Adding this MSO increased FUNimation Channel's footprint to over 40 million households nationwide.įunimation Channel's programming came from Funimation, Aniplex of America, Viz Media, Sentai Filmworks, Right Stuf Inc., NIS America, Discotek Media, and the now-defunct Central Park Media and Enoki Films USA.
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Cablevision's Optimum TV recently launched FUNimation Channel On Demand in the NY/NJ/CT Tri-State area. Channel 262 remains on the FiOS system operated by Frontier Communications in some ex-Verizon territories. In response to reaction from its customers, Verizon returned Funimation Channel via VOD.
On 16 February 2012, Verizon announced that it will drop Funimation Channel from its Verizon FiOS service "on, or after 15 March" due to "very low viewership". Īs of 27 September 2010, Funimation launched an HD feed alongside existing VOD services. The PPV VOD offers viewers a chance to watch titles prior to their DVD release.
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In May 2009, Funimation Channel continued its expansion on subscription providers launching on Comcast's VOD platform and offering two services - Free on demand and PPV on demand. The service originally was available to a few cities via digital terrestrial television and was temporary-only as the channel was trying to gain a foothold in the already-crowded pay television landscape. Olympusat was chosen as the exclusive distributor of Funimation Channel.
On, Funimation Channel became a 24-hour English-dubbed anime subscription network the second of its kind in North America (following A.D. The block was later discontinued in favor of a more successful expansion on subscription television. Programs during this era were Dragon Ball, Negima!, Kodocha, The Slayers, Blue Gender, Kiddy Grade, Fruits Basket, Case Closed and Yu Yu Hakusho. Tristan Leostar is the content aggregator for the network.įunimation Channel started out as a syndicated block on Colours TV, one of OlympuSAT's affiliate networks. Launched on December 31, 2015, replacing Funimation Channel, after Funimation ended their partnership with Olympusat. Toku (stylized in all capital letters) is an American pay television network and streaming service owned by Olympusat and dedicated to broadcasting anime and East Asian programming. (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)ģ1 December 2015 5 years ago ( 31 December 2015) American pay television network and streaming service