Cablevision Now Offering iO TV(R) Digital Cable Customers 60 Channels of Free HD

Cablevision Now Offering iO TV(R) Digital Cable Customers 60 Channels of Free HD

Leading HD Line-Up Adds 15 New Channels This Week, Including Popular Cable Networks Like Nickelodeon, Discovery Channel, FX, FOX News Channel, AMC, Animal Planet And The Weather Channel - All Offered To iO TV Customers At No Additional Cost

BETHPAGE, N.Y., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE:CVC) today announced the addition of 15 new high-definition channels to its iO TV HD line-up, which now features 60 channels of diverse and popular HD programming -- all available to iO TV customers without the extra equipment or programming fees Cablevision's competitors charge for HD. The HD additions include many major cable networks, some of the most popular channels on television.

The new additions are launching across Cablevision's service area over a five-day period that begins today and ends on Friday. More than 1.1 million iO TV customers today have at least one high-definition television and HD-enabled set-top box, an HD customer base that has grown by more than 50 percent in the last year, as Cablevision's high-definition programming line-up has expanded from 23 channels a year ago to 60 this week.

"We have continued to build additional value into our Emmy Award-winning iO TV digital cable service, through the addition of more free on demand programming, unique and valuable interactive services like News 12 Interactive, and more free HD," said John Trierweiler, Cablevision's senior vice president of product management. "The ongoing expansion of the HD programming available to our iO TV customers represents our commitment to ensuring that Optimum offers the very best cable television, high-speed Internet and voice products in our market, and consumers have recognized this superiority by continuing to choose our services over those of our competitors."

Cablevision expects its high-definition line-up to continue to expand, and to ultimately deliver all of the channels it carries in HD, as networks convert to the superior format and the company taps the enormous capacity of its fiber optic network and advanced technology.

The new channels being added this week are:

-- AMC HD
-- Animal Planet HD
-- Discovery Channel HD
-- Fox News HD
-- FX HD
-- Hallmark Movie Channel HD
-- IFC HD
-- Nickelodeon HD
-- Science Channel HD
-- Speed Channel HD
-- Spike HD
-- The Weather Channel HD
-- TLC HD
-- Travel Channel HD
-- WE HD

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, 60 high-definition programming services, and uniquely valuable and relevant 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(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, Sundance Channel and WE tv, along with 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: Jim Maiella of Cablevision, +1-516-803-3947

Web site: http://www.cablevision.com/

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