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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ FiOS  VOD ‘Marathon’ Runs to a Record ]]></title>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeff Baumgartner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                        <dc:description><![CDATA[ null ]]></dc:description>
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                                <figure class="van-image-figure pull-" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="LEoJhYfEFtNVsEdTLhoi9a" name="" alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LEoJhYfEFtNVsEdTLhoi9a.jpg" mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LEoJhYfEFtNVsEdTLhoi9a.jpg" align="" fullscreen="" width="" height="" attribution="" endorsement="" class="pull-"></p></div></div></figure><p>Verizon said its 10-day FiOS Free On Demand Spring Marathon set a viewership record, pulling in 1.8 million unique users, up 16% from last year’s 1.5 million.</p><p>Running April 3-13, Verizon’s fourth annual VOD-fest drew more than 1 million transactions each day.</p><p>On an on-demand basis, <em>X-Men: Days of Future Past</em> was the most-watched movie during the event, ABC was the most-watched network (it had six of the top 25 shows, led by <em>Scandal</em> and <em>Modern Family</em>), and HBO’s <em>Game of Thrones</em> was the most-viewed series as customers binged ahead of the season five premiere on April 12.</p><p>In a <a href="http://www.verizon.com/about/news/fios-free-demand-spring-marathon-sets-viewership-record-0">blog post</a>, Verizon said week-to-week premium network transactions rose by 31%, while non-premium networks saw a 10% bump.</p><p>Verizon ended 2014 with 5.64 million FiOS video subs.</p><p>Comcast’s similar “Watchathon Week,” which ran from April 6-12 and factored in cross-platform TV Everywhere viewing, <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/news/comcast-s-watchathon-week-breaks-more-records-389997" data-original-url="https://www.multichannel.com/news/comcast-s-watchathon-week-breaks-more-records-389997">also set usage records.</a></p>
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