Cablevision and iN DEMAND Networks Bring Howard Stern Video on Demand Service to iO Digital Cable Customers

Cablevision and iN DEMAND Networks Bring Howard Stern Video on Demand Service to iO Digital Cable Customers

Unlimited Access to Uncensored 'Howard TV On Demand' Available to iO Digital Cable Customers Starting March 14 for $9.95 Per Month

BETHPAGE, N.Y. and NEW YORK, March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cablevision Systems Corporation and iN DEMAND Networks today announced that the Howard Stern subscription video on demand (SVOD) service, Howard TV, will be available to iO: Interactive Optimum(R) digital cable customers throughout the New York metropolitan area starting March 14. The SVOD service gives cable customers unlimited and uncensored access to in-studio footage filmed during Howard Stern's popular morning satellite radio program, including the ability to pause, fast-forward and rewind.

Howard TV is the new premium SVOD service that is all Howard Stern all the time -- featuring the only televised access to the outrageous in-studio antics that occur during Howard's daily morning radio show. The service also brings viewers the ultimate collection of Howard's complete television catalogue spanning 11 years, with thousands of hours of never-before-seen -- and never- before-uncensored -- video footage. With Howard TV, viewers receive a rare "Howard's-eye view" of everything that happens in the studio.

"As Howard's cable company here on Long Island, we're happy to give our customers more of what they want -- Howard, on demand and uncensored," said Patricia Gottesman, Cablevision's executive vice president of product management and marketing. "The success of our Optimum family of products is built on giving our customers what they want when they want it at a value no other company can match."

"We are ecstatic that Howard's most loyal, passionate and hard core fans will be able to see his new Sirius Radio program on demand, uncensored and fresh daily, on Cablevision's iO platform," said Robert D. Jacobson, president and CEO, iN DEMAND Networks. "By furthering our partnership with Cablevision, Howard TV will now be available to all VOD customers in the New York DMA, Howard's backyard."

Beginning March 14, iO customers can subscribe to Howard TV for $9.95 per month directly through their television set on channel 513 by simply using the remote control and following on-screen prompts. Customers may also purchase Howard TV online at www.io.tv, or by calling their local customer service representative. Howard Stern On Demand is available on iO channel 513 or can be accessed through the iO user interface.

With more than 2 million iO customers, two-thirds of Cablevision's cable customers are iO digital cable customers, the highest digital penetration in the nation. iO offers customers access to more than 200 channels, including 50 premium movie channels, 45 channels of commercial-free digital music, more than 1,200 titles available on demand at all times, an interactive programming guide, 18 high-definition programming services and groundbreaking interactive television applications including subscription games packages.

About iN DEMAND Networks

iN DEMAND Networks, the world's leading PPV and VOD provider, delivers television premieres of the best movies, championship boxing, mega-event wrestling, professional and college sports, plus original entertainment. iN DEMAND's digital lineup also offers MLB EXTRA INNINGS, NBA LEAGUE PASS, NHL CENTER ICE, and MLS DIRECT KICK. iN DEMAND also owns and operates two 24-hour linear high definition television channels, INHD and INHD2. The company's shareholders are Comcast iN DEMAND Holdings, Inc., Cox Communications Holdings, Inc., and Time Warner Entertainment -- Advance/Newhouse Partnership. Further information about the company can be found at www.indemand.com.

About Cablevision

Cablevision Systems Corporation is one of the nation's leading entertainment and telecommunications companies. Its cable television operations serve 3 million households in the New York metropolitan area. The company's advanced telecommunications offerings include its iO: Interactive Optimum digital television, Optimum Online high-speed Internet, Optimum Voice digital voice-over-cable, and its Lightpath integrated business communications services. Cablevision's Rainbow Media Holdings LLC operates several successful programming businesses, including AMC, IFC, WE and other national and regional networks. In addition to its telecommunications and programming businesses, Cablevision owns Madison Square Garden and its sports teams, the New York Knicks, Rangers and Liberty. The company also operates New York's famed Radio City Music Hall, and owns and operates Clearview Cinemas.

Source: Cablevision Systems Corporation

CONTACT: Marie Stenberg, Cablevision Systems Corp., +1-516-803-2352,
mstenber@cablevision.com; Ellen Cooper, iN DEMAND Networks +1-646-638-8206,
ecooper@indemand.com

Web site: http://www.cablevision.com/
http://www.indemand.com/
http://www.io.tv/

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