QuickView Channels and Primetime OnDemand now available on Insight

As readers of this blog know well, technology is changing more rapidly than ever. That’s why we work every day to keep our customers on technology’s cutting edge and this announcement today is a part of that.

One of the cool new features now available for free to all of our customers with HD/DVR boxes are QuickView channels. These channels, which now show up on channels 100, 300, 400, 500 and 800 on the Insight lineup and show multiple mini-screens of high quality live video streams on a single TV screen.

The QuickView channels are a great way to see an overview of key programming available in a specific genre, including sports, news, music and children’s shows.

Customers can use their remote control to navigate and highlight channels on the QuickView channel. When a channel is highlighted you will hear that channels audio. Press the OK/Select to directly tune to a channel or VOD Menu.

Each QuickView has a set of links on the left that function as navigation to the other QuickView channels. There is a link to the associated genre of on demand content on each Quickview channel and a ticker scrolling along the bottom of the screen provides us with a new way to send important messages about products and features to customers.

In addition to the QuickView channels, we’re also rolling out Primetime OnDemand which provides customers with over over 100 hours of your favorite primetime programming available the next day on video on demand.

This means that if you missed a program last night you can see it OnDemand today. It’s also free to all customers on all full-featured Insight Digital boxes.

I also think we have some really exciting programmers on board (listed below), so check it out today.

• TBS
• TNT
• USA
• ABC/Disney
• NBC Broadcast
• Cartoon Network
• HGTV
• Food Network
• AMC
• WE
• Animal Planet
• Planet Green
• Travel Channel
• FX
• National Geographic
• Speed Channel
• Big Ten Network
• Syfy
• Bravo
• Oxygen

Comments

[Andy]

No one cares about these features. We need more HD channels in NKY. I think Time Warner has more than Insight. The fact that I can't watch a UFC Pay-Per-View in HD is inexcusable. I have been a long time Insight customer and have finally had it.

[Steve Huff]

I care about the added OnDemand channels, that's nice. But the quick view is, well just odd. Since you can't pick any channel you want as one of the one's it's showing you (say Fox Sports) you get the impression it's more marketing of what they want you to watch then a preview of everything that's avaialble.