Optimum Stream Offers Endless Optionality to Deliver More Choice, Flexibility and Value for Customers
Over the last 18 months, Optimum has been modernizing our TV offerings with today’s consumer in mind. It’s no secret that consumer viewing habits have changed dramatically over the last few years, and as the TV landscape continues to evolve, video is no longer a one-size-fits all option.
Advances in technology have made available hundreds of streaming options and services, providing consumers with more choices than ever before. For the first time, users can now curate their own programming experience, choosing to pay for content they want to watch and not for what they don’t.
At Optimum, we’ve taken steps to adapt to this rapidly changing landscape by expanding the availability of and enhancing our Optimum Stream product across the company’s footprint. Through Optimum Stream, customers can enjoy a seamless entertainment experience, which brings together live TV alongside access to thousands of other streaming apps available for download through the Google Play Store, all accessible through a customer-friendly interface and compact, sleek device.
Since introducing the Optimum Stream device, Optimum has been committed to further improving the Stream experience by soliciting customer feedback and implementing solutions to increase stability and performance.
Last year, Optimum simplified the Stream experience to make it more intuitive for customers. With improved navigation, the enhanced Optimum Stream interface seamlessly integrates the Optimum TV product, including Live TV that customers know and love, with their favorite streaming apps all in one convenient user experience – allowing easy access to customizable settings, DVR, On Demand and more.
Additionally in 2024, the company ushered in a new era for Optimum TV and the Optimum Stream experience by launching three brand-new TV offerings: Entertainment TV, Extra TV, and Everything TV, which help break conventional all-or-nothing cable options and deliver content tailored toward customers’ unique viewing preferences.
With Entertainment TV, customers can enjoy a low-cost, high-quality internet-delivered TV viewing experience with access to over 80+ top rated entertainment and lifestyle channels plus exclusive local news content from Optimum’s News 12 service, for only $30/month.
Customers looking for a robust video package with even more options can opt for Extra TV, which provides access to 125+ entertainment, live news and national sports channels for $85/month.
For the ultimate viewing experience with all the bells and whistles, the Everything TV video package provides access to 200+ channels including live news, entertainment, national sports, regional sports content and more for $140/month.
Entertainment TV is available exclusively on Optimum Stream devices while Extra TV and Everything TV are available on Optimum Stream, as well as all other cable boxes. With additional features and improvements on the horizon, Optimum is excited to continue improving the Stream experience for our customers.
And that starts today! In partnership with streaming service Xumo, Optimum has added 16 new free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels to TV lineups, available exclusively on Optimum Stream, offering customers even more viewing optionality. In addition to dozens of other FAST channels already available on Optimum Stream, including NBC News Now, USA Today News and Xumo Free Movies, new channels launched for customers this week include:
Shades of Black
OutTV
Latino Vibes
Love The Planet
beIN SPORTS XTRA
Circle Country
Big 12 Studios
Cook's Country Kitchen
Law & Crime
Tastemade
Tastemade Travel
Tastemade en Español
AccuweatherNow
Billiard TV
Boxing TV
At Home with Family Handyman
Optimum Stream remains available to all Optimum Internet customers across the company’s service areas in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and the company is continuing to expand the offering to nearly 1.5 million homes across markets in its West footprint, including Arkansas, Arizona, California, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia.
At Optimum, we will always strive to innovate and evolve our TV offerings to meet our customers’ ever-changing needs, and through the Optimum Stream experience, we will continue to deliver the choice, flexibility, and value that they deserve.