Picture Freezes, Goes Black

I'm watching a movie ((931 Outmax HD) and at exactly 1:00 AM the picture freezes. I tried to change to another channel and nothing - screen went black. I could press Play/Pause and it would show the info line at the bottom of the screen, but still no picture. After about 15 minutes, the picture was back.
I've only had FIOS TV for a few weeks and have been pretty disappointed in the number of times the picture just freezes. Is this normal?

To the OP, it is likely a signal issue (as mentioned) caused by a loose or corroded coax connector somewhere on the path between the ONT and the STB. Problems on one or more channels is a common symptom of this phenomena due the the wavelengths of the QAM channels involved. Reseat and tighten all coax connectors and it may solve the problem. It did for me when I had a similar issue.

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