Cablevision Adds Starz, Encore to Subscription Video On Demand Offering

Cablevision Adds Starz, Encore to Subscription Video On Demand Offering

More Than 150 Top Movies Available To iO TV(SM) Customers With The Convenience Of On Demand

BETHPAGE, N.Y., March 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE:CVC) today announced the addition of Starz On Demand and Encore On Demand to the broad array of subscription video on demand (SVOD) services available to iO TV digital cable customers. Featuring more than 150 first- run, hit and classic movies at all times, as well as exclusive On Demand premieres of each new Starz title, Starz On Demand and Encore On Demand are available to customers with a Starz / Encore subscription for $4.95 per month.

"Cablevision continues to enhance the home entertainment experience by adding quality, branded video on demand content from the most popular cable television networks," said John Trierweiler, Cablevision's senior vice president of product management. "Subscribers to Starz On Demand and Encore On Demand have access to a blend of popular new releases and classic films with the convenience and control of on demand viewing."

Starz and Encore programming is accessible to digital cable customers with an iO TV digital set-top box through the 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.

Starz On Demand features exclusive new, hit movies available only on Starz including, Ghost Rider, The Pursuit of Happyness, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Wild Hogs. Upcoming movies include Ratatouille, Spider-Man 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Underdog and Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. Starz On Demand also features new original content including the recently announced series "Crash," based on the Academy Award(R)-winning film and new original comedic series "Head Case" and "Hollywood Residential." Encore On Demand keeps the movies coming -- letting you choose the movies you want to see again and again with great titles including, Cars, Invincible, Click, Rush Hour and The Sixth Sense.

With more than 2.6 million iO TV digital cable customers, 84 percent of Cablevision's cable customers have embraced the company's digital service, the highest rate of digital penetration in the nation. iO TV offers customers access to more than 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.

About Starz Entertainment

Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 16.3 million and 30.7 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and Vongo(R). Starz Entertainment (www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, and is attributed to Liberty Entertainment Group, a tracking stock group of Liberty Media Corporation.

Source: Cablevision Systems Corp.

CONTACT: Patrick MacElroy, Cablevision, +1-516-803-1249,
pmacelro@cablevision.com; or Eric Becker, Starz Entertainment,
+1-720-852-4065, eric.becker@starz.com

Web site:

http://www.cablevision.com/
http://www.starz.com/

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