Cablevision Makes It Easy for Customers with High-Definition Television Sets to Experience 'March Madness' in HD on iO TV(SM)

Cablevision Makes It Easy for Customers with High-Definition Television Sets to Experience 'March Madness' in HD on iO TV(SM)

Cablevision Makes The Switch To The Superior Picture And Sound Of High Definition Quick And Easy, In Time For College Basketball's Signature Event

BETHPAGE, N.Y., March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With the tip-off of the 2008 NCAA College Basketball Tournament just days away, Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE:CVC) is reminding customers who have purchased high-definition television sets that the transition from standard-definition to HD is quick, easy, and -- for current iO TV digital customers -- free. Unlike its competitors, Cablevision does not charge customers any additional equipment or programming fees to receive HD channels.

"Cablevision offers 45 of the best high-definition channels, including all of the HD games of all nine New York-area professional sports teams, at no additional cost," said John Trierweiler, Cablevision's senior vice president of product management. "We have made it easy for more than one million of our iO TV customers with high-definition television sets to experience sports, movies, and other programming -- like this year's NCAA College Basketball Tournament -- with the superior picture and sound made possible by HD."

iO TV customers who have purchased high-definition television sets and are seeking to experience their favorite events including the NCAA Tournament, 2008 Masters Golf Championship, American Idol finale and more in crystal clear HD can simply exchange their existing standard-definition digital set-top box for an HD-capable box at one of the 48 Cablevision walk-in centers located throughout the New York metropolitan area. New customers can call 1-866-218-3259 to order service and installation. Additional information can be found at www.cablevision.com.

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: Interactive Optimum(R) 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.

Source: Cablevision Systems Corporation

CONTACT: Patrick MacElroy for Cablevision Systems Corporation,
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Web site:

http://www.cablevision.com/

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