Cablevision Adds Popular Titles From Food Network and HGTV to Free Video On Demand Offering

Cablevision Adds Popular Titles From Food Network and HGTV to Free Video On Demand Offering

New Programming Available To iO TV(SM) Customers At No Additional Charge Includes 30 Minute Meals With Rachel Ray, Good Eats With Alton Brown and House Hunters

BETHPAGE, N.Y., March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE:CVC) today announced the addition of popular shows from Food Network and HGTV to the array of free video on demand (VOD) programming available to iO TV digital cable customers. With a focus on the culinary world and home decorating and design, new titles include popular shows like 30 Minute Meals with Rachel Ray, Giada's Weekend Getaways, Good Eats, Unwrapped: Good Food, House Hunters, Selling Secrets and much more.

"Cablevision continues to enhance our free VOD offering by adding quality, branded content from the most popular cable television networks, in addition to the kind of local programming that isn't available from any other provider," said John Trierweiler, Cablevision's senior vice president of product management. "These new shows from Food Network and HGTV are a terrific addition to our iO TV digital cable service, and we are confident they will be a hit with our customers."

The Scripps Networks' programming is accessible at no additional charge to digital cable customers with a set-top box through the Free On Demand menu on the iO TV user interface. All of Cablevision's more than 2,000 On Demand titles are presented in crystal clear quality with DVD-like functionality including the ability to pause, fast-forward and rewind programs through the remote control.

With more than 2.6 million iO TV customers, approximately 84 percent of Cablevision's cable customers are iO TV digital cable customers, the highest digital penetration in the nation. iO TV offers customers access to 360 channels, including 53 premium movie channels, 48 channels of commercial-free digital music, more than 2,000 titles available on demand at all times, an interactive programming guide, 45 high-definition programming services and groundbreaking interactive television applications including News 12 Interactive.

About Cablevision

Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC) is one of the nation's leading entertainment and telecommunications companies. Its cable television operations serve more than 3 million households in the New York metropolitan area. The company's advanced telecommunications offerings include its iO TV(SM) digital television, Optimum Online(R) high-speed Internet, Optimum Voice(R) digital voice-over-cable, and its Optimum Lightpath integrated business communications services. Cablevision's Rainbow Media Holdings LLC operates several successful programming businesses, including AMC, IFC, WE tv 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.

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CONTACT: Patrick MacElroy of Cablevision, +1-516-803-1249,
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