History
The Funimation Channel is North America's second 24-hour English-dubbed anime digital cable network. The first was ADV Films' Anime Network The service originally was available to a few cities via UHF digital signals and was temporary as the channel was trying to gain a foothold in the already crowded digital cable landscape. Another short-term service was the syndication of a FUNimation Channel block to one of OlympuSAT’s affiliate networks, Colours TV syndicated block. Both services were discontinued in favor for a more successful expansion on digital cable, fiber optics and DBS systems, making it now a cable television network. As of September 27, 2010, a High Definition feed was launched alongside existing VOD services. On February 16, 2012, Verizon announced that it will drop Funimation Channel and Bridges TV from its Verizon FiOS service "on, or after March 15" due to "very low viewership". In response to reaction from Verizon FiOS TV customers, FiOS TV returned Funimation Channel via Video on Demand. Channel 262 remains on the FiOS system operated by Frontier Communications in some ex-Verizon territories. It has been announced that Funimation Channel will be spreading in the New York area, such as New Jersey and Connecticut on providers such as Optimum, etc.
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