New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
To raise awareness of pancreatic cancer and help find a cure, Cablevision Systems Corp. announced yesterday that it would embark on a campaign about the fourth-leading cause of cancer deaths and cover the $2 million in yearly administrative costs of the nation's largest private supporter of pancreatic cancer research.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
BETHPAGE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC), a leading media and entertainment company, and The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research today
DealBook (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Mario Gabelli turned the heat up on Cablevision Systems Thursday, saying that he planned to screen potential candidates for the media company’s board. Mr. Gabelli, Cablevision’s largest individual shareholder, said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that his investment firm “is considering contacting individuals concerning their interest and their qualification to serve on [...]...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
If the nation's largest cable TV operators have their way, the home digital video recorder could soon become a relic. Leading the way is Cablevision Systems Corp., which plans to roll out a system early next year that will let viewers record any show without a DVR, only a digital set-top box.
New York Post (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Cablevision Systems boss James Dolan found himself doing damage control yesterday after suggesting earlier in the day that he'd consider dumping Barry Diller's Ticketmaster as his company's ticket provider. In an interview yesterday morning at a...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Cablevision Systems Corp. said Thursday it expects to renew the recently ended ticketing relationship between its MSG unit and Ticketmaster, but wouldn't rule out a deal with Live Nation Inc.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Cablevision Systems Corp. plans to roll out a system in early 2009 that will let viewers record any show without a DVR, only a digital set-top box. Shows will be stored on Cablevision's servers instead of a home DVR — a shift the company said could save it upward of $700 million.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
If the nation's largest cable TV operators have their way, the home digital video recorder could soon become a relic. Leading the way is Cablevision Systems Corp., which plans to roll out a system in early 2009 that will let viewers record any show without a...
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
A New York art dealer has sued Cablevision Systems Corp. and IFC, its programming arm, charging he was falsely characterized as engaging in three-way sex with a mother and her son in the movie "Savage Grace."
Between the Lines (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
What if WiFi could square off or even beat WiMax or other approaches to broadband access to the Internet, over the air? If you listen to comments from Tom Rutledge, the chief operating officer of Cablevision Systems Corp., at the Merrill Lynch Media Fall Preview, you get the clear impression he thinks he’s sitting pretty [...]
Tech News at TechWhack (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Cablevision launches Wi-Fi network in USA Cablevision Systems has announced the launch of what they claim is the largest and most advanced consumer Wi-Fi network in the US market. The company said that their network now covers Nassau County and areas of Suffolk County in addition to commuter rail and parking areas in New York’s Long Island. This [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
operator Cablevision Systems Corp has started rolling out a free Wi-Fi network for subscribers who want to access the Web via laptops and other wireless devices. Cablevision on Thursday said the Optimum Wi-Fi is free for existing subscribers to its Optimum home Internet service. It said the service is already activated in commercial and high-traffic areas in the Long Island, New York suburbs of Nassau...
ZD Net Blog (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Cablevision Systems, one of the biggest cable providers in the New York City metro area, announced that it's completed the first stage of a massive Wi-Fi network project called Optimum WiFi that will eventually cover the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area. The company says that its wireless networking equipment now covers a healthy section of Long Island, including the area around the various...
cellular-news (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Cablevision Systems said Thursday it has finished the first phase of its wireless network buildout in New York and remains on track to complete the project in two years.
Post I.T. (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
Could this be the start of a change in guard at the Federal Communications Commission? Catherine Bohigian, chief of the office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, announced Friday that she is leaving the agency Sept. 5 to join Cablevision Systems Corp. The office is charged with advising FCC chairman, Kevin J. Martin, and other commissioners on strategy and planning. Bohigian has worked closely...
