clear – at Verizon, we have a long-term deal with Viacom and there is no impact for FiOS TV customers. FiOS TV customers young and old can rest easy that... |
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Verizon News Center’s New Look
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Posted by
Eric Rabe in Web 2.0 on
November 19, 2008, 10:37 AM EST
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| Back in 1992, before there was such a thing as a Web browser, we were putting news about our company on the Internet. Getting to company information and news releases involved something called Gopher, an early Internet file-sharing protocol. Suffice it to say, if you never used it, you don’t want to know. A lot of things have changed since then, but one that hasn’t is our commitment to making information about Verizon as convenient to get as possible. Whether it’s more FiOS TV channels, the... |
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At Last -- MLB EI on FiOS TV!
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Posted by
Eric Rabe in Video on
November 10, 2008, 10:42 AM EST
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| . Back in February I wrote some words here that have since lived in infamy. “MLB Coming to FiOS, Mom and Apple Pie Rejoice!” Mom’s now nearly a year older, and that apple pie is pretty cold. But there is, finally, a reason to rejoice. MLB Network and MLB Extra Innings are coming to FiOS TV in 2009. MLB Network debuts on Jan. 1 in standard-def on channel 86 and in HD on channel 586. FiOS TV will also carry MLB Extra Innings with up to 80 out-of-market games per week. All thanks to a new... |
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Verizon Kicks off NFL Game Extra
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Posted by
Eric Rabe in Video on
November 06, 2008, 03:59 PM EST
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| Sports fans are lovin’ FiOS HD TV with a picture that makes you feel like you’re on the field. But for the hard core, being able to watch just one view of a game means they are missing other action or the latest stats, so now Verizon and NFL Network are solving the problem. We’re giving Verizon customers the only access to NFL Network games both online and on TV. With Verizon’s NFL Network Game Extra, fans will be able to watch the game from four camera angles simultaneously or choose their... |
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How Verizon Handled Analog Channels
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Posted by
Eric Rabe in Video on
November 05, 2008, 04:36 PM EST
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| As most people know, cable companies have been moving customers to digital tiers in order to free up space on their systems and to allow for other uses such as providing Internet service. The FCC is looking into how that is being done. At Verizon, our TV system was all-digital from the start although we did simulcast a few channels in analog format so that customers could see these channels without using a set top box. Earlier this year, at the FCC’s urging, however, Verizon agreed to... |
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