Verizon Communications said its video business accelerated in the first quarter with a net 141,000 new customers for FiOS TV, bringing the telco to a total of 348,000 subscribers at the end of the quarter.

According to Verizon, it averaged 2,200 net FiOS TV customers per day in the quarter, compared with 1,450 per day in the last three months of 2006.

FiOS TV was available for sale to 3.1 million homes as of March 31.