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Verizon (NYSE: VZ) said FiOS TV subscribers won't be able to watch home movies and videos they've downloaded from the Internet on TVs connected to its set-tops beginning Nov. 1, when it'll stop supporting the Verizon Media Manager app for PCs and Macs.

In addition to allowing subscribers to watch videos stored on computers on a TV, the Media Manager apps let subscribers buy movies and TV shows from its FiOS Flex View library and watch those titles on computers, TVs and mobile devices. 'Due to the very limited number of FiOS customers who have previously used the Media Manager app to sync personal data via the Flex View Library feature, we took this opportunity to simplify the customer experience since we offer customers other options for accessing their content, such as FiOS Mobile. We believe our customers want a one-stop,' Verizon spokeswoman Deidre Hart told FierceCable. The shutdown of the Media Manager app follows a move by Verizon in April to pull a YouTube app from its FiOS TV service. Mozilla firefox install for mac. The YouTube app required subscribers to have the Media Manager app installed on a PC or Mac in order to watch YouTube videos on their TVs.

While FiOS subscribers will still be able to buy Flex View titles with their FiOS remotes and mobile applications, Verizon won't offer an option for viewing personal media on TVs. But Hart noted that 'there are many devices that customers can use today that can be connected to TVs to transmit and view videos on a bigger screen.'

Verizon sent emails to FiOS subscribers earlier this week in which it said it would 'retire' the Verizon Media Manager app. It also offered instructions for saving personal media files. 'Any personal media files you have sync'd via the Flex View library feature will be deleted from our servers,' Verizon wrote in the email to customers.

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