-- 'What's Hot' Feature in New Verizon Guide Displays Grid of 16 Most Popular Channels in Real Time
Verizon launched a new version of its Interactive Media Guide for FiOS TV subscribers in a few small markets with several new features, including a mosaic screen displaying thumbnail videos from the most popular channels at any given time.
The guide includes a new version of Verizon's "What's Hot," application. In addition to displaying the 16 most popular channels being viewed at any given time, subscribers can track the most popular programs that other subscribers are recording on DVRs or ordering through video on demand. Verizon, which populates "What's Hot" listings through anonymous data collected through set-tops, demonstrated the app running on an iPad last summer.