Cablevision Bolsters HD Offerings

BETHPAGE, July 29:
Cablevision Systems is adding 15 new high-definition offerings to its iO TV HD
lineup, which will bring its total to 60 channels.

The new additions will
launch across Cablevision’s service area over a five-day period that began July
28 and will end on August 1. The HD channels include AMC, Animal Planet,
Discovery Channel, Fox News, FX, Hallmark Movie Channel, IFC, Nickelodeon,
Science Channel, Speed Channel, Spike, The Weather Channel, TLC, Travel Channel
and WE.

More than 1.1 million iO
TV customers have at least one high-definition television and HD-enabled
set-top box—an HD customer base that has grown by more than 50 percent in
the last year.

John Trierweiler,
Cablevision’s senior VP of product management, said: “We have continued to
build additional value into our Emmy Award-winning iO TV digital cable service,
through the addition of more free on-demand programming, unique and valuable
interactive services like News 12 Interactive, and more free HD. The ongoing
expansion of the HD programming available to our iO TV customers represents our
commitment to ensuring that Optimum offers the very best cable television,
high-speed Internet and voice products in our market, and consumers have
recognized this superiority by continuing to choose our services over those of
our competitors."

—By Jackie Stewart