Verizon expands V CAST Mobile TV coverage

Verizon's V CAST Mobile TV service, which uses MediaFLO to provide television entertainment to capable handsets has received a service upgrade in the areas surrounding New York City.

Included in the expansion is the greater part of Suffolk County including Lindenhurst, West Islip, Holbrook, Centereach, and from Coram east all the way to Riverhead, All of Staten Island, portions of Essex, Union, Passiac, and Morris Counties in New Jersey. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx will also receive a service enhancement.

V CAST Mobile TV was introduced in select areas in New York and New Jersey in May 2007, and now encompasses the majority of the metropolitan area.