Cablevision Adds VERSUS and GOLF CHANNEL to Free Video On Demand Service

Cablevision Adds VERSUS and GOLF CHANNEL to Free Video On Demand Service

Continuing Expansion of iO TV(SM) Free On Demand Library Includes Best-in-Class Events From Both Networks

BETHPAGE, N.Y., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE:CVC) today announced the addition of VERSUS On Demand and GOLF CHANNEL On Demand to the wide variety of free video on demand (VOD) programming available to iO TV digital cable customers. With VERSUS On Demand, subscribers will have access to a diverse range of programming including highlights from best-in-class events such as the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs and Tour de France, the network's best hunting and fishing programming, classic boxing and mixed martial arts contests, among others. With GOLF CHANNEL On Demand, customers will have access to golf lessons, swing tips and popular series including Big Break, The Turn and Transamerica Playing Lessons from the Pros.

"Cablevision is committed to offering customers more value and more control over their entertainment experience by adding additional content to the iO TV Free On Demand library," said John Trierweiler, Cablevision's senior vice president of product management. "This expansion is part of an ongoing campaign to enhance our award-winning digital cable service through the addition of quality, branded content serving a wide variety of customer interests."

GOLF CHANNEL became the exclusive cable home of the PGA TOUR in 2007, and televises part or all of every PGA TOUR event. In addition, the network is exclusive television home of the Nationwide Tour, European Tour and Canadian Tour, and the exclusive cable home of the Champions Tour. Also featured is a generous mix of other competition from the LPGA Tour, USGA, PGA of America, Asian Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia and Sunshine Tour of Southern Africa.

VERSUS celebrates real competition across all platforms (VERSUS.com, VERSUS on Demand and VERSUS HD). Now in more than 73 million homes, the network is the national cable home of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Stanley Cup Playoffs as well as best-in-class events such as The Tour de France, Davis Cup Tennis, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) and Professional Boxing. The network also offers collegiate sports featuring nationally-ranked teams from top conferences such as the Pac-10, Big 12 and Mountain West. VERSUS features the best field sports programming on television and is a destination for sports fans, athletes and sportsmen to find exclusive, competitive events that audiences can't find elsewhere.

VERSUS On Demand and GOLF CHANNEL On Demand programming is accessible at no additional charge to digital Family Cable customers with a set-top box through the Free On Demand menu on the iO TV user interface. All of Cablevision's 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 nearly 2.7 million iO TV customers, more than 85 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 up to 360 channels, including 53 premium movie channels, 48 channels of commercial-free digital music, more than 3,500 titles available on demand at all times, an interactive programming guide, 45 high-definition programming services and uniquely valuable 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.

Source: Cablevision Systems Corporation

CONTACT: Patrick MacElroy of Cablevision, +1-516-803-1249,
pmacelro@cablevision.com

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http://www.cablevision.com/

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