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The channel had plans to launch an edition in Spanish, although without success.<ref>{{Cite news|title=FUNimation Channel PROMO en ESPAÑOL (in spanish) - Dailymotion video |url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd5hsu|access-date= February 19, 2018|date = May 2, 2010|website = Dailymotion|language = en}}</ref>

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’sOlympusat'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’sOlympusat'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.

===As a digital streaming service===