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As of 27 September 2010, Funimation launched an HD feed alongside existing VOD services.<ref>{{cite news|title=Funimation Channel goes high-definition|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-09-07/funimation-channel-goes-high-definition|access-date=3 November 2010|newspaper=Anime News Network|date=7 September 2010}}</ref> On 16 February 2012, [[Verizon Communications|Verizon]] announced that it will drop Funimation Channel from its [[Verizon FiOS]] service "on, or after 15 March" due to "very low viewership".<ref name="drop">{{cite web|title=Verizon drops Funimation Channel from FiOS service|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-16/verizon-drops-funimation-channel-from-fios-service|access-date=17 February 2012|date=16 February 2012}}</ref> In response to reaction from its customers, Verizon returned Funimation Channel via VOD.<ref name="Verizon FiOS TV">{{cite news|title=Olympusat’s Funimation Channel now available on Verizon FiOS TV video on demand|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2012-05-02/olympusat-funimation-channel-hd-now-available-to-4-million-subscribers-on-verizon-fios|access-date=8 May 2012}}</ref> Channel 262 remains on the [[Frontier Communications#Frontier FiOS|FiOS]] system operated by Frontier Communications in some ex-Verizon territories.<ref>[http://www.frontier.com/Documents/Guides/OR_2012_FIOSChannelGuide_122911.pdf Frontier FiOS TV channel lineup]</ref> [[Cablevision]]'s Optimum TV recently launched<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/OptimumTV/FUNimation/prweb10263317.htm |title=Olympusat’s FUNimation Channel Launches SVOD Package On Optimum TV |publisher=Prweb.com |date=2012-12-21 |access-date=2016-05-06}}</ref> FUNimation Channel On Demand in the NY/NJ/CT Tri-State area. Adding this MSO increased FUNimation Channel's footprint to over 40 million households nationwide.
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On 8 December 2015, it was reported that the Funimation Channel would be replaced by [[Toku]] on 31 December 2015. The new network would start broadcasting live-action, grindhouse and independent East Asian movies.<ref>{{cite news|title=Funimation Channel changing its name|url=http://www.fandompost.com/2015/12/08/funimation-channel-changing-its-name/|access-date=8 December 2015|newspaper=[[The Fandom Post]]|date=8 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=toku>{{cite news|title=Guides & types of programming|url=https://frontier.com/helpcenter/Categories/tv/fios-tv/guides-and-types-of-programming|access-date=8 December 2015}}</ref> It was subsequently announced, on 15 December 2015, that Funimation would end its partnership with Olympusat and relaunch Funimation Channel as a digital streaming service in January 2016.<ref name=relaunch>{{cite news|title=Funimation Channel to relaunch in 2016|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-15/funimation-channel-to-relaunch-in-2016/.96524|access-date=22 December 2015|newspaper=[[Anime News Network]]|date=15 December 2015}}</ref>
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