Olympusat brings Funimation channel back to on-demand subscribers

Olympusat, Inc. has announced that they will be bringing back the FUNimation Channel HD service to subscribers on the Verizon FiOS On Demand television service. Titles currently include Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos, X, Vandread and Okami-san. According to the announcement, FUNimation Channel HD is currently the only On Demand television network that exclusively airs anime, and the Verizon FiOS system currently has about 4 million subscribers.

It was announced this February that the FUNimation Channel would be would be dropped from the Verizon FiOS television service, citing "low-viewership." The channel ceased airing on March 15.