Cablevision Increases HD Channels Offering

BETHPAGE, July 3:
Cablevision Systems will increase the number of HD channels for iO TV digital
cable customers to 60 with the addition of 15 new networks, including
high-definition services from Nickelodeon, WE tv, FOX News Channel and
Discovery Channel.

The channels will launch over
five days starting July 28 and will become available in Cablevision’s service
area by August 1. Other channels that will be added include AMC, Animal Planet,
The Weather Channel, Travel Channel, Hallmark Movie Channel and FX.

Cablevision expects its HD
lineup to continue to grow until all of its channels are offered in high
definition. Cablevision’s HD customer base has grown by more than 50 percent to
1.1 million-plus in the last year.

John Trierweiler, the
senior VP of product management at Cablevision, said: "With our nation
poised to celebrate the holiday that marks our freedom, we thought it was a
perfect time to announce even more free HD for our iO TV digital cable
customers. Free HD has become an important competitive differentiator of our
digital cable service, and with these additions iO TV customers will have
access to 60 of the best HD channels at no additional cost, including all of
the HD games of all nine New York-area professional sports teams."

—By Jackie Stewart