Frontier Combines Over-the-Top with Over-the-Air

Frontier Communications has combined television service with Internet access in an offering designed to attract new data subscribers and hang on to ones who are thinking of dropping one of Frontier’s various TV options.

According to the company website, FreedomTV will be offered as a $20 per month add-on option for Frontier Internet subscribers with a qualifying data plan. The service will work with its Simply Broadband Max tier—which provides up to 6 Mbps Internet access speeds—or faster tiers.

FreedomTV is based on the TiVo Roamio OTA DVR, which delivers both over-the-air broadcast signals using an HD antenna and ...